Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1915-11-27
$500 Thanksgiving
Baskets.

More than 1000 baskets ladel
with good things, and delivpret
to every corner Of the city b,
ninety wagons, is the message O
love and good cheer sent to al
many, poor homes early THURSDAY
morning by the local order ot
Elks.
| The gigantic task Of puachas.
ing the goodies, preraring them
in neat baskets aid delivering
them to the poor and needy, was
handled by a committee of fifty,
Of which Edward Newman was
the chairman.
The Salvation Army, under the
supervision of Staff Captain l..
A. Allison Coe, as usual, also
generously remembered the poor
in the form of 500 bask cts which
were distributed from their head
quarters, 81 Baronne Street.
Captain Coe and a corps of
workers labored throughout
Wednesday afternoon and far
into the night getting the baskets
ready
At the mems home of the VOL
unteers of America, 731 st. Jo-
seph street, and at the home of
the women, 1882 Magazine street
under the direction of Major G.
F. Fegely, commander, Thanks
giving dinners were served.
Perhaps no more pretentiols.
supply of necessities for Thanks
giving dinner has ever been dis
trtbuted among the poor by Or
ganized charity uhan that which
each of the baskets sent out by
the Elks contained. This was
made possible by the members
who donated more literally this
year than any previous year The
cost of Of the Elias donations was
over $1,000.
System Saves
Confusion aAd Mistakes.
1t was a grand sight that greet
ed the eye Wednesday night on
the ground floor Of the big va
can't building at 423 Canal street,
which was utilized at the distribu
ting quarters by the Elks. Each
commodity was piled separately.
There were rows and rows OF sack
of onions and sweet and Irish
potatoes, and a veritable noun
tain of cabbage.
More than a score of women as
sisted the members in filling the
baskets.
The women formed a chain,
each gripping the handles of two
baskets The various commodities
with which the baskets We're fill
led stood in piles in a circle. Two
members stood by each pile, and
as the women made the circuit of
the room. the baskets were
gradually filled. In this Way con-
fusion and mistakes were impos-
sible.
Each of the baskets held twenty
five items of food. Here is what
the big Elk basket contained: a
whole chicken, dozen potatoes,
a dozen onians, large head of
cabbage, celery, bananas, orang
es, apples, noodles, oaf meal, rice
spice, spaghetti, pickles, syrup,
salt, condensed milk, pork and
beans, sugar, coffee, tea, crac9-
ers and bread.
Pirst Deliveries As
Early As ga. III.
The first deliveries of the Elks
Thanksgiving baskets were made
as eaaly as 3 O'Clock Thursday
morning. Each wagon was ac-
companied by one member of the
order to see that the baskets
were delivered to the proper ad-
dresses. Chairman Newman gave
out the following Thanksgiving
message of the Eks:
While the committee of
which / had the honor of being
chairman was appointed to look
after the distribution, the entire
membership of the order felt that
it was their duty to assist in the
good canse and the generous way
in which they responded, both in
. financial way and in giving up
their time and labor, was indeed
commendable. It enabled the
Elks this year to dispense Thanks
giving dinners with a more libe-
raj hand. That Thanksgiving
Day shall bring happiness and
good cheer, not only to the poor.
but that this spirit shall prevail
generally throughout the city IS