El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-29
MANY FEAsTS FOR
THANKSGIVING DAY.
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membrance, such as fruit. candy. nuts
In the evening a special Thanksgiv-
ing. service will be held by the Salvation
army at its hall on Myrtle avenue
Thursday night.
school Children Aid.
At all the schools Tuesday and We'd
nesday, the school children brought
their contributions Of food and clothing
for the poor. These viii be collected by
the WOman's Charity association and
/ distributed among the poor white fam
. HES that are on the associations
books. Many Of the express companies
/ have offered the loan of their transfer
wagons to collect the donations at the
different schools. The association work
ers will also assist in gathering togeth-
er the supplies, many private vehicles
having been offered for this work. At
the Sunset school, the children have
J Deen denying themselves candy for the
past week and putting the pennies and
nlckles in bank. These have grown
20 an amount large enough to buy a
big turkey, which viii be the contribu-
ton of the Sunset school.
Officers Thanksgiving.
For the first time since the Civil war,
the Officers Of the Fourth cavalry will
mold a regimental dinner at the st. Re-
gls hotel Thursday evening. All off
GERS Of the regiment and their wives
VIII be in attendance and the Fourth
cavalry band viii furnish the music.
The dinner will be given at eight
o'clock.
Enlisted Men to Feast.
The enlisted men of the Fourth cav
airy and the 23d infantry will be given
a big turkey dinner at noon Thursday,
a provision which is annually made for
the men Of Uncle Sans army. Private
dinners will also be held at the fort by
the officers, their wives and friends OF
the Esd infantry.
The Country club and the Toltec club
viii each have open house all day
Thanksgiving. A special dinner has
been prepared at the Country club for
Thanksgiving evening and the Tolteo
its members. The hotels will serve
special menus, beginning at noon and
continuing through the afternoon and
evening
The Schools, both public and private.
will close for the day.
The custom house and the federal
court offices will also close on Thanks
giving.
The Y. w. c. A. Dinner.
The Y. ". c. A. will have a Thanks
giving dinner at the boarding home at
noon Thursday. The downtown lunch
room viii be closed on that day. At
night the girls Of the boarding home
will entertain in honor of their friends.
They will also attend the union ser
vices Thursday morning in a body. The
annual dinner for the young men away
from home, which has been an annual
Thanksgiving feature OF the Y. N. c. A.
program, was omitted this year because
Of lack OF interest
Football Championship Game.
There VIII be a Thanksgiving foot
ball game at Washington park between !
the High school and the Military insti- /
tute for the city interschOlastic cham Z
pionship. This viii start at three /
o'clock The roofing Of the two schools I
viii be feature Of the game.
The informal riding club which has I
been organized among the young men 4
and women Of the city, will probably g /
for ride down the valley Thursday !
afternoon.
Dinner for Messengers.
The Sunshine society has arranged /
for big free turkey dinner for the .
neWsboys, messenger boys and boot 4
blacks of the city at the Pullman /
CAFETERIA The boys viii meet in san /
J acintO plaza promptly at 1850 D. m. Z
and, under the command Of plaza pa 4
trolman Walter Williams, they VIII I
march to the cafeteria, where the Sun
shine society members have arranged |
for an elaborate menu to give the
homeless boys a big feed. The menu
follows:
Turkey with oyster dressing brown 4
gravy and cranberry sauce.
Mashed creGmed white potatoes
Candied sweet potatoes.
Creamed sweet corn.
Celery, onions and radishes
Strawberry ice cream Pumpkin pie.
Red apples and other fruits contrib
uted by the grocery stores.
Candy contributed by local confec-
tiOnery stores.
At the JaiIs.
Prisoners at the county jail, though
not allowed to go to their respective
homes and see the Thanksgiving turkey
carved and served with the time hon
Ored cranberry sauce. viii miss moth
ing in the way of both quality and
plenty at the dinner to be given at the
jail Thanksgiving.
Ed A1ebus, county iailer. says that the
county viii spare no expense in placing
a very home-like chicken dinner before
those now sharing the hospitality of the
county, and that the best that the mar
lxet affords. skillfully transformed by 4
the prison cooks, viii be in evidence at
the feast.
The city Jail viii follow the plan Of
its sister institution and provide
liberal Thanksgiving dinner for the
collection Of, tramps and Z
DRINKS now housed there
The dinner viii be cooked by Mrs
John T. Sullivan, of PA South Kansas
street who has the contract for sup
plying the city with food for its prison
ars It will be Of the regulation Thanks