HIS GIFT A DINNER
TO ONE THOUSAND.
HUNGRY THRONG IS FED IN CON-
VENTION HALL.
The Donor's Name Is Not Known to
One of the Hundreds of Hungry
Ones, But They Wish
Him Well.
Plenty of turkey with all of its harmonious accompaniments attracted nearly 1,000 boys and girls to Convention hall yesterday afternoon from 1 o'clock on until everybody who came was fed. More than 1,100 places had been set, but they were not all filled, showing that charity provided for some on Thanksgiving day who were able to provide for themselves.
Not only did the poor children dine, but a committee of 100 from the Associated Charities and the United Hebrew Charities sat down with them and ate the same dinner.
Some of the hungry urchins came in early and after eating their allotted meal came back again to make a secondary attack on the things to eat.
Two of the inevitable "stalwart policemen" were at the front door, and whenever any of the unfed came up, they were challenged thus:
"Had your dinner, boys (or girls, as the case happened to be)?"
"Unh-unh," was the invariable answer, with the accent on the first syllable of the negative, and the youngsters would skip gleeful over the sawdust to the tables where the waiters from the Sexton waited on them just as they do the guests of the hotel. To cap the verisimilitude, an orchestra played as the viands disappeared.
The dinner was provided by a man who formerly lived in Kansas City, and who was, perhaps, once a poor boy, hungry on Thanksgiving day. He now lives in New York city, and it is at his earnest request that the papers have not mentioned his name in connection with the dinner.
