Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-25
HOST GENERAL CELEBRATION HELD
IN YEARS.
CHARITY FOR UNFORTUNATE
RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN MANY OF
THE CHURCHES.
Never Before Did Kansas City Have
So Much to De For and
Never Before Were the Peo-
pie More Than
Yesterday.

TIL plan Of combining good deeds with
good words that has for many years made
Thanksgiving day mean so much in KAN
sas City, both TO those who had with which
to make others happy and TO those whose
needs were met with the good will offer
fngs, was adhered to yesterday as usual.
While the bells chimed out their welcome
TO the devout who came with thankful
acknowledgements in obedience to the wish
es Of the nation and the state. those same
bells aroused in the hearts OF many in
humble homes and on beds of suffering,
prayers of thanksgiving that the charitable
spirit of Kansas City had not grown less
in the past year. Long before the worship
ers gathered in the churches, wagonloads
of provisions and supplies had been distrib-
uted among the worthy unfortunates of the
city.
Hundreds of packages of food and cloth
ing and sums of cash GATHERED from the
children in the public schools and from the
sources that supply the charitable organiza-
tons of the city. had been carefully gath
cred in and as carefully distributed where
careful investigation had decided was. the
best place. The splendidly organized ehari-
ties of the city in their usual quiet man
ner had carried cause for thanksgiving 20
many an humble home. and made the day
and the occasion glad and bright for many
whose misfortunes outweighed their re-
sources.
The voluntary offerings Of the public had
been handsomely aided by the private kind
nesses shown all over the city so that both
the donor and the receiver were in fit
frame of mind to be thankful when the
bells sounded the signal for the worship
ers to gather. Not all who were devoutly
thankful were gathered inside the chapels
of the city yesterday. There were those
in business life who had aided some charity
who partook of that spirit. and there were
those who shrink from public gaze to hide
their misfortunes, who found ample cause
for devout feelings of thankfulness all the
day long.
The Salvation Army barracks where the
unfortunates were cared for and the Help
ing Hand where the helpless and homeless
were housed and fed. and the other char
tiles where gifts and supplies were dis
tributed, had done their work we'll. Kan>
eas City charity believes in deeds as well as
words and The happy combination that has
been developed here for so many years has
made each Thanksgiving day one in fact
for all as well as in name.
Outside of the distribution of gifts to
the poor and supplies to the needy, there
was the usual general observance of the
day. The many well filed tables all over
the city were spread with the abundance
that the West supplies. Dinner parties as
sembled all over the city and, while din
ners may have been more numerous than
prayers, still every one who partook of the
bounty provided yesterday shared in the
feelings appropriate to the day.
AS usual business was at a ~standstill.
Thai is. and for many years has been, the
rule in the city. Only such business as
contributes in a necessary manner to the
comfort and we'll being of the city and the
public was transacted. The churches were
well attended by worshipers and the serv-
ices of an interesting character. There was
much in and about the city yesterday for
which TO be Thankful and there was. that
substantial acknowledgment of the fact
that indicated the reverential spirit of the
public.
While the gatherings of a nature some
what foreign to the day detracted during
the day from the reflective spirit that is
considered 4 part of the observance of the
day. taken as n whole. Kansas City gave
an observance of the occasion and an indi-
cation of respectful recognition of the pur-
poses of the day that ought to be well
pleasing TO those who recognize it as a re-
1igious festival rather than as a day for
feasting and manifestations of joy.
All the banks. city, county and federal
Offices were closed.