Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-25
CHILDREN FIND A DINNER
And Now They Think Sunday
School Pays.
salvation Army VIII Feed 300 ana
Churches Give Away Many Bas.
kets--Hownrd Relief Clear.
Ing House.

Virtue is its own reward" they say.
IT may bsa that this IS not true all Of tho
time but It most certainly is true some
of the time. For there are at least two
children In this city, and hard working
mother who wouldn't have had any
Thanksgiving dinner to-day If the lttls
folks hadn't gone to Sunday school last
sunday just because they wanted to-
a little bow of nine, with his sister
who is about ten years old, went to the
Sunday school in the Salvation Army hall
this week for the first time. They wers
neatly dressed but their garments were
/ hardly thick enough for November
weather. Their evident need caught the
eye OF Adjutant ]. T. Winterbottom and
when he amor need the THANKSGIVING
dinner that will be given to-day in the
! nan to 800 child'e an he saw that it came
as distinct surprise to them.
IheY were a pretty radiant pair OF
Youngsters when they understood that
| they could have some dinner and that
| possibly their mother could. too Inquiry
brought out the fact that the father IL
dead and that the mother gets a rather
scantv living by washing, and the like.
| The little girl sometimes sells papers
Although the Salvation Army rarely gives
out baskets of provisions at Thanksgiy-
ing. reserving that for Christmas, this
particular mother will have one.
These arc only two of the 300 children
who Will be given the right kind OF a
! Thanksgiving dinner to-day BY the SAL
walton Army. and the Salvation Army is
only one Of the institutions and organi-
cations that will help minister to the
wants OF the less fortunate The
| churches ba oIo
poor farm and the Jail will all provide
| Thanksgiving dinners
The dinner given by the Salvation
Army will be served in the barracks
from 1880 q. N. to 30 p. m. The
tickets were divided into three sets of
100 each. to facilitate the handling Of
the crowd. and they have been given
out under the supervision OF Chief OF
Police Russell and the teachers of the
public schools. Roast chicken will be
the piece de resistance and It will he
backed up by a liberal spread of all
the good things that go with it, in
Guiding potato salad jellies mince rte
pumpkin pie. fruit and nuts, and other
things.
At the poor farm there will be A
good dinner. Superintendent Harrtna-
have arranged to give chicken dir
ner with all the trimmings. to the 25
or more residents at the poor farm
Two boxes Of confectionery were sent
in by exGov. L. a. Woodbury..
Sherry Allen and Deputy Sheriff
and Mrs. Todd are going to provide
the 81 inmates Of the jail with a good
repast. A long table will be put IN
one of the corridors and chicken pie.
apple pie and pumpkin pie will make
the board groan.
The various churches. the Howard
Relief society and the public schools
united in making distribution Of
| baskets with the co-opera ton Of Mrs
Mary r. Burritt superintendent Of the
Howard Relief society. In this way
lists could be compared and duplca
lions avoided and this was done. with
one lone exception. One woman who
ALREADY had a basket used a little ORR
entail diplomacy and got another, but
she probably won't draw one next
year. 50 it will even up in the long
run.
The Unitarian Church gave 81 has
kets the Howard Relief g. the high
school l. and the other Institutions
contributed literally. There were
about $50 baskets in all Some OF the
business firms of the city gave tur-
keys to their employees and it is prob
able that the Wells & Richardson
company led the list with 100 turkeys.
total Of 200 pounds.