New-York tribune., 1917-11-29
10000 Fighting Men Will Eat
Thanksgiving Dinner at NY. Tables
Hotels, Clubs and Families
to Entertain Soldiers and
Sailors

Nearly 10000 soldiers and sailors will
eat their Thanksgiving dinner in New
York City 70 day in addition 70 those
who will spend the day with their
families. Patriotic societies, clubs,
hotels, churches and families have come
forward TO make the day memorable
to those who will fight for the nations
ideals.
Typical Of the spirit Of the day will
be the gathering Of 5000 soldiers in
Madison Square Garden. Held under
the ausp.ce, of the Patriotic Service
League, paid for by popular contribu-
tlons, with an entertainment arranged
by the Fria-s and the Elks, which vii.
include both Caruso and George W
Cohan, u will be a real community
affair
In thousands of homes the men in
olive drab will sit at the family table
and get the real home favor Of Thanks
giving Day. Police Commissioner
Arthur Woods has arranged TO get the
troops in touch with families that will
De happier for their presence, and the
Patriotic Service League has also done
much toward this end.
Hotels Join Movement
Hotels and restaurants have ioined in
the movement The important clubs Of
the city are behind it. Most Of them
are entertaining large groups from the
camps in their own clubhouses.
Grim actualities touched the affair
when II was learned last night that
5000 of the expected guests had been
ordered out last night for coast guard
duty, leaving vacant chairs not only
in their own homes, but also in the
aces that had planned to have them
for the day.
Among those who are helping, with
the number TO be entertained, are:
In private homes Of New York and
suburbs ......................... 5000
Madison Square Garden (public con-
tributionl, probably .............. 5000
Adolph Lorber. Broadway restaurant. 1900
Twelfth Regiment Armory, National
Service Commission ............... 1000
Waldorf-AstOria. Frank II. Maynard. go
Catholic Club 20 Central Park West 200
Young Mems Democratic League Q63
families Observation-Disclosures. 3it
St. Regis Hotel. R VI. Haan. ......... 25o
Union League Club. go
Hotel Knckerbocker James B. Resan 500
Rocky Mountain Club. 400
Ball Club Head Helps
Charles H. Ebbfts. Brooklyn Baseball
Club ..............-.. ......--...... q
Fred Hausman. 10 Madison av....... 100
Freundschaft Society, l05 West 51th
81. ...... ..-... =. ....... ..'.. .....s'.. lUV
Henry Kaufman. Reisenweber's s....... 100
Progress Club .... ..............-.. 100
Miss Auerbach. Hotel Newton. ........ ll0
Jersey City Chamber Of Commerce 900
Hotel Newton. 4. S Broadway ....... . l5
Beckman Hill Pleasure Club. 9js I'd av -1
Haloran's Restaurant, .l3 5th av....- 20
Lincoln League, Lincoln School, Gran
ford. y. J.......-......----.. ~
Nathan Straus ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90
Ed Hudaverdi 80 Lexington av....... 30
Mrs. l. NJ. Kohn. 25i5 Broadway 800. 80
Mrs. Fred Dennis. Colony Club, Park
av. and sd st.................... 81
Miss Nellie Furman, First Baptist
Church, Williamsburg ............. %
Commerce Club Of Brooklyn. .......... %
New York Home for Boys............ 30
Columbia University Club. b............ %
Engineers Club OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
Prospect Democratic Club ....... ...... p
Mrs. James Beswick. 12i Central av.. i
Alpha Republican Club. l3S Nassau av, -.
Brooklyn ....... .....ss.-. -
Ladies Of Temple Bethel, 18th st and
9TH av. ...--.-. .---.-. .-.-' -
Fred Hubert, Silver Lunch. 800 6th av T.
Mrs. G.. d. Horton, l0i Wet 10Th -. J.