New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
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WITH GOOD CHEER
C,;rit of Thanksgiving
peryades Hospital, Asy-
lum and Prison.
rFAsTING FOR ALL,
CITY'S OFFERING
,.,.,;c,s and Immigrants Share
;, the Tons of Turkey Pro-
vioed on All Sides.

Il there was . hungry man IN 'he
.sstsrday when Thanksgiving
'" - 70 close. it was because ne rae
u'" ,...nroud TO ask. New York out
' :, ;,.,lf By an outpouring OF 'cheer
aO - seldom il ever been equalled
q, is history. Ill
80, walls could not keep their
-, immune from the spirit IN the
vaudeville invaded BlackwelFs
Land and even the srmOr Of the At
attic Zee, could not resist the or
',.yg5ts Of mcrrimont Hospitals and
.,usbouses had their share of feast
-. Ellis Island did its part for the
,h,.c hundred immigrants who had
t,rdlv heard OF the holiday, and the
o,lv spcts where the festival went un-
..,ieed we're the deserted benches IN
n. downtown parks and the hermeu-
,,llv sealed business sections
To some the day meant time Tor
.,o,;,u6e gratitude for the country :
,,,tinred peace as well as individual
,,os,erity. To others it meant m'relV
dsv of. There were some whose
,i.ion did not extend beyond the hori
,On Of q plate Of giblet gravy. to
cher. the day meant nothing at all.
The latter class would have been
,.rmarcntlv cured of their cnnui by a
avinv tour Of the spots in the city
vhs-e Thanksgiving glowed at white
hos, visit 70 the Newsboys' Home
nth it's rows IF tiny heads bobbing
aver white meat. drumsticks and
cranberry sauce; brief stop at the
ling board heaped with edibles by the
s.. Andrews One-Cent Coffee Stands
and countless otner points where
charity reigned.
There were services in the churches,
splendid services, BETTING the dignity
Of the day. but nowhere was more real
Thanksgiving crammed into the square
inch than at the Salvation Army. The
Ex.Boozers' Association were out IN
force 20 commemorate their breaking
away from the habit by gathering IN
recruits. and they did.
Early in the morning motor trucks
secured the lower reaches OF the city
for human dereicts age, race or re-
ligion no object-and transported them
10 the headquarters on West -FOUR
.senth Street. In the afternoon a
street parade rounded up even more.
With several hundred men and women
workers in line, three bands and the
cadets. the procession made a brave
showing as il swung around union
Square.
A huge red whiskey bottle marched
stesdfsstly along in the procession, and
chained TO IL was staggering wretch
followed BY a wife and a bevy of rag
ged children. Behind that came life
Sized water wagon with extra standing
room attached.
When the down-and-outs were safe
within the auditorium Colonel William
A. Mcintyre began the service before
as hopeless a mass of humanity as ever
sat- within four walls. First the staff
band on the platform struck up hymn
it was "Tipperary"-but the words
ran:
On The ocean % love and mcfg
10 the homeland ] 60.
ia determined tJ Uuat the lul'i}
l. the tufcsi hands ] know.
Gooi-a, sln and foy.
Farewell. worldly care. ,---
For he Port o. GlOTy lies before me.
Ard ny home s. there.
That one verse warmed up the crowd
70 the listening point, and when the
srt ex-boozer was introduced and be-
nn his tale an unkempt creature who
lad staggered in had regained his
.snses enough to lead the applause. A
Few more testimonies and the same
creature said: I'm going up, jim. y
And up 10 the platform he went. He
vas one OF the 108 who became ex-
BOXERS al one meeting alone. The
afternoon session nearly doubled that
figure.
-Th. path of life is strenuous"
shouted Colonel Mcintyre. "How many
Of you have heard Of Teddy Roosevelt -
.. asked. When only a half dozen