Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-27


quarts Of cranberries. with liberal guam
titles Of fresh roast pork. sweet potatoes
and pumpkin pie. made up the dinners
served at the jail. workhouse. training
schools. tuberculosis hospital and other
institutions OF this character maintained
by the District.
Day of Good Cheer.
II was a day of good cheer for the 700
prisoners in the workhouse. at oceoquan.
Va, who were required to do no work
whatever; the 800 inmates of the Home
for the Aged and Infirm. at Blue Plains,
who were served a fine dinner OF home
grown pork and vegetables, and the sew
eral hundred boys and girls OF the train
ing and Industrial home schools who. In
addition to being given all the turkey
and cranberries they could eat. partici-
pated In athletic sports and games dur
ing the afternoon.
In most of the institutions religious
exercises were a part of the Thauksgiv-
ing observance. Services infoi maily ar
ranged by visitors from Washington
churches We're held at the Home Tor me
Aged and Infirm. At Occoquan portion
of the afternoon was devoted to appro-
pirate Thanksgiving exercises conducted
In the chapel Boys and girls OF the In
dustrial Home School gathering IN the
auditorium OF the school this morning
rendered a Thanksgiving program of
songs and recitations.
About the only District institution that
did not enter into the holiday prepara-
tons was the municipal lodging house
There the usual menu OF beef stew, cof-
fee and bread was served.
At Training Schools.
The two national training schools for
boys and girls and the industrial home
schools for white and colored chi dren
observed the day in much the usual man
ner. Turkey was served at all four
schools, and athletic games and contests
were staged in the afternoon.
Services were conducted during the
morning at the National Training School
for Boys. Promptly at L. O'Clock the
37S boys who are cared for at this insu-
tuition sat down to a sumptuous meal
Later they were permitted to play foot
ball and engage in other outdoor sports.
Seventy-n:ne girls. who compose the
colony OF District wards at the National
Training School for Girls. were given a
dinner consisting of roast pork. apple
sauce and pumpkin pie. In the after
noon they attended an entertainment pro-
vided under the direction of Mrs. Whit
ney, superintendent of the school.
Special Program Arranged.
Charles ". Skinner. superintendent OF
the Industrial Home School. arranged a
Thanksgiving program which resulted In
the 1873 boys and girls of that school
putting in a full day. First. they at
tended exercises held in the chapel, be-
ginning at 10 am. a feature OF the en-
tertainment was the reading of Thanks
giving essays by several pupils. At l2:3o
dinner was served. and it was one which
will be long remembered by the members
of the school Turkey. cranberries. cei-
cry, pumpkin pies and other edibles OF
the season made up the menu. Follow
ing dinner an indoor base ball game wac
played. and later foot ball serimmase
was added to the afternoons sport.
Supt. Madden of the Industrial Home
School for Colored Children, which al
joins the Home for the Aged and lnfirm,
at Blue Plains. permitted several of the
inmates of this institution to spend the
day with their parents. Both turkey
and pork We're served at this school, ana
more than fifty pupils were made ID feel
that they had genuine cause to be
thankful.
Old Folks Made Happy.
1t is doubtful il a Thanksgiving dinner
was ever more enjoyed by inmates OF
the Home for the Aged and Infirm.
Supt Fay spared no pains in his et-
fort to serve the best the season had pro-
vided on the Blue Plains farm, the bin
of fare including homegrown products.
such as pork, sweet potatoes and MANY
kinds of vegetables. Friends and rela-
tiyes of many of those CHARTERED In the
institution called upon them during the
day
Turkey did not grace the Thanksgiving
menu at either the jail or w-orkhouse, but
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served the prisoners. All work was dis
pensed with at OccoquaT, which in itself
was considered cause for thanksgiving
Under the rules of this institution but
two meals were served, the same az Sun
day but greater variety OF food was
provided and evidences of appreciation by
the 200 prisoners fed were not lacking y
Good Things to Eat. -
Stewed fruit was added to tho breaks,
fast menu. while roast pig with dressfRer
turnips, sweet potatoes and pumpkin Pie
made up the dinner. Turkey, celery and
cranberry sauce were served the guards
and employees of the workhouse. Thanks
chapel of the institution during the aft
ernoon.
Warden Zinkhan provided good meal
oo5 prisoners at the jail. The men were
served at long tables In a corridor on the
lower floor, while the female prisoners
sat at,a table in their apartment on the
upper floor. No exercises of any kind
were held during the day. Friends and
relatives Of many OF those confined at the
Jail sent them boxes OF fried chicken and
other edibles, while some were given to-.
bacco and spare change with which to
make purchases. -
THANKSGIVING was observed at the Tu-
Hospital Florence Crittenton
Mission and Soldiers and Sailors Tempo
rary Home. At all three institutions
sumptuous turkey dinners were served,
but services were omitteo from the day
program. Thomas s. Hopkins. president
Of the board Of managers Of the Soldiers
md Sailors. Temporary Home. addressed
the thirty-odd veterans Quartered at the
Institution.