The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-25
Thanksgiving Is Joyous Event
for the Good People Of
Zion.
IDEAL WEATHER ADDS
ZEST TO THE OCCASION
Many Special Services Are
Held and Everybody
Made Happy.

In homo and club church and hos
pItal, orphanage and jail, Thanksgiving
day was appropriately observed in Salt
Lake city Thursday IL was an ideal
Thanksgiving day. the fine weather add
ing much to the spirit OF the occasion.
AZ number OF the various churches OF
tho city special Thanksgiving services
were held. This was also true OF many
OF the charitable and public institutions.
1t was n notable occasion at tho vuri-
GUS clubs OF the city The new CONNER
ctal club held an open house all day, that
the people OF salt Lake might have fur
ther opportunity To see the interior OF
the bcautiful new home OF the orgauza-
Iion which WAS formally opened Tues
day night The usual Thanksgiving day
doings We're on at the Fks Alta and
University clubs. The new Moose club,
In the old Commercial club building was
formally opened Thursday, with an ap-
proprtate programme.
The amuscment-lovlng portion OF Salt
Lakes population were given a nice va
Iiety in that line Thursday, including the
football game between the University OF
Ltah and me Agricultural college at
performances at the various theatcrs,
Spread at City Jail.
The unfortunatcs who were forced TO
spend Thanksgiving In the city jail werc
given touch of the happiness Of THE
holiday season Thursday noon when they
seated at table piled high with good
things to eat.
The meal was prepared by Mrs Pick
ett' who has got up many Thanksgiving
dinners for prisoners in the city jail.
Assisting in the serving were Chauffeur
George Moore and Jallcr Wilkinson.
The prisoners laughed and chatted as
they devoured the spread, and for an
heavy doors. iron bars and blue conts. .
Many n witty joke was passed around
the table, Stories OF all kinds were re-
lated and occasionally one OF the unfor-
was quickly picked up by others and sung
untl the old brick walls fairly trembled
with Thanksgiving enthusiasm.
h n5 IN ea in
form OF big dinner In which cram
berry sauce, roast chicken and dumplings
played an important part. Ninety pris-
oners enjoyed the big meal.
At the Utah state penltentiary 27I
prisoners partook of the specially pre-
pared dinner, Tho menu included roast
pork with dressing, brown gravy. squash
pie. cake and cookies. coffee and milk.
The inmates also enjoyed musical
programme In the morning. Those TAX
ing part were Mrs. w. G, Mcdonald,
Mrs. Corinne Harris Hammer. Miss Ella
Pitt Miss Marguerite Locke. Miss Flor
ence Locke Thelma Cronn. George Gro
min. 5. B. Clawson. George Margetts.
Alex Campbell and Miss Nora Gleason,
At County Infrmary.
The 107 inmates OF the county inflrmary
sat down TO big dinner served In the
dining room at noon. Turkey and dress
ing were headliners on the bill. OF fare.
Mince pie also made hit Under
the direction OF the local Christian Scien
lists church, special services were held
at this institution.
The children at the Orphans Home
and Day Nursery had an assortment OF
good things 10 eat, but we're shy the
turkey this year because the birds prom
ised to them were sidetracked somewhere
and did not arrive In time TO be roasted.
Even without the ''big bird" the chill
dren were happy.
a special service was held at St AIMS
Orphanage at $50 o'clock Thanksgiving
morning, The children had turkey and
what goes with It for their dinner
easonable delicacies were enjoyed by
the patients at the various local hospitals
whose condition would permit In most
of the hospital wards musical pro-
grammes were given Thursday afternoon.
Especially good things 10 cat that are
not often served In the institutions OF
correction graced the tables Thanksgiving
day and frightened the day for the in
mates. =
The poor C the city were furnished
with basket dinners by the Salvation
Army workers and other charitable or
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