Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29
THANKSGIVING DAY
WIDELY OBSERVED
All Washington Citizens Prais-
ing the Lord.
FOR BOUNTIFUL CROPS
And All the Good Things of This
Life.
THE POOR AND UNFORTUNATE
Are Also Generously Remembered and
Inclined to Give Thanks for
Extra Favors.
And All the Good Things of This
Life.
THE POOR AND UNFORTUNATE

Heartfelt thanks are ascenG.g today
from the American people. rich and poor,
great and small, to the Great Oliver Of all
good for the many favors he has vouchsafed
to them during the past twelvemonth The
true spirit Of thanksgiving Is abroad, and
In homes and church edifces prayers OF
gratefulness are being offered to high
heaven. Even the poor wayfarer without
home or friends has something to be thank
full for today, for the Christian missions
provided for such as he bountiful hot din
ners which carried good cheer in their
wakes.
1t Is Thanksgiving day for the people Of
the great American nation and its possess
sions-the isles of the ocean. In MANILA
Ponce, San Juan or Honolulu the services
in the churches may not be the same as in
Washington but in all the same God will
be thanked for the bountiful harvests He
has bestowed and the good that has been
accomplished The turkey and cranberry
sauce will again come to the fore as the
choicest delicacies that can be found for the
family table. and once again in memory the
nation will go back to the days of the Pill
grim fathers who landed upon Plymouth
rock so many years ago.
The day is indeed one of general thanks
giving. Even in the oden days the
people, with the same broad spirit OF
will act in reality the Biblical Injunction
that he be his brothers keeper. They will
do all they can to express the thanks to
a kind Providence and to trust that He
who is the bread of heaven may come as
guest into their spiritual self and sus-
tain them. They will attempt to live
nearer the Christ, with the knowledge that
every soul finds satisfaction in Him, who
is the source of all peace.
The ministers in the churches today told
of the present and what 1t means. Now
/ I'm, haot han, iana hau No of fnu
or hope, but now all Is In the minor key,
| weird and void of hope Now only Chris
| tan people Of God-fearing nations have
caught the melody of the angels and their
song Of peace and good will which
| breathes forth hope and joy and the spirit
of thanksgiving at all times. They tell
that the way of God is from good to bet
ter, as the scriptures, history and human
experiences teach. They told that he who
believes will want to go back and worship
with greater zeal the Lamb of God. and
go back to the first things. the tabernacle
| and the sacrifice of Thanksgiving. Thus
in the midst of the general thanksgiving a
| grateful people turn to the King of Kings.
along every road, every field and on every
side where IL he or she but looks they
may see the footprints of a mighty God
| which the heavens declare the glory OF,
and the armament showeth the work of
| His fingers. They take these as the beau
| tiful letters that spell His name. They
| believe that the bright sunshine and the
crowded granaries and the good health OF
| the nation pronounce 1t.
Thus with great faith and zeal they move
| on toward greater prosperity with the as
! surance that if they deserve it the same
| shall be granted to them hundred fold.
| When the sun of high heaven peeped over
! the blue hills of Maryland this morning
| and cast its first glorious flood of light upon
| the sleeping residents of the capital city Of
| the nation, 1t marked the beginning of the
light of day for the annual giving of thanks
| for the year 1906.
Penal and Charitable Institutions.
Away out on the Eastern branch of the
Potomac. where are located In a long grim
line along what is known as Calamity ave-
| nue." the work houses for men and women,
! the almshouse, the Jail. the Washington
Asylum Hospital, smallpox hospital and
| other similar institutions. contiguous to
| potter's field with it's unclaimed dead of
| great city there was thanksgiving today
| among the prisoners of crime and of pow
| erty for in all those places, with the bare
| execution of the Jail, Thanksgiving cheer
| in the shape of bountiful dinners had been
| provided by Superintendent Zinkhap for the
inmates In the work houses the male pris-
| oners in their zebra striped convict suits
and the women who had violated the law, in
| their prison frocks, were RECALLED with hot
roast pork, sweet potatoes and other good
| things for dinner today.
The poor direlicts of life in the almshouses
| were given a treat also. the extra dinner
| being accompanied with cake and other
| deicacies. number of chart able per-
| sons visited the poor charges of the District
| and presented them with candles nuts,
| cakes and the like.
| At the United States jail the usual prison
| fare prevailed today and the only sugges-
| ton of Thanksgiving day was the presence
! of number of relatives and friends of the
prisoners who were permitted by the war
| den to go there and carry with them bas-
| kets and parcels containing turkey and
| other delicacies not contemplated in the
| prison menu, which is the same, with vari-
| atoms in the kinds of meats served, 1865
days in the year. for as law ofieer ex-
| planned, there is no sentiment in the
| rigid and infiexible sentence of the law and
| its execution.
The several hundreds of boys at the Dis
| trict Reform School, out on the Bladens-
burg road, were treated to a Thanksgiving
| turkey dinner that had been provided by
Supt. o. E. Darnall. In the forenoon
| divine services were held in the chapel and
| in the afternoon the lads were allowed to
occupy the extensive Fairgrounds and in
| dulge in all manner of games. The in
| given a Thanksgiving dinner and allowed
extra privileges in the matter of amuse-
| ments.
| the authorities provided a Thanksgiving
| day meal consisting of 900 pounds Of roast
pork 1000 punches of celery, eco mince
pies and number of bushels of cranber-
| ries and sweet potatoes. Baked chicken
| was served to the sick in the hospital
| The inmates and employees celebrated the
| eve of the day by dance held last even
ing in the assembly hall, being the first
one of the season.
Out at the Soldiers Home the veterans of
the American armies who have given the
best part of their lives to the service Of
their country and who are incapacitated by
either wounds, sickness long military
| duty. were given bountiful Thanksgiv-
ing spread. The temporary soldier sojourn-
ers here, who also rendered good and faith
full service under the flag. and who are be-
ing cared for at the Soldiers and Sailors
Temporary Home at LOG Sd street north
west were given nice Thanksgiving dinners
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