New-York tribune., 1918-11-28
Plenty of Turkey for All,
Even Though Price Is
Highest Ever
Men i'm Uniform
Welcome in Homes
Threatened Strike of Wait
ers Only Dark Meat on
Menu for Day

Good old turkey at 60 cents a pound
the height of his skyrocketing career
will have to play an ignominious part
to-day and be served up in a million
New York homes as the Kaiser's goose,
for Thanksgiving Day has made an ef-
fective third act entrance at the cue
of peace with victory"
Lucky for Mr.. Hoover that he is in
Europe, because it would break his
thrifty heart to see his countrymen
cat to-day regardless of food restric-
tions. The guests of honor in Ameri-
can homes will be soldiers or sailors,
and the organized efforts to feed the
lighters have been so carefully and
generously planned that if any lad has
the capacity there is not a single OBJ
stacle in the way of his eating two or
three dinners in ssion-and well
come.
But while the main show is for the
light hearted men in uniform, the un-
fortnnates of New York have not been
forgotten. Baskets containing material
for an appetizing dinner have been
sent into hundreds of East Side tene-
ment homes from the Five Points Mis-
sion. Six hundred children have been
invited to call at the mission during
the morning and receive fruit, candy
and nuts. Turkey with fxings will be
served at the Brace Memorial News
boys House. AT the shelter of the New
York Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children, 297 Fourth Ave
nue., loo youngsters, some Without
homes and some who would have been
happier if they had not had homes, by
this time are beginning to sniff thu
fascinating odors from the kitchen and
speculate on the size ard number of
the pumpkin pies that have been ere
ated out of single pumpkin weighing
one hundred pounds, a gift from two
anonymous Samaritans who have six
children of their own, according to
their unsigned note.
Needy Poor To Be Fed
One thousand of the most needy poor
Of Manhattan and Brooklyn will be
fed generously at 81 West Eighth
Street by the ST. Andrew One-C Cent
Coffee Stands Society. This year the
Thanksgiving Day feast has been kept
up to the bountlful standard Of pre-
vIous years, despite the high cost of
food. Turkey, chicken, ham, pies,
cakes, candy and coffee are on the
menu.
In the Ludlow Street jail every pris
oner will have turkey, whether he be
enemy alien, burglar or member of
the Alimony Club. This will be Sheriff
David Knott's treat.
In the big hotels and restaurants
there are nervousness and suspense, fo1
the walters ard cooks have threatened
to strike at the most inauspicious
moment Of the day-when the dining
rooms are crowded with fat-purse i
seekers of white meat and dressing
Members of the international Fedora
ton of Hotel and Restaurant Employees
are planning to air their grievances
this morning by parading from Colum-
bus Circle to the New Amsterdam Op-
era House. They say they will be
thankful for q weekly increase of S4
for waters and SO for cooks.
Men in Hospital Happy
At Debarkation Hospital No. 8
formerly the Greenhut store on Sixth
Avenue, merry sort of day is prom
ised Yesterday there was continuous
stream of gift bearers going to the
hospital. Cigars, cigarettes, candy
cakes-everythirtg that help to make
up typical Thanksgiving feast-came
with cards bearing the names of schoo
children, high school students, frater.
nal and other organizations and hun
dreds of individuals. Major w. J
Monaghan, commander of the hospital
declared that the day would have tc
be spread over week to enable tn,