New-York tribune., 1914-11-27
Thanksgiving Spirit Rules
despite War and Brings
Cheer to Thousands.
WEATHER GRACIOUS
TO SHIVERlNG POOR
r.,st< in Prisons, Hospitals and
Missions Bring Clean of
Happiness to Destitute.

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ho'.S .-..rt that 10 did among the dwell
d ,bc slums. where thousands of
tIs J;,rers were served by charitable
lres lres;.,,,,ors as we'll as private philan-
thTSy. T.S The weather contributed its
% me comfort Of the homeless
"a 6csttute. Ragged men without
S"D -o,s we've not forced 10 shiver and
~ they stood in line waiting
r. frst full meal IN weeks. All
lS' ornlicd we're cared for, and gladly
W. ,sn 4 second helping If they wished
"-,o citv did not forget its hundreds
.Lo~yes I'm ell the penal and medi-
VI ;~sti,utious the dreary routine was
.S-ov.n aside. and its place filled with
.sss,irc and entertainment.
'Tbrourh the courtesy Of +. r. Aloee'
-,,erol manager of the Keith circuit
- nrisoncrs ON Blackwell's Island en-
80 vaudeville performance IN the
toysroor. some of those who appeared
rsre Blanche Ring. Grace De Mar
Vrsnk Whitman, Dooley and kugal'
ALE Rtchie Jack Wilson, Wine
Weston. Grace la Rue, Carl Demarest'
the Primroses and Iooey Clauoe' NIsS
rs.borirc Davis Commissioner OF Cor
~ee,ion. witnessed the bill.
No Tobacco at Tombs.
The Rev. Dr. Watkins and the Rev.
roileiar conducted religious services
=. ,be Tovbs prison. Afterward the
- nrisorers we're served with a ooun-
.tri dinner. The menu was similar 10
H. Drovide5 az Blackwells Island, and
.-~sis+ef Of soup, turkey and ch1chen,
..sbe8 ro+qtoes. celery. mince PIE and
co4ee A. the Tombs no tobacco was
.-,riie5 hut the vaudeville artists who
,svs The performance at Blackwell 5
leland presented each convict there
A. the Ycrkville prison Head Keeper
Iotn Lynch supplied ice cream, ana the
P4v Thomas II. Topping, VINO conduc'-
al sorvices 40 g o'clock, gave tobacco.
4 .Dor,aI dinner was served IN Jerer-
son Market prison TO l24 prisoners.
In Harlem. Knickerbocker and Man
Ssttsr state hospitals there were turkey
J.rners far -fc patients At the latter
ris,e dance was held in the after
-oor in which such as were able trod
he measures of the one-Step, foN-trot
A. -te Immigrant station az Ellis
Island the usual Thanksgiving dinner
~ss the smallest In years. The NUMBER
rho psrtoos OF me he ainner w%S ro Sif being
'oi-i nUi'''' VA
-'.-l"eu' ..-.Li. foo+,,.o of tho
lhs mos. -'o..1J 5.3 80. .t,oritabie irstitu-
."lss .i.l -,-osorco Of many we'll
.o.s Wa ... --.-oo 80 on,licantr for
s5'eo v..,.. l., .,,''o.'e s+ -be vsyious places.
..--1.-oj Students of human
-. "'' -..i .Le~o ,yere hundreds who
.t.- - .--e had never asked for
,ssy;,r bs-ors
Feast TOT bo"erSi'es'
ur-t~ots of naner hays containing
,b.cse, srf Ram serdwiches were dis
,,.I"te4 e., lie creator New York Phi
isr,Ir,-;.' eoc;o.,, ~ Ire coffee stand,
-s.r,Ld .ro.,ts ,risor under the direc-
tan NJ Ms Irtq Marshall. president
NJ The sor,e-, I'M addition 90 these a
bowl Of s-esmire soup was ready for
fseb rer..r
Twelve hundred men and women ac-
rsnfed +La i-y.te+fon of Superintendent
1T Vur+ and dined at the Bowerv
Mission Dot Rowerv Most Of them
came from The lodging houses in the
district and .hore was great crowd
vsi+irg ,.,cr The doors were opened at
i0 o'.lrr.
Resides srrr1virc the dinners, 225
bsske.s ~ fooj we're sent 20 needy
-amH.c- by tho mission. Hundreds
more were fed ~ 8 o'clock in the even
irg and . r-..iral entertainment fol-
loved
Tbere corf3 have been no complaint
or tl. ..r rf those who partook Of
the dinner served TO eleven hundred
men and women by the Rescue So
e.etv s+ -re old Chinese theatre, in
Dovers ST. TURKEYS of the 50 cents a
pound variety. cooked by the best
cbefs i- +Do land we're the portion of
the diners there.
]. haproned thus because most Of
the turkeys were the gifts of six Of
me mos prominent notels nl. IN tn9 .;: ClVy
p.r. - fIoiiar5 Honee and Bilt-
rors Nm. 80 turkcvs than are
needed sr. slyrave cooked al these
rlacas and Tho .rrn1us was sent 10 the
societv s-~esd,. cooked. So IL was that
The fsrcr oobblers designed for the
Dslstes NJ fbe ricb and famous found
REL mas. .a +to n1atcs set before the
down sr5 orts" Of the slums.
Nov, ...,, t,,o1ve hundred newsbovs
were ert.rtained al a dinner given BY
WUGsr, Ws1dorf Astor M the News
hove, H. n Now Chambers ST.
O,ser 5.s.r.h,tio, centres of Thanks
g.yir,. 5.-,ors ,rere the Bowerv
6r,-ti ~ ~ Vourc Mems Christian
49,. 49, o- '"e "a seyen hundred
ns, a-5 tLo Tov. York Citv Episcopal
Nis..Cr $50 a. 2g Bieecker st.
rfsro .t,., b5+1d~cd baskets of food
ve-a -......'.' ...'.
Vo,. .t.r t,.o +bousan6 free din
nov, ,,... .'. W. "a ~ tbo besdouar-
tsr. .f S. Acdrew one-cent
cor.. -...'i o., VT efb ~ Most