The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-30
HOW THE DAY
WAS CELEBRATED.
Observed As a General Holiday
Everywhere.
SERVICES IN MANY CHURCHES.
DR.. Hawthorne Discusscsthe American
Issues aud Both lie aud Or. c. .Iisch
Tel What We Should be
Thankful Eor.


Thanksgiving was generally observed as
| a hUlIuay throughout the city yesterday
An tie city, state, ana + eueraI ouces
We're closed, ana business was praetca.iy
Suspended The oinces n the City Hal,
/ Capitol, and state LIBRARY buildings were
closed all day, whtie the postomce was
open for a wnile in the morning. and one
deI4very OF mai was mace by tae carr ers.
Many OF the city ana state otficIals at
tended the to0toalI game, as d matter
of diversity from Their oa.ly laDor.
Governor Tyler, accompanied by Mrs.
Tyler ana thelr daughters, were present,
and expressed themselves last night as
having -.anlys enjoyed the game. Major
S. Hetn Tyler ana secretary Ben p owen,
Jr., also attended ana rooted TOR the VIr-
Sin!aS
business was transacted down town.
Most OF the Broad Street merchants. who
cpenea unrLr stores 1t AL, closed at noon,
so as TO afford a 1lIf HOLIDAY 10 their
clerks ana other employees.
Great crowds came to the city from
different sections OF the State to witness
the football game between the eaHnee.s
and the Vtrg.n-as, and Broad Street was
Surg-nS mass OF humanity, especially
late in the afternoon.
The rain in The morning kept d great
many ilGoors, but ii the afternoon Broad
Street reminded one OF the eve of Christ
mas.
HOTELS DID GOOD BUSINESS
The hotels dld a rushing business. and
great crowds swarmed in the lobb.es and
made things lively until a late hour last
night.
Both the theatres had full houses at
Their matinees ana night performances
Many persons took this opportunity to
leave Richmond and take q Gay off hunt
ing or fishing. West Point, Newport
News, Providence Forge were all popu-
lar places and numbers left this morning
and yesterday afternoon. The State of
ficials generally remained in the city,
passing the morning quietly and attend
ing the football game in the afternoon.
Nearly all the m2nchne-shops and big
manufac curing institutions closed to allow
their employees d day off, and every class
of citizens celebrated Thanksgiving in
some way or other.
While the crowd on the streets was a
noisy one, it was a goOd-natured kind Of
noise that was made, and there wers very
few disturbances reported during the day
or night. There was, of course. the usual
amount of yelling and blowing of tin horns.
: but the grosser side of the Thanksgiving
celebration was not much in evidence
and the police, too, might have taken
holiday for all they were needed.
All the hotels served special Thanks
giving dinners, and, without exception,
they did a fine business.
HAD SPEly.-.i-. 4JINNERS.
All day was celebrated in fitting man
ner at the various charitable institutions
in the city.
At the Baptist Home for Aged Women
the occasion was set apart as donation
day. and the friends of the Home respond
ed in most generous manner.
Superintendent George B. Davis gave his
usual Thanksgiving dinner to the inmates
Of the State penitentiary had desert added
to the bill-of-fare of his prisoners.
The Jefferson Hotel lobby presented a
lively spectacle last night the victorious
Virginia football team being quartered at
that hotel, and this lobby being filed with
enthusiastic rooters until a late hour
The younger set held full sway on Broad
Street yesterday afternoon.
FAIR NIAIDENS OUT.
Fair naidens, displaying the colors OF
their favorite football team, were out in
full force to beautify the occasion, while
young men of every walk of life many
wearing coIors and the proveroial chrys-
anthemums, strolIed back and forth on
the popular thoroushfare in great num-
bers
After the matinee performance at the
two play-houses, it looked as if all Rich
mond was parading Broad Street.
1t has rarely happened on general holi-
day that there was such an orderly crowd
on the streets