Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-26
Thanksgiving Day Dinners Pro-
vided for the Unfortunates.
AT THE GOSPEL MISSION
Plans Made for Feeding Five Hun
dred Persons.
MANY BASKETS DISTRIBUTED
Families of Veterans of the Civil
War Remembered-In the
Public Institutions.

| Several thousand persons were fed to-
| day who would otherwise in all PROBABLE
| fty have gone dinnerless had 1t not bee1'
for the feasts provided by those whose
aim is to make others better and happier.
All the inmates of the government and
| private charitable institutions. too, were
| fed with special reference to the day.
Semi-public dinners were served by the
Central Union and Gospel missions. the
American Salvation Army. the Gospel
| Army, the veteran societies and the
Woman's Relief Corps and the Jewish
charitable organizations. The Boys Re-
form School, the almshouse, the Home IN
dustrial School and the orphanages and
| hospitals all had special dinners.
Dinner at the Gospel Mission.
Turkey was the ruling feature at the
Gospel Mission. 1890 Pennsylvania avenue.
| Serving of dinner was begun in the nall
Of the mission at noon, and was in prog
ress when The Star went to press. Ar
rangements had been made for feeding
500. There had been provided twenty
| three turkeys. These had been cooked at
the Oxford Hotel by direction of Pro-
| prietor Burton, and were waiting IN the
morning, piled up in big, new clothes
| hamper, ready to be carved and served.
| Manager Tally of the Raleigh had the
pork and beans cooked, four big pans;
not such pans as the private housekeeper
| knows anything about. but pans that
| would be a load for two men. The other
| features of the dinner were cranberry
| sauce, celery, pickles, bread and butter,
| roast beef and mince and pumpkin pie
| and coffee.
| During the dinner singing and religious
| services were held in the hall below.
the dinner comprised Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs.
| Croft, Mrs. Gordon, Mrs. Kline, Mrs.
| Monroe, Mrs. Millstead, Mrs. Myers. Mrs.
Koob, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Armstrong.
Mrs Bridwell Mrs. Clements, Mrs. Town
! send. Mrs. Grass. Mrs. Moores, Mrs. Phil
! lips, Mrs. Hoffman, Mrs. Field. Mrs.
Nicholson, Mrs. Can't, Mrs. Beck, and
| the Misses Briscoe. Rouzee. Graham. Fai-
| lon. O'Neil Hickman, Garland, Harper
| and others.
The helpers included Messrs. Hall. Hol-
land, Reed, Rapee, Bridwell. koob.
Wheeler Kline, Croft, Sidell. Evans. Cor
| don, Milstead. Myers, Mack, Green and
| Grass.
Singing and speaking were carried on
throughout the day and will continue this
evening.
Musicians and Speakers.
| The musicians and speakers were all
volunteers, and had been assigned for
duty at regular hours during the day and
| evening. They were:
Leaders-H. D. Gordon. assisted by Mr..
c. c. Myers; w. e. Sidell, Rev. j. N.
Armstrong, B Milstead. Mrs. H. E. Mon
roe. H. w. Kline, w. H. Evans. assisted
| by J. c. Muncaster; S. NJ. Croft, George
w. Wheeler.
Precentors-John E. CAN'T, H. D. Cor
don. w. IT. Evans. S. Garland. F. Bow
ers ]. E. CAN'T. W. II. Evans, HI. d. Cor
| don, w. l.. Griffin.
| Organists-Mr. Holland. Mr. F. Bowers.
Mrs. Jennie Thornton. Mr.. Holland Miss
| Ethel Day. Mrs. c. Strasser, Mr.. Holland,
Miss Katie Leech.
Evans. Mrs. ]. n. Armstrong, Miss
Townsend. Master Raymond Lewis. Capt
| c. H. Stanley. E. G. Painter, Mrs S. NJ.
| Croft. Capt. Stanley, Miss Harper and
Sanders Garland.
Speakers-Mrs Julia A. Roberts, Mrs.
B. D. Douglass. James Proctor. Mrs.
Frederick Beall. Mrs. F. NJ. Dickey, f. f.
Brown. w. II. Womersley. Miss Olive B.
| Hickman Miss Anna E. Garland.
| Helpers-Messrs. Bridwell. Mack Green,
Hall. Dorries. Kline, Phillips. CAN'T,
Beach, Eaton, Townsend. Bridwel Dick
ey Painter Garland. Wheeler, Gordon,
Croft Kline. Misses Fallon and Austin.
| At the Central Union Mission.
| Dinner for 30 was served at the Central
Union Mission. There were a score or
more of volunteer helpers, and the kitch-
| en- was thrown open for the inspection
of visitors. During the preparation of the
dinner the kitchen was one of the most
interesting features of the establishment.
On the big steel range were dishes and
pots and pans bubblng and simmering.
Helpers from among the inmates of the
mission were sitting around. cutting up
pumpkins and pairing potatoes and other
veget ableS. There was the odor of big
dinner in the air and the floor under foot
was clean scrubbing could make it.
One man was running the automatic bread
cutter, and hundreds of slices Of bread
for sandwiches were falling with ma
chine-like regularity into the big basket
In the front room the ladies were cut
ting pies and making sandwiches. Din
ner was started at 1 o'clock and con-
| tinued all day. 1t took about an hour
for one tableful to get filed to repletiOn
and be in properly receptive state for
music and religious instruction. which
were dispensed in the auditorium of the
mission.
1t is one of the matters of pride with
the mission workers that all of the din
ner work except the services of the paid
chef were from the inmates of the mis-
sion. The most ambitious of the inmates
are given a chance at the kitchen work.
are given their meals and lodging and
a small sum to keep them going, and are
kept on the staff till they have found a
regular position or position is 1Ound
for them. In this way the force Is con-
tinually changing. but the management
of the home says that there are scores.
If not hundreds, of men in Washington
having steady jobs who have graduated
from the kitchen of the home.
The dinner that was served at the home
today was preceded by the sending out
of $50 baskets of dinners to the needy
and deserving poor. Each of the cases
supplied had been investigated by the
mission workers. but there were fifteen
or twenty baskets kept in reserve for
emergency cases. These all turned up.
too. One poor woman. whose husband
was i'll and who had a baby but two
weeks old. walked all the way in from
Benning after a basket. She was not on
the regular list, but she was supplied.
and car ticket was given her to ride
home.
Salvation and Gospel Army Dinners.
The Gospel Army, at 1913 Pennsylvania
avenue, served a dinner for 100. 1t con-
sisted of roast beef. pork and trimmings,
and was we'll patronized. The dinner was
under the management of Maj. H. j.
Eddy assisted. by Brig. Gen. and Mrs
Little, Adjts. Tobler and Vapt and Mrs.
Homan.
The American Salvation Army gave
many dinners to the poor at its head
quarters. 21S John Marshall place, today.
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