Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-24
WILL GIVE THANKS
People Called to a Season Of Rest and
Recreation.
OBSERVANCE OF THANKSGIVING DAY
Religious Services at the Churches
and Outdoor Amusements.
WORK OF THE CHARITIES

Tomorrow will be observed as a holiday
in this city. By law, Thanksgiving day is
| a holiday, and by custom, and in accord
ance with the proclamation of the Presi-
dent of the United States, there will be
services held in the various churches for
the purpose of rendering Acknowledgements
to God for the blessings of the past year.
AS Is the case with the observance of all
legal holidays. it will be time when peo-
pie generally will desert their usual bust
| ness avocations and will spend their time
in accordance with the usual custom and
to social enjoyment.
The departments of the government and
the offices of the District government will
be closed. AS rule, the doors of business
houses will also be closed. While there
will be various methods of spending the
day which will be open to the choice of the
people, yet, as has been the case in former
years, it is probable that the observance
of the holiday will be to a considerable ex
tent confined to the homes, where it will
be an occasion of the gathering together
of the scattered members of the family and
the enjoyment of bountiful table, which
is looked upon as the characteristic feature
of Thanksgiving day.
The Church Services.
During the morning hours opportunity
will be given to attend services appropriate
to the day in the various churches. 1t is
customary for the ministers in their dis
courses on that day to give attention to
public questions, and the discourses are
frequently d. voted to thoughtful consdera-
ton of timely topics.
AT ST. Aloysius Church military mass
will be celebrated at o'clock. The Con-
zaga Cadets, consisting of a battalion of
three companies, will take position in
front of the altar while the mass is being
said. The sermon will be delivered by
Rev. William OBrien Pardow, ST., and
Archbishop Martineli will be present.
AT the First Presbyterian Church to-
morrow morning Rev. DR.. Talmage will
preach the sermon, and the quartet choir
of the church will render appropriate
music.
A union service will be held at All Souls
Church, 14th and l. streets, at IL o'clock.
which will be attended by the congrega-
ton of that church and that of the Church
of Our Father. Rev. E. Bradford Leavitt
will deliver the address.
Choral Service.
At II o'clock tomorrow morning a choral
service will be given by the choir of the
First Congregational Church, corner 10th
and G streets northwest. Under the lead
ership of DR.. ]. w. Bischoff, organst, the
following program will be rendered: Ameri-
ca, invocation, anthem, "Oh, Lord, How
Manifold, Barnby; contralto solo. The
Heavenly Song" Gray; chorus. And the
Glory of the Lord, Messiah Haendel;
Light Buck; chorus. Thanks Be To God,
Eiijah,' Mendelssohn; sermon by the pas
tor; offertory, anthem, .Grander Than
Oceans Story Costa; quartet, Come I'm
10 Me- Gounod-Thayer; bass solo, Within
This Sacred Dwelling" Mozart; Tie Deum,'
in c, Gounod; benediction; postlude.
The Vermont Avenue Christian, Ninth
Street Christian ard Third Christian
q v-in at I at no
| mont Avenue Church for Thanksgiving
services. Rev. Cephas Shelburne of Rock
vile will preach the sermon. Special offer
ings will be made for the poor, and the
music will be appropriate to the occasion.
The union service of the Baptist churches
of the city will be held tomorrow morning
at the First Baptist Cnurch, 18th and .
streets northwest. Short addresses are to
be made by several pastors. and Mrs.
Thomas c. Noyes will sing several solos.
At the Tenth Street Baptist Church, cor
rer 10th and r streets northwest, Rev.
]. E. Rankin. president of Howard Univer-
sty, will deliver tomorrow morning a SER
mon appropriate to the day.
Services will be held at the Church of
the Covenant tomorrow morning, and an
address; will be delivered by the pastor,
Rev. DR.. Hamlin.
A special announcement is made of the
services which will be held tomorrow morn
ing in the following Episcopal churches
Rock Creek Church, near Soldiers Home
and at the Church of the Ascension, Mas
sachusetts avenue and 18th street. At
the latter church the sermon will be de-
| livered by the rector, Rev. DIR. Elliott
Services of which special notice is given
will be held in the following Methodist
Episcopal churches: Mckendree, Massachu-
sets avenue; st. Paurs, Dupont Circle;
Foundry, 14th and G streets, and the Ne
trcpolitan Methodist Church, 41s and c.
streets.
At the New York Avenue Presbyterian
church tomorrow morning at II o'clock q
sermon will be delivered by the pastor
Rev. Dr. Radcliffe, and special music will
be rendered by the church quartet and
| chorus.
Union services will be held tomorrow
morning at the GUrley Memorial Presby-
terrain Church, Florida avenue between 9th
and Itn streets northwest. which will be
participated in by the congregations of the
Guriey Memorial, United Brethren and
lexington Presbyterian Churches. Rev. j.
E. Fout of the United Brethren Church
will deliver the sermon.
AT the Central Presbyterian Church cor
ner sd and l streets northwest, there will
be a union Thanksgiving service of the
Fourth, Assembly and Central Churches
Rev Joseph T. Kelley will deliver the SER
mon.
services at the Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church, 4th and b streets southeast. The
sermon will be delivered by Rev Thomas c.
Easton, D. D.. pastor of the Eastern Pres
bvterian Church.
Services will be held tomorrow morning at
the Church of the Reformation, PennsyI-
wanna avenue and I'd street southeast The
pastor. Rev. DR.. w. E. Parson, will de-
liver the sermon, and there will be special
music.
AT the University Park Temple, 9th and
Irumbull streets northeast THANKSGIVING
services will be held tomorrow morning
Mr: John I. Green of Cleveland, Ohio, will
deliver the address, and his prelude will he
On the life of the late John NJ. Langston.
| Charitable Institutions,
AT the various charitable institutions of
| the city an effort will be made to infuse
| some brightness into the lives of those
| who. through misfortune and illness, are
| deprived of many of the pleasures of ex-
| istence. The friends of the various insti-
| tutions contribute money and articles of
| food. so that 1t will be possible to serve
| dinner which Is much more elaborate
| than the usual daily fare.
| The day will he observed as Donation
day at the National Homeopathic Hos
| pital. and the friends of that institution
are invited to give contributions of money
| and OF articles which will be useful in
| such an institution
| The attention of charitably-inclined per-
| sons who may be intending tn hestou Off