The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-30
ON THANKSGIVING DAY.
A COMPLETE SYNOPSIS OF INTER
EsTING HAPPENINGS.
AT Thomas squsre-Persons1
Mention.

Thanksgiving day was one of rain
and gloom. Showers began early in the
morning and continued with short
intermissions all day. The Secretary
of the Weather was right when he pre-
dicted an unpleasant day. On small
scale 'the heavens opened and the
floods came" Many plans for the day
were thwarted and many engagements
to pass pleasant hour with friends had
to be broken.
All Government offices, the schools,
business houses, the banks and news
paper offices were closed. None of the
afternoon papers were issued. The
drug stores kept Sunday hours. The
barber shops closed at noon. John
Emmeluth & Company and a few
small stores kept door open for most
of the day. The saloons remained open.
The street hack was the money-making
institution of the day. Fort street was
as quiet as on Sunday.
THE BATTALION DRILL.
The first incident of the day was tn e
battalion drill on Union Square, which
took place at = a. m. Six companies
most of the companies running above
their usual parade mark in point of
numbers. Lieutenant Colonel Fisher
was in command. The Government band
| -, atf A Ia.
Der of people watched the maneuvers of
the troops from either side of the square.
The crowd of spectators was larger, per-
haps, than ever before.
excellent. A marked improvement in
all of the commands was noticeable,
Most of the movements were executed
with precision of clock work and were
highly pleasing to the concourse of spec
tators present. At 9:l5 the President
reviewed the troops. While making a
preliminary inspection of the lines he
was escorted by Colonel Soper. Lieuten-
ant Colonel Fisher and Major Potter.
During the review he was accompanied
by Colonel Soper, Major Potter and
Ministers Hatch, Damon and Smith.
From the square the trt ops returned to
the armory.
There a jovial time was had. Special
refreshments had been sent in by Presi-
dent Dole and were enjoyed by all of
the commands in their respective rooms.
Tbara vrao M soda ,uotar orounb aithar
In an hour the men dispersed.
That ''double-quick" of Company ID
was an eye-opener. Captain Wilder's
command will astonish somebody yet.
Lieutenant King went the officers one
better and gave the President two full,
free salutes.
Company A calculates solidly on the
800 prize in the competitive drill.
J How the money will be spent has
} already been decided
Captain Wall of Company B wore an
air of pride that evinced great satisfac-
ton at the fine showing being made by
his command. Company is one o.
the staunchest commands in the first
: regiment, a fact everyone appreciates.
Company had a genuine celebration
, at the Drill Shed after the parade.
: Some of the regulars wore new uni
: forms. They were conspicuous for neat
ness.
l Captain Camara, personally, made 6
{ fine showing in the parade. He is ONT
| of the best-drilled men in the Army.
= Captain Paul Smith was there, ever,
inch of him, and his company was up t.
date. 0 .l%s 49,
AT THE CHURCHES.
After the drill and parade came til,
| services at the churches. Though tn,
weather was extremely bad, all of thu
4 houses of worship were favored will
good audiences. Preaching was held a
Central Union Church and St. Andrews
Cathedral during the forenoon. Divin
worship and thanksgiving also tool
place at the Catholic Cathedral ant
!. native churches. AT the Mission Ten
the day was observed at the 1880 p. m
|, services. The Salvation Army CAV
r thanks, holding their meeting under tn
/ shed near Hammers store, on Kin
"a street.
4 ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.
4 At 10 O'Clock Rev. Alexander Mack
y intosh preached to the second congrega
It ton of st. Andrews Cathedral. Her
e the music was excellent. The choir {
l. ladies and gentlemen sang Tails Fest
y val Responses, TIE Deum in b, by Duo
ley Buck, Jubilate Dec, in G, by Holde
'e and the anthem aye Shall Dwell in til
n Land" by Sir John Stainer. The SOLE
II in the anthem and TIE Deum were sur
8. by Mrs. ]. II. Lewis and Ernest Ros
ie and in the Jubilate Dec by Miss
IL Atkinson. In the service Mr.. Mackil
II tosh used several prayers from I'll
ID prayer book OF the American Episcop
g Church. His text for the day WI
f Isaiah ii, 0, as follows: "But l wi
d sacrifice unto Thee with the voice
thanksgiving. 1 will pray that, that
o. have vowed. Salvation is OF the Lord
e. To his audience he said:
.; "There is no doubt of the fact that
= human being is not really grateful
=, - his Creator, unless he possesses ar
w evinces gratitude both for favo
es granted and for joys withheld. 1t
not difficult to show our pleasure whs
we have obtained cherished wish, b
:, it is not uncommon to find that Il
~ giver of the pleasure is soon forgotte
bo Gratitude is the habit of bell
ba pleased with our fortunes, and whit
A this appertains to our feelings towar