New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-28
Churches and Theaters Are
Crowded as City Thronss
Observe Holiday; Needy
Cared For by Charity
Enough Turkey for All
Hospital Patients and Pris-
oners Are Remembered:
Big Dinner for Soldiers

Neither high prices nor prohibition
served yesterday to dull the edge of
Father Knickerbockers THANKSGIVING
appetite or his zest for holiday fes-
Invites.
If the turkey tonnage, flower sales
and holiday appearance of the city
may be accepted criterion, the
elderly gentleman never fel. more
thankful. prosperous or contented.
Every church. city institution and.
as tar as could be learned every home
IN Greater New York. was the scene
OF special Thanksgiving celebration,
varying only with the taste OF the mas
ter OF ceremonies. II many hospitals
and some homes the high price of tur-
Key caused the substitution of chicken
but the consumption OF all the edi-
bles that accompany the fowl indicated
that this change had not made a mate
rial difference in the nature of the
days celebration.
Churches and Theaters Crowded
Churches and theaters shared hon
ors in claiming the attention Of tn.
city's populace. Churches of every
denomination were crowded at thei,
morning services. and not a seat in !.
Manhattan theater was to be had for
either matiree or evening perform
ance during the day
The poor were permitted to forget
their poverty for the day because of
the activities of the charitable and
welfare organizations. which served
thousands Of dinners that compared
favorably with those to be had in
-lrst-class restaurants. In the citv
prisons, too turkey or chicken. and
lnvarlably mince pie ard cranberries.
were the chief ingredients Of The DAYS
meals.
About 1000 hungry men. women and
cs'idren obtained wholesome dinners
4. ST Andrews Coffee Stand. 81 West
Eighth Street. where for thirty-three
Tears Thanksgiving bounty has been
dispensed.
Long Line Forms Before Dawn
When dawn broke yesterday it dis
closed long line that had been form
ing for hours. There were old men in
tattered clothes, scant protection from
the biting autumn air Old women
We're ~ line, too. as were young girls
and children. Some clutched worn
shopping bags in worn hands. while
others fumbled in torn pockets to make
sure that the little yellow paper tickets
good for one basket had not gone
astray
By II o'clock the line had reached
to the end OF the street at Sixth Ave
nue., with about 3U0 persons waiting.
And not one waited in vain
At the Hebrew Orphan Asylum
Issth Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
the LOO boys and girls first put on a
musical program and then enjoyed the
turkey, cranberries. cider and other
good things that had been provided in
large quantities.
In The Bronx the Fordham Hospital
WIS the only institution OF its kind
hat served the regulation turkey din
ner. canvass Of the markets re
realed the fact that the fowl was being
held at prohibitive figures. as far as
hospitals were concerned. At other in
sttutions in that borough. however
rounds out a dinner were served.
Sheriff James F. Donneiiy served :
similar dinner to the seventy prisoners
I the Bronx County jail. Separate re
lgious services were held for Protest
ants, Catholics and Jews among tn
prisoners.
After chicken dinner in the Tombz
each cell was decorated with flower
and small baskets OF fruit were con
trlbuted by church workers. The mer
prisoners were given their favorlte kint
of tobacco, cigar or cigarette. For thos.
Who did not care for such a phonograpl
sad dance records were provided.
Soldiers on Governors Island, wher,
the Department of the East has it
headquarters, were the guests at a tur
key dinner. Thanksgiving service
were conducted in the chapel of ST
Cornelius the Centurian and music "a
provided by the band of the 22d In
fantry.
More than 500 boys were entertained