New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-26
FEAST AFTER FASTING
CITY'S DAY OF THANKS.
Hard Times Forgotten IN General
Celebration.

It fs THANKSGIVING Day The zobbIe OF the COB
bier has ceased. To-day the Is redolent Of the
cheering odor Of bird and the attendant con
comitants OF feast that will be eaten this year
with unusual zest IN memory Of the recent fast
days now happily gone by.
The annual carnival began last night There
dances and other entertainments throughout
the city To-day all the theatres will give matt
Rees There VIII be sports OF all sorts out Of doors
and much overeating indoors. And till late hour
tonight there viii be continuous rejoicing
The churches alone will preserve the solemn oo-
servance OF the day. the keynote being struck BY
the text for the sermon in the Christian Science
churches: ''Ye shall have song as tn the night
when a holy soIemnity Is kept; and gladness Of
heart when one goeth with pipe TO come INTO
the mountain Of the Lord to the mighty one OF
Israel" Bishop Greer will be the celebrant at
Holy Communion for the men Of his diocese this
morning in the crypt Of the Cathedral OF St John
the Divine Many churches throughout the city VIII
unite, as already announced. The Spanish and Por-
tuguese Congregation. the oldest Jewish congTega-
ton in New York CITY has invited several congre-
cations Joint Thanksgiving service IN the syna-
Rogue ar Central Park West and 10Th street al u
o'clock Congregation Aasche Chesed viii dedicate
its temple at Seventh and Hath street
The Department Of Charities plans to feed 1900
persons while the Chidren's Aid Society viii feed
more than 1900. The industrial schools Of the
Chldren's Aid Society will give turkey dinners to
4.o0O poor children The men attached 70
Governors Island 10 have the regular Thanks
the company funds There will De religious ser
vices at the post chapel Of St Cornelius the Centu-
riOn
There will be special Thanksgiving dinner at
the West Side Young Mems Christian Association.
and the sd street branch OF the association
there will be a Thanksgiving party. Miss Curry,
manager OF the Day Nursery, az No 80 St Marx
Place announces that there will be about elght
hundred dinners given to CTtpples, and that Ss9
aged persons will be cared for
More than a thousand Chinatown waits EiA Dc
fed by the Rescue Society. No. 10 DOyers street
The Bowery Mission will have big family gain
ertng'' In the evening. Nearly thousand children
will be fed al the Five Points Mission. in PARK
street Three hundred more will De fed at the Five
Points House OF Industry. No, 155 Worth street
Special services held BY the Salvation Army,
but they will not distribute dinners until Christ
at the Thanksgiving exercises yesterday afternoon
in the chapel of the College OF the City Of New
York
In Brooklyn the 14th Regiment Spanish War Vet
erans are TO hold their annual dinner The New
Utrecht Liberty Pole Association will celebrate the
I25th anniversary of the British evacuation OF the
city. The 18th Regiment held its usual Thanks
giving review last night before Brfgadier General
John G. Eddy, its former commander The Cen
traI Young Mems Christian Association is 70 have
an amateur circus tonight The Barney knobloch
Association celebrated the occasion last night BY
dance al Coney Island. in which pony ballet OF
local talent was the attraction There will
be special exercises at the Brooklyn Disciplinary
Training School for Boys The Plug Hat Bowling
Club Of the Est Ward will have a parade and bowl
ing match this afternoon Nearly all the churches
will have special exercises. The Sd Battery viii
celebrate by practice ride followed by dinner