New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26

raised their hands, young, pale-faced
glrl whispered to the woman next TO
her; THAT shows you what rum will
To-"
All the men who came forward at
the meetings were taken downstairs,
gwen all the sandwiches and coffee
they wanted and told to report in the
morning. After being fed and cleaned
they will be distributed among the
Army's industrial homes.
Just north of Washington Square. at
81 West Eighth Street, line OF SILVER
ing men began 10 form before day
break. II stood patiently all the morn
me- until j. NJ. Lamadrid, manager of
~. Andrews One-cent Coffee Stands.
decided to begin the dinner an hour
carrier than II was scheduled. From
noon until the 1000 mark was reached
the men were taken inside in patches
OF nifty and given a hearty dinner Of
turkey, chicken, beef and all the other
acc0mpaniments. Women were given
baskets full of supplies 10 take home.
and not one was turned away. The st.
Andrews stands have been in operation
Tor twenty-nine years
Next in the number served CANA the
Bowery Mission. with $50 baskets dis
trloated and $500 meals The audi
forum was decorated with artificial
flowers made In the Industrial depart
ment, and after the thirty-sixth ami
verssry service in the evening all pres
ent we're invited TO occupy a clean bed
for the night.
AT the Brace Memorial Newsboys'
n nt,I1! 900 boys were the guests of
: william Waldorf Astor. who sent
check from London. According to VIII
ham Lewis Butcher, the superinten-
dent. there is much less need among
the newsboys this year than last,
most OF them having steady employ
ment. In the evening an old fashioned
New England entertainment was given.
The Rescue Society in its rooms at
o. Doyers Street. the old Chinese
Theatre, fed 1000 men, women and
children last evening, as has been
IT'S custom for the last twenty-five
Thanksgiving Days. The Greater New
York Philanthropic Society distributed
food TO the poor from the old Chill
dren's Court building and hear the
main entrance 10 the Tombs.
The Tombs passed the day quietly
but the 607 prisoners were served a
chicken dinner TO their satisfaction.
Iorkville Prison gave sixty-five an
elaborate meal. and the fifty-two in
Harlem Prison received tobacco and
cigars as well as big dinner. In the
Bronx County Jail Sheriff James r.
/ O'Brien was host to nnety-seven
prisoners and provided talking
machine as well as dinner.
The patients in Bellevue who were
able to eat heartily were provided with
/ turkey. and at the Manhattan State
D HounttoI Inc uordfa
/ Island, the midday feast was followed
/ by a dance, which 1890 attended.
| Among those who contributed TO the
funds raised by the Charity Organi-
cation Society. which supplied many
families with dinners. were the girls
of the Wadleigh High School, who
gave out of their pocket money.
An evidence of the holiday spirit was,
shown by ]. Buchanan Brady, better
| known as Diamond Jim" who added
/ the Broad Street Hospital to the list
of institutions that have benefited by
/ his gifts. A few years ago Mr.. Brady
made very substantial subscription
{ to the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and he
has now, in addition to gift OF
} 81 900 toward a children's pavilion,
qualified as a founder of the Broad
/ Street Hospital, now being established
I in the financial district of the city.
AT the Children's Society the 126
children were provided with turkeys
/ by Mrs. j. Nelson Borland, of the
q Ladies' Auxiliary Committee. At the
Montefiore Home and Hospital for
/ Chronic Invalids many of the patients
were carried into the assembly room
in cots to hear Jacob II. Schif speak,
after the dinner.
The Prison Association of New York
provided the families Of fifty prisoners
with baskets, and 500 people were
given dinner at the Five Points Mis-
sion by the Women's Home Missionary
Society. Through the generosity OF ".
Everit Macy, superintendent OF the
poor Of Westchester County, $50 in
mates of the East View almshouse were
provided with a bountiful dinner.
Three hundred messenger boys were
the guests of NJ. W. Rayens, presi-
dent of the United District Messenger
Company. at a turkey dinner given at
the uptown office. Foreign-born citi-
zens were provided with Thanksgiv-
ing exercises at Seward Park, and at
the Chapel of the IntercessiOn. Broad
way and 155th Street, a tablet COM
memorating the stand of Washington's
army was unveiled by the d. A. +.