Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-28
REAL THANKSGIVING
DAY IN INSTITUTIONS
Special Dinners for Inmates and
Entertainments Also Add
to Good Cheer.

Fair weather, coming as an unex-
pected surprise. doubled the good
cheer of Thanksgiving Day, and in
accordance with the custom the vari-
GUS Newark Institutions saw to il
that a. real feast was provided for
the Inmates. 1t was Just cold enough
yesterday to stimulate the sort of ap-
petite that Is needed for turkey and
pumpkin pie
Every one, from the little f"newsies'
who made vast and unceremonious
inroads upon the spread prepared for
them at the Children's Aid Society, to
those who dined more decorously in
other institutions, enjoyed alike the
sumptuous repast that is synonymous
with Thanksgiving. ta
At the Newark Orphan Asylum, in
High street, a turkey dinner was
served for the twenty-six girls and
fifty boys of the institution. The boys
then gave an entertainment they had
prepared as q surprise for Miss EN-
ma T. Ornandy. the superintendent.
The inmates Of the Hebrew Orphan
Asylum, in Clinton avenue, also en-
joyed q Thanksgiving repast.
A turkey dinner was provided for
the fifty-three inmates of the Home
for Incurables, 102 Court street.
The inmates of the Florence Crit
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dinner. with all the features that
went with 1t. Forty-five persons were
accommodated. Later in the after
noon the inmates held an entertain
ment and social, during which an in
teresting program of songs and reci1
tations were given.
The Home for Crippled Children,
at 100 Clifton avenue, provided an
elaborate dinner for the little in
mates. of which there are about
f1fty-five. The menu was made up of
the usual Thanksgiving foodstuffs.
Eighty-nine persons were cared for
at the Home for the Friendless. in
South Orange avenue. A bountiful
Thanksgiving dinner was provided.
A regular Thanksgiving meal was
given the fifty inmates in the Home
for Aged Women. at 225 Mt. Pleasant
avenue. The day was spent pleas
antly by the inmates.
Special Thanksgiving dinners were
also served at the Home for the In
curables the Baptist Home for the
Aged and the Bethany Home for the
Aged. A number of poor people were
cared for by the Christian Refuge
at its quarters. 109 Mechanic street,
where Thanksgiving dinner was
served.
Thanksgiving dinners were also
provided for the inmates of the Gott-
fried Kruger Home, in Clinton
place, near st. James place, and at
the ]. Clement French Industrial
Home for Men, 81 Plane street, |
where q large number were accom-
The two hundred and thlrty-five in
mates of the Poor House, of which
Patrick J. White is superintendent, 4
were provided with an elaborate
Thanksgiving dinner which they
greatly enjoyed. In the afternoon.
Rev. John r.. Atkinson, pastor of
st. Thomas Episcopal Church, ad-
dressed the inmates.
The Essex County Hospital for they
Insane at Overbroolt accommodated |
about 1000 persons, including the in
mates and attendants, with an elab- |
crate Thanksgiving dinner in the in |
stitutior's dining room Last night |
the inmates made merry at an en-
tertainment in the recreation hall. A
moving picture program was given.
A basketball game followed. There
was also dancing. 1
The prisoners at the Essex County
Penitentiary at Caldwell enjoyed an
elaborate dinner yesterday.
The meal consisted of chicken, pota-
toes, creamed onions. fruit, cake and
tea and coffee After the meal the
inmates were given period Of recre-
alton.
While not given turkey, the pris-
oners at the county Jail In Newark
street were supplied with a more
elaborate meal than usual After the
dinner an entertainment was given
under the direction of Keeper owen
Leddy Arthur Schuler gave selec-
tions on the piano and sang, and
George Wilkinson was heard on the
fiddle. The prisoners enjoyed a rec
reation period and social hour. dur
ing which they were given the free
dom of the corridors and permitted
to converse freely. The holiday pro-
gram at the jail was in charge Of
Warden Richard McGuinness.
The forty-one inmats at the House
of Detention at New and Newark
streets were served with special
dinner. Later in the day. the int
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