The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-25
THANKSGIVING.
Great Home Festival Will
Occur Tomorrow.
The Time-HOnOred Methods of
Its Celebration.
Entertainments, Suppers, Sports
and Religious Services.

Tomorrow thousands Of families will
reproduce in their own dining rooms one
of the best remem bered scenes in tnat
delightful play entitled, "Shore Acres"
IL is the turkey dinner scene, of course,
in which the representatives of three and
four generations in each family will par
ticipste and the very old folks will amuse
and be smused by tho very young folks
and the middle-aged folks will hustle to
get the tn bls set and the nuts cracked.
ThanKsgiving Is a fine old holiday, one
of the best in the brief list of days on
which the community asarule may enjoy
a lay off from work and trouble and the
necessity Of being behind counter or at
desk or Il a BENCH at given moment
or else be "docked" for the being late.
There is no day which has more de-
lightfuI traditiont associated with it ard
none which has retained so much Of the
oid-tIme significance.
1t is the Home Day OF the twelve
months, the one day ia 365 when scat
tered families come together to renew in
union their social joys, as the secret
society rituals put it. And heaven help
the man or woman tomorrow who can't
60 home. There Is no such thing as a
Thanksgiving dinner in restaurant, no
matter how tender the oird may be, nor
how sweet the turnips are, nor how
pretty the table girl is.
To properly celebrate the day II IL ab-
solutely necessary to have at one end OF
the table high chair occupied by
Gran berry bssmeared uTchin and AT the
other Rn old gentleman VINO can't tell
light meat from dark, without his
glssses.-
or course the real purpose OF the day
10 not merely to eat. rather to be merry
eel n Qf m
and for that there isn't a better railying
point than the wish none Of a turkey.
Tsere is the usual list Of holiday attrac-
lions tomorrow, including matinee per-
formancos ct a II the tbeaters.
The Batcheliors' Club is TO have an
afternoon dsnce and reception at Capitol
Hall.
free dinner for 200 men is to be
served az O'Clock in Steinway Hall.
At the Ruggla s. street church there will
be supper end enterta inment.
In the forenoon there is to he meet
ing of the Colored Ministers Union at the
First a. NJ. Il. Church on winter street.
There is TO bo a foot pail game in the
morning between cleveus from the Rhode
bland Wheelmen and the Narragansett
Wheelmeh on Gorham plat.
At Adelaide Park there will ne another
gridiron contest between the Brown Uni
yersity graduates and an eleven from
Lawrence.
The Varsity is to be at New York.
where game is scheduled with the
Carlisle Indians.
AT ell OF the state and charity institu-
tions the usual program will be carried
out, comprising hig oinnep ano good en-
teTtainments.
THANKsGIv ING DAY SERVICES
Central BAPTIST Church--Rcv II. ID. Ander-
son, pastor; Union service IL a. m, with
p. eaching by Rev. Robe Cameron.
Cranston Street Baptist Cnurch-Se vice at
ii n. I'D. the pastor Will preach.
Go man Evan olical Lutheran THANKSGIVING
service at thc n. r.. Tabernacle, O.neyville
square, from 10 to IL n. m. Pastor, Z. Loeber.
Chu ch of the Nessiah-West inster street
and Broad way holy communion 30 a. m
mathis TO-
A Thans giving rervice at Grace Church
Chapel on atheWSpn street. lei by Rev.
FLOYD W. o. plJins, Jr., at q. M, under the
auspices Of the p evidence G. T.. Union topic,
why l Am Thankful"
The Church OF Enwanu.l will hold an all
81 Get. on Ihanl1soizine- ne-nay--ea conducted by
evangelist George W. Wil-on Of Iowa. services
10 n. m, 2:jJ am = 81 y. IN.
Benehcsnt Congregational Church-Union
Thanksgiving eryice at ii a. m Rev. Il.
b. Pullan will preach
TIE Unitarian churches Of the CITY will
hold union fbanksgiving service on The
morning OF Thanksgiving Day at / o'clock, In
The First Co grs gationnl Church, corn r
III md Be ovolCn5 - ee.s. Rev. a. NJ.
Lord viii preach. Tho pubic are invited