New-York tribune., 1913-11-27
"EAT!" IS SLOGAN
FOR ALL TODAY
City Is Well Primed with
Thanksgiving Cheer for
Rich and Poor.
THREE MILLION HERE
WILL HAVE TURKEY
Charitable and Religious Bodies
Plan That No One Need
Go Hungry.

Go Hungry.
Holiday cheer will come in various
forms TO all sorts and conditions OF men,
women and children throughout Greater
New York to-day Considerably more
than half the population of the city VIII
eat. drink and be merry as it pleases
them TO do With the other half it IS
pretty certain to be another story.
Unless there has been some mistake
there will be turkeys enough to 20 around
for such as have the price. More than
a million birds" are dressed and waiting
the approach Of the chef. and ii has
taken nearly two million and half dol
lars to purchase them. Each turkey
ought to feed on the average three per-
sons That would leave more than a
100000 of the city's population without
a slice Of the national Thanksgiving dish
In spite of poverty. sickness and misery
OF all kinds there will be great effort
made to help the poor. the hungry and
the outcast of New York to-day. Much
OF it will be accomplished through the
channels of organized charity.
Thousands of unfortunates who never
hope TO sit down to a square meal on any
other day will know to-day what Thanks
giving really means. From the city S
official poor to the derelicts of the
Bowery none need go hungry All may
not have their choice as To Tight meat,
or the "drumstick. but they will be fed
on substantial fare
As an indication of what will happen
to-day. LOCO homeless men from along the
Bowery and on the East Side, at o'clock
this morning. took their places in the
bread line" at the Bowery Mission. At
o'clock many of them will be back
there again getting baskets OF provisions
which Superintendent Hallimond will dis
tribute.
At 7:SO o'clock tonight the Bowery
Mission Chapel will be filled to overflow
ing with men in attendance at the gospel
service before they are fed. In past
years the mission has served 300 Christ
mas dinners at this hour on ThanksGiV-
ing evening but the line composed Of
those seeking work this year has in
duced the trustees to increase the num-
Der Of dinners to 1900.
Nearly 1000 children will scamper
through the lower East Side streets TO
the Five Points Mission. No. 63 Park
street. TO attend the annual thanksgiving
dinner This mission also sill send
basket dinners into 800 homes.
An unusual call TO dinner will sound
this evening from the Salvation Army
Building, in West 14th street. 1t is de-
signed to fall on the ears Of men who are
down and out from drink. Adjutant Cook
will send squad of volunteers through
the sums to gather the overloaded IN
wagons and bring them TO the sandwich
and coffee counter Walters in army uni
form will serve as many rounds of hot
coffee as the men need, according 10 their
state of insobrety.
At least 1000 Of New York's hungry cti-
zens will receive cheer and nourishment
at the headquarters of the st. Andrews
one Cent Coffee Stands. No. 81 West Sth
street AS usual, 80 baskets filled with
good things for the sick ones and those
who are unable TO leave their homes will
. be sent throughout the lower East and
West sides Miss Phyllis La Ford will be
. the hostess at the St. Andrews spread.
The poor of Chinatown will be remem-
bered in the Rescue Society's mission.
No Doyers street. A religious service
will follow the dinner in the evening.
The Municipal Lodging House, in East
. 18th street, will set forth excellent fare
Substantial additions to the regular menu
will grace the boards of Commissioner
Drummond's wards in the various charity
departments.
No matter how high the price Of turkey
goes hoya and girls who attend the indus
trial schools and lodging houses Of the
Children's Aid Society Of No. 1O5 Eas'
22d street, will have genuine Thanks
giving dinner.
William Waldorf Astor will provide the
dinner at the Newsboys' Lodging House
No. Il New Chambers street; Mrs. w
Bayard Cutting will do the same for the
Girls Lodging House, as will Miss Grace
Dodge for the Harlem BOYS Home. and
Fmlen Roosevelt for the West Side Boys
House. al No. 225 West 18th street.
Thanksgiving Day will be observed as
usual by the churches with special SER
vices in the forenoon.
The Harlem churches will unite in the
Harlem Presbyterian Church. at West
l92d street and Mount Morris Park, at
1890 o'clock The Rev. DR.. George r
Lockwood. of the Pilgrim Congregational
Church. will preach.
Cardinal Farley will celebrate pontifcal
high mass at 10 o'clock at the dedication
in Brooklyn of the new cathedral chapel
of the Queen of All Saints, Lafayette and
Vanderbilt avenues.
In the evening there will be song pro-
gramme given by the Katholische Saen-
gerbund, assisted by boys from the Met
ropolitan opera House.