The San Francisco call., 1908-11-15
By Lillian Quinn Stark


who were all sizes. shapes.
oolors. netionalities and relig-
ions2 II you have never been fortu-
nate enough 10 have this captivating
experience, do not fail on next Thanks
giving day 70 HE yourself UP to Hayes
and Fillmore streets TO orrer your
services. You Will find yourself very
much occupied between and o'clock
OF the afternoon, for II IS no easy mat
ter 10 supply the wants Of q convivial
nine hundred.
II you are OF the male persuasion
you VIII be armed with set Of carv-
ing tools and commanded to demoI-
3sh some OF the giant turkeys that re-
pose 80 grandly on the long tables To
carve one OF these big birds accurately,
50 that nothing but his unfortunate
bones are left to tell the tale. is as
much mathematical problem as a
work OF art, and by the time the ofici-
ating gentleman has finished this her
eulean task he is q mental wreck. But
who Is not willing TO sacrifice himself
onos a year for the laudable purpose
q filing the great vacuum Of child
bood7
II for the nrst time you have come
20 act as waitress you will probably
fun out one OF those dainty swiss
chshng dish aprons, q cobwebby thing
OF lace and ruf1es-not Of the least
service IN attending 10 little diners
tie its blue ribbon strings in an elab-
orately artistic bow, and stare help
lessIy around, wondering where TO be
gin. over nine hundred hilarious in
fants-and not quite 40 grownups to
serve theml The task looks beyond
accomplishment. Suddenly your un-
certain, bewildered gaze lights on a
young cherub trying n1anfully but un-
successfully TO secure a refractory nap
kin under his fat chin. Your worried
indecision leaves forever. within FIVE
minutes you are as capably busy as
any one. and next year-well next year
you just about know II all; IN fact,
you are so superior that you look down
IL scorn upon the young woman who
appears with her chahng dish apron.
It Is a foregone conclusion that there
VIII be a next year. and a next, for any
one who has once assisted at this al
Turing celebration You viii go again
and again for the JOY OF serving-so
much happier than the Joy Of living"
and when you are preparing your
own Thanksgiving dinner you will fnd
yourself, almost unconsciously, making
an extra mince pie. a little plum pud-
ding or a chocolate cake to take to
the children's feast
And now TO explain this very big
dinner party for these very little din
ers-
san Francisco, although sometimes
called "the ungodly." has brought forth
one Of the most unique and at the
same time one OF the most helpful or
gsnizations ever planned for the as
sistance Of struggling humanity;
unique because II is a religious So
ciety absolutely nonsectarian, living
nobly UP 70 the declaration OF our fore
fathers that "all men are created
eQusl''; helpful because Of this same
divine universalism. Not even Paris
with Its commingling OF all the races
81 mankind presents such paradoxes
as are TO be found IN this old-young
city by the Golden gate, consequently
one Is not greatly astonished II in San
Francisco one runs across members OF
q sectarien religious order ministering
TO their fellow mortals without regard
10 race, color or creed
More than thirty years ago the Sis
ters OF the Holy Family. under the
slziuful direction Of the founder, Sister
Mary Dolores Armer, began their prac-