The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-11-22

an opportunity 70 tune up for the
! Christmas fcats and the New York
. dcbauch. and if the number Of tur.
keys coming 10 town Is any criterion.
| none viii lack a share In next Thurs.
/ day festivities. The estimate of the
/ number of gobblcrs TO be offered as
% sacrifice New York appctitos
/ next week takes a wide range. but 90
is likely that not short Of million
/ of the Thanksgiving birds will be-
consumed. Those who caat afrord
turkeys viii have chickens OF ducks.
and, for the poorest, the Salvation
Army and other charitable organiza.
tiou5 VIII attempt TO provide share
of tho aroundmg good cheer
There are 100000 persons I'm Sew
York who never got q square meal
except once year on Thanksgiying
/ day according 10 veteran worker
for one OF the citys charitable organ
Hatoua. OF course. not an this grclt
army Is made up OF unemployed or de-.
pendent persons. bu, 1t represents
those who are nabitually undorfcd.
ON THANKSGIVING day. however 81 is
th" proud boast of Father kuickcr.
booker that nobody need go hungry
within his gates Dinners at each ui
which thousands are fed are given by
charitable institutions and by Tam.
man, politicians like the Suliyans
of the lower east side. who this year
are planning a feed" for some 5000
B'wcryitcs. regardless OF political af
/ iiIiation. although hat usually may
be- taken tor granted The dinners OF
this sort already announced will De
sufficient for fully $4,000 persons.
Will" the free basket meals di5trib.
utcd To poor families In the tonemcnts
probably viii aggregate an equal mum.
bcr Aside from all this there are
thousands of well.to-do men and wo.
men who make q practice of supply.
ing Thanksgiving cheer to a numbe,
OF families less fortunately circum.
stanccd. This form of help will reach
10000 more. so that II is safe to say
that practically nobody in New York
will be suffering from hunger on
Thanksgiving day condition thar
could not be duplicated ON any other
! day in the year. Even th. immigrants
on Ellis Island get their first intro.
duction to the typical American holt.
day hy rousing dinner IN which tur-
key ana cranberry slurr figure. It iI
. characteristic OF New York to pay
special attention TO the fayoritc
Thanksgiving day form OF charity. for
there is no city In the country where
good eating and plenty of 1t is hell IN
higher esteem
Speaking OF Thanksgiving lay is
likely 10 remind us of Christmas so
/ Il may Dee apropos to remark that the
youngsters will lind something brauu
new in their stockings on the TWEEN.
N-uuh of next mCn;h-that is II they
have selected the right kind Of up-to-
date parents Already IN, now toy
are making their appearance in New
York shop windows. The noNeltie,
include acroplauc toys In wide profu
sion. Most Of these are imported, ana
tho models that will be- shown are as
numerous as those exhibited in recent
races At Roims. The French are Ia,
4 leaders i'm this -p .cic of toy making
In fact the light, airy articu, to,s
4 from abroad an CoAo from France
while the German products are mark.
. ed by the same stolidity and solidity
that are chamctcristl, Of the land
where they are made,
The Teddy bear has not hccn rc,a.
gated Oltircly 20 the rear hy billy
Possum or tuc polar bear that was
let loose In toyland when Peary ana
Cook began their scrappng The
upto.date Teddy bear of the French
make winds up ana is calculated to
indulge iu number OF ulcruous
omcrsaults Another member of the
pear family evolved .y the French
inventor, is of large stature, and when
Wouad stalk, mlicstically about the
room, moving one leg at time i'm
true quadruped fashion, with his red
tongue lollins out over brass muz.
zlr This toy is made TO sell al 81.
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