The New York herald., 1921-11-25

by Ernest L. Crandall, director OF the
Board of Educations lecture depart
ment. and music was furnished by Hans
Kronold. 'cellist.
At Service Mems Clubs.
1t was open house" among the ser
vice mems clubs, with turkey dinners,
"beaucoup" smokes. entertainment and
dancing provided for nearly thousand
soldiers. sailors. marines and disabled
former service men.
All day yesterday the Red Cross
Club. Lexington avenue and Thirty
ninth street presented picture of
homely hospitality. Wood fires blazed
in all the sitting rooms and every chair.
couch and available lounging place was
filled by marine in khaki, marine
in blue, a soldier or civilian wearing
a silver star in his coat lapel
From IL to 3 o'clock there was served
a Thanksgiving dinner, coursing from
eggs a la Russo through turkey, with
all the trimmings. to plum pudding with
brandy sauce, fruit and nuts. Later
in the afternoon tea was served by a
number Of overseas Red Cross women
workers, The entertainment of the
men was arranged for by Mrs. James
A. Blake, director of the club. and Mrs
The Lest We Forget Committee of
the club, headed by Mrs. Arthur Terry
of Short Hills, n. j., gave dinners to
twelve disabled men brought to the
club from Fox Hills Hospital, Forty
men from the Brooklyn Naval Hospital
We're dined in the evening.
An entertainment programme was
arranged for the afternoon by H. j..
Nicolai, director of the club. The
talent which was professional, included
punsters. singers. players, dancers and
impersonators. For the early evening
another entertainment programme was
arranged for by Mrs. Francis Rogers,
chairman of the Soldiers and Sailors
Club committee. This consisted or
numbers conducted by well known
singers and concert players. The night
wound up with a dance attended by
Red Cross workers, Junior League
members and welfare workers from
other organizations.
The Navy Club. Is East Forty-first
street, served turkey dinner for fifty
cents. both in the middle of the day
and in the evening, to well over two
hundred "gobs" from ships now in port.
At NewsbOys' Lodging House.
One hundred and fifty boys had
Thanksgiving dinner at noon at the
Newsboys' Lodging House. 244 William
street. Turkey, cranberries and all the
usual dishes were served. Only the
boys who live at the lodging house were
invited this Thanksgiving, because, as
w. l.. Butcher. the superintendent, ex-
planned. all the resources are. being con-
served for later on in the winter. when
a good dinner will mean more than it
does now. Plans are already being made
to have six hundred boys at the house
for Christmas dinner under the direction
of Thomas w. Lamont.
The >Broome Street Life Savers, Cap
tain John Stern commanding, celebrated
their twenty-ffth annual Thanksgiving
dinner in their log cabin at Broome
street and the East River. From noon
until mid-afternoon they entertained
children of the neighborhood. Among
the guests who visited the cabin later
were a score. of persons who had been
rescued from drowning. Guests of honor
included former Dock Commissioner AL
len Spooner and State Senator Bernard
Downing.
At st. Marks Chapel, avenue A and
Tenth street. two hundred and fifty men
of the ranks of the unemployed army"
first organized by Urban Ledoux pre-
pared and served their own Thanksgiv-
ing dinner from Turkeys and supplies
furnished by the chapel. or these one
hundred and fifty were OF the regular
ranks which are being housed and fed
by the chapel, and one hundred were
recruited from the bread line that forms
nightly at St Marks Church, at Sec
ond avenue and Tenth street.