The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-24
A GREAT DAY
FOR SMALL BOY
All the Good Things for His Thanks
giving Dinner.
SOME OF THE TEMPTING EDIBLEs
Religious Services to Be Held on Next
hursday-Presentatio of Turkeys
and Other Things for
the Table.
SOME OF HETEMPTING EDIBLEs
Written for The Sunday Times. J


The religious feature of Thanksgiving
Day takes shape in union services held
among some denominations and individ-
ual churclg services in others. The ar
rangement holds good this year as before.
In all the Catholic and Episcopal
churches services will be held. Special
Thanksgiving sermons will be preached.
Among the Episcopalians these services
will oe held at II o'clock.
A union service will be held at the
Seventh-Street Christian Church. The
sermon will be preached by the Rev.
Henry P. Atkins, OF the West-End Church.
The Presbyterians will meet in Thanks
giving service at the Second Church and
will hear a sermon by the Rev. R. p.
Kerr, d. ID.
So far: as is known, neither the Baptists
nor the Methodists have completed the ar
rangements for their Thanksgiving SER
vices.
At Seth Ahaba Synagogue special SER
vice will be held and DR.. L. n. Calisch
will speak.
EVERYBODY EATS.
Thanksgiving Day, among other things,
is a great feast day. Thanksgiving din
ners go down in the history of the or
iiictil lIiS cat SSIipSCo
perhaps by Christmas and Easter, but
by none others.
To many persons this method Of thank
ing God for the benefits of q past year
by eating lot of the good things pro-
vided for them by o generous Providence
is Il favorite one. The small boy, I'M
less watched carefully, knows no other.
To him the tabled gobbler is the very
incarnation of Thanksgiving Day, and
he halls the advent of the festival, Know
ing of no other significance attached to
1T, nor desiring any, SO long as the juicy
joint of this monarch among the feath-
cry tribe is within sight and reach.
Specially does this feature of the day
appeal to the poorer classes. OF course,
to those of the upper class good dinner
is the rule and tho contrary the eXcep-
ton, but to a sadly large number the
reverse is the case: Many times IhankS-
giving Day comes and goes and brings
with it no variation in the regular rough
fare of the needy laboring man. But
nearly every one makes an effort, ana
succeeds in it, to have the dining taDle
an this favored season of the year
decked out with the imposing presence OIL
the turkey or at least some smaller ana
less pretentious fowl. Employers in some
cases have habit Of making their hahos
a present each Of q turkey. inns nap
DenSG last year, SOliit vi 'A-S 49, So
Establishments either giving out an as
founding number of turkeys or else fur-
! nishing their employees the wherewlthal
to purchase them. This is the usual oc-
| currence on Christmas. but several llriiis
who extend their iberality TO Ihanhssls-
ing too may be found. 1t is safe to say
mat on the eve of the great day TINS
year many a factory hand IN hlGn Non
will % home the richer by TURKEY.
WILL HAVE SPECIAL DINNERS.
Thanksgiving Day comes like a stream
of light to the occupants OF the penl zen
tiary. This is one of the days on wnlch
~ come measure. forgotten, and they are
all treated once again to a gooo, square
meal. The occupants of the city aims
house are also given generous cneer OF,
This d'av, and the veterans at the Sohders
1--we ara noted for the annual descent
made by them each year upon the fne
dinner that is prepared for them on
THANKSGIVING Day. There IS no sklrtnlsn-