New-York tribune., 1913-11-28
THANKFUL 4,OOO,OOO
SALAAM TO TURKEY
New Workers of High and
Low Degree Celebrate
Day of Cheer.
"EATS" FOR HOSTS
ALL OVER THE CITY
Charitable Institutions Provide
Dinners for the Homeless
Prisoners Fare Well.

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From tip to tip OF the Thanksgiving
turkeys wings is a pretty wide stretch
wide enough to reach, yesterday. from
the lordliest mansion in town to the low
lest haunts OF the poor and the un-
fortunate, for folk in all manner OF
places high and low. had chance 10
squeeze in under the wings of the national
bird
That IS not TO say that every one was
under the benedicuon Of Thanksgiving
cheer You can figure out in your own
way how many were not one way to
figure it is that a million turkeys came
to town. Probably an average OF four
people had a slice of each turkey, and
that would mean four million people
wouldn't it Wen. letting it so at that.
there would be a good many more than
n million out in the cold for one reason
or another.
But figures do not amount to much
anyway. The big fact was that there
was no lack of effort on the part Of
benevolent organizations. jailers, charity
workers and gentle hearted individuals
10 keep down to as narrow a margin as
POSSIBLE the numbers OF those who did
not nave some sort of Thanksgiving fes-
tivity to be thankful for.
The effort to give the unfortunate at
least little taste OF the feast began at
one o'clock yesterday morning. at the
Bowery Mission, when the bread line
opened for the winter season and a thou
sand men received hot coffee and rolls.
No turkey at that hour; that was saved
for later in the day.
Good Cheer by Wholesale.
But first, at nine O'Clock. there was a
distribution OF 200 baskets for needy
families. And then at 1880 p. m. came
the dinner itself for 1900 men, an increase
Of 500 over last year. The line Of seekers
for work this year was so much greater
than heretofore that the trustees decided
to enlarge their guest list in an effort to
get 81 if possible in on the dinner.
At the Bowery branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association eight hundred
of the dcrelicts in New York's saddest
street were provided for under the di-
lrection Of Superintendent II. w. Root
1t had been announced that the doors
would open at noon, but by ten o'clock
there was a long line waiting for the
magic hour 10 come The hungry ones
were served in lots Of a hundred. There
was a table reserved for women, and
about thirty Of them were served during
the feast
Eight hundred more OF the Bowery folk
were taken care of at Gods Providence
House In Broome street, just east of the
Bowery, while 200 baskets were sent out
10 destitute families. The work was
carried on under the direction Of Superin-
tendent John Myers. who had a number
Of Barnard College and Normal Prepara-
tory School girls to help him a. wait
resses.
a thousand children were given their
turkey at the Five Points Mission. Here
Mr.. Turkey had TO vie with candy and
other sweets for first honors Three hun
dred baskets were sent out to needy
homes.
st. Andrews One-Cent Coffee Stand, at
No. 81 West Eighth street, was one OF
the busiest centres OF THANKSGIVING char
tty. -Four hundred baskets for those who
were sick and unable to come themselves
were handed out at the door, while about
two thousand men, women and children
were fed in the dining room.
Memorial Dinner.
This dinner, which was established
twenty-one years ago by Mrs. ]. NJ
IIemadrid. wife OF q wealthy importer
has been continued IN her memory by
'Afr. Iamadrid every year since her death
The kitchen was in charge OF Theodore
Schmidt, who has prepared the dinner
every year since the beginning, and Mr.
Lamadrid was assisted by the Rev. Madi-
son c. Peters. Miss Phyllis La Fond. the
soloist at Mr.. Peters's Sunday American
Theatre services; Mrs. Vita Coke. the
social worker, and number Of others.
One old woman told Miss La Fond that
she had several grown married children
but none OF them had asked her TO din
ner. Another woman told Mrs Coke that
she was thirtyAone and the mother of ten
Ichildren. She said that her husband
earned $40 week as a truck driver, but
drank $50 worth Of liquor every week
She was given two baskets
other Thanksgiving feasts were the
William Waldorf Astor free dinner al
the Newsboys' Lodging House in Cham
'bers street, Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting s
dinner at the Girls Lodging House. Miss
Grace Dodge's dinner at Harlem Boys
Home, Emlen Roosevelts dinner at the
West Side Boys House, and the annual
dinner for the poor given by the Rescue
Society in the old Chinese Theatre in
Doyers street. In addition to eats, "
there were entertainments or religious
exercises as well in the evening at these
places.
In the afternoon the international
Brotherhood Welfare Association, an or
ganization for migratory workers and
unemployed, held a Thanksgiving rally al
Manhattan Lyceum. An admission OF IL
cents was charged. the proceeds to 90
toward improving the condition OF home
less and unemployed men during the
winter
SaIvationists' Thanksgiving.
From the Salvation Army headquarters
in West 14th street a number Of wagons
were sent out TO gather UP all the drunks
who could be found and persuaded TO
return to the barracks TO get a hand
out" OF hot coffee and rolls. There were
n number Of husky members of the army
on hand 10 treat them gently. with force
IL need be.