Evening star., 1914-11-26
Special Dinners Provided at
Penal, Correctional and
Charitable Institutions.
TURKEY FEATURES MENU
AT MOST OF THE FEASTS
Good Cheer and Forms of Amusement
for Children at the Re.
formatories.

Notwithstanding the high price OF
foods, old-fashioned Thanksgiving din
ners were served in the Districts va
rious penal, correctional and charitable
Institutions today. Several hundred
boys and girls in the industrial and
training schools, patients in the Gal
lineer Hospital. formerly the Tubercu-
losis Hospital. and workhouse prison
crs enjoyed liberal treats Of turkey
and cranberries, while roast pork and
, pumpkin pie featured the menus Of the
Nome for the Aged and Inflrm at Blue
Plains and the Washington asylum and
jail.
Under contracts made last spring, the
District bought about 200 pounds of
Turkey, at a saving of nearly 10 cents
d pound on the present market quota
tfons. The largest portions Of the con-
sigHment went to the National Train
ing School for Boys and the Industrial
Home School, Celery and cranberries
also were furnished in liberal guam
titles.
Good Cheer at This Home.
Ii was a day of good cheer at the
Home for the Aged and Infirm. Many
of the inmates were visited by rela-
tives and friends. while Supt. Fay pro-
vided a good dinner consisting main
ly of homegrown products. The menu
comprised roast pork. sweet potatoes.
mashed potatoes, bread, coffee. mince
pie and apples.
-Supt. Whitaker made a change in
the customary workhouse Thanksgiv-
ing bill of fare by substituting turkey
for roast pork. In addition TO this
deiicacy the prisoners were provided
with mashed potatoes. gravy. apple
osf- ov,1
coffee Ninety per cent of the dinner,
including the turkey. was produced on
the workhouse farm. Religious serv-
ices for the prisoners were held dur
Roast pork and sweet potatoes were
served the 100 patients and 225 inmates
of the Washington asylum and Jail. At
these institutions visits from relatives
and friends were permitted during the
day. Tonight the inmates will attend
a Thanksgiving service.
Children Have Busy Day.
Boys and girls of the Industrial Home
School, numbering 146, spent a busy
Thanksgiving day. The program open
ed with a praise service which was
conducted in the assembly room, begin
ming at o'clock. This was followed by
a foot ball game between the school
eleven and team from Georgetown,
picked teams of girls. THANKSGIVING
dinner began promptly at 1890 O'clock
the menu consisting of turkey, cram
berries. potatoes, celery, nuts and ap-
pies.
Eighty boys at the Industrial Home
school for Colored Children, at Blue
Plains, enjoyed dinner consisting of
roast turkey and roast pig. creamed po-
potatoes. stewed tomatoes, celery, cram
berry sauce. pumpkin pie and milk In
the afternoon they attended services
conducted by the Rev. Thomas S. Liv-
principal Thanksgi giving celebration has
been arranged for tomorrow night.
when musical and literary program
VIII be given under direction of Supt.
for the Aged and Infirm have been in
vited to this entertainment
At the National Training School for
GIFTS eighty-two girls today were sup
pied with dinner consisting of roast
pork. apple sauce. Drowned sweet po-
tatoes. stewed tomatoes, oranges and
pumpkin pie. During the afternoon the
school assembled for simple services,
commemorative of the day.
Training School for Boys.
There was something doing every
minute of the day at the National
Training School for Boys. Religious
services were conducted during the
morning, of which the feature was an
address delivered by ]. Holdsworth
Gordon, member of the board of
trustees Following a dinner of tur-
key, cranberry sauce. potatoes, celery,
olives and pie, the 355 boys quartered
at this institution turned their atten-
ton to games and athletic contests
Tonight they will attend moving pic
ture exhibition in the school chapel
The menu at the Gallinger Hospital
consisted of roast turkey, baked sweet
potatoes. green peas. cranberry sauce
celery. and pies Of mince and pump
KIN Each patient was given a small
Iackage containing an apple, an or
ahge. a banana, nuts, raisins, fgs and
dates. No general services were held,
but many of the 40 patients in the in
stitution received visits from relatives
and friends.
Twenty inmates of the Temporary
Home for ex-Cnion Soldiers and Sailors
were served a turkey dinner.
The municipal lodging house did not
provide a Thanksgiving dinner, but
will add to its menu during Christmas
week.