Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-24
TIME FOR GRATITUDE
Preparing for the Observance
of Thanksgiving Day.
CHURCH SERVICE PLANNED
Corner Stone to Be Laid of Colored
Y. N. c. A.
PRESIDENT TO MAKE ADDRESS
There Will Be Feasting and Joy in
the Homes Of the Wealthy and
the Less Fortunate.
CHURCH SERVICE PLANNED
PRESIDENT TO MAKE ADDRESS

| Iu6 ACSS OF LuuaCe.
Thanks for the blessings of the past
year will be expressed day after tomor-
row in the National capital in many ways.
In the churches there will be special
services Of praise and thanksgiving, when
the chlrchgoers will express their graft
tude to the Almighty for continued
strength and prosperity, peace and lib
erty. In the homes Of plenty the good
housewives are busy with preparations for
the feasts of turkey, cranberry sauce,
mince pie and other delicacies that help
the thankful spirit of the inner man. Even
in the homes of the poor there will be
| bountiful tables for the families to gather
around, for those more fortunate in ac-
cumulating the wealth Of this world will
see to it that well-laden baskets are de-
| Iivered to those less fortunate. that all
may properly celebrate the national holi-
day. And that those who have no place
which they call home may partake or the
good things of this feast day, missions.
charity organizations and institutions will
provide elaborate dinners.
Corner Stone to Be Laid.
| Thanksgiving day will be celebrated by
| the COlOreQ men DTdlCl VI tuc iouhS
Mems Christian Association by the laying
of the corner stone Of its new home on
| 18th street, between s and streets
northwest. President Roosevelt will be
the principal speaker, and the ceremonies
ARE expected to be attended by many or
the prominent Y M. c. A. workers of the
city and a great outpouring of the color
ed people, TO whom the building means
much. The new building will cost over
$4,000. OF this amount. John y. Rocke,
! teller will give $4,000 and the colored
residents of the city will give the resi-
having already paid in about $12.OO
President Roosevelt and his family will
eat their Thanksgiving dinner at the
| White House this year The dinner Will
be served at 1870 O'Clock.
Services in the Churches.
| Special services for the members Of
local church congregations have been
! planned in many churches. In nearly all
the Episcopal and Catholic churches serv-
| ices for prayer and thanksgiving Will De
| held in the morning. Cardinal Gbooons
has sent letter to the pastors of the
| archdiocese asking that prayer for the
authorities be said in all the churches of
the denomination. Rev. +. Hez SVEN,
| pastor of the Second Baptist Church, VIII
preach the Thanksgiving sermon at a
union Baptist service, to be held In Cal
|
of the congregations of the Marvin and
| Ryland NJ. f. churches and the west
minister and Sixth Presbyterian cnurches
| will unite in a special service In the SIKH
| Presbyterian Church Thanksgiving morn
| ing, and Rev. S. X. Cockrell OF the Mar
vim Church will preach.
= In a union service In the Eastern Pres
byterian Church, at 1880 O'Clock, Kew. Z:
r. Wiles, pastor OF the Keller Memorial
| Lutheran Church, will speak to the con-
gregations of the Eastern Presbyterian.
Keller Memorial Lutheran. Ninth Street
| Christian and Douglass Memorial Meth
| odist churches and other residents OF Cap
| itol Hill The Thanksgiving service for
the communicates of the Wesley, McKen-
dree, Grace and North Capitol Nj. f.
churches will be held in Wesley Chapel.
and Rev. r. l.. Wright of Mckendree
| Church will speak.
Several colored churches have made
plans for Thanksgiving services. In a
| union meeting at the Lincoln Temple
Congregational Church. 18th and X
| streets, Rev. A. e. Garner will speak to
| the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian. Ply
mouth Congregational. Peoples Congre-
tional and Lincoln Temple congregations
Taking Thought Of the Needy.
| Many organizations will provide
nksgving meals for the aheedy of the
| city In accordance with their usual Gus
| tom the four local branches of the Wom-
\ -
| A. Logan, o. P. Morton and Charles Sum-
ner corps-will prepare and send out
| large number of baskets laden with the
usual Thanksgiving delicacfes These
| baskets will find their way into the
homes of aged and needy veterans and
| their families
| The management Of the Central Union
| Mission will send Thanksgiving cheer to
| many homes in all parts of the city. TO
| families whose worthiness has been in
| vestigated by workers Of the mission and
| other charitable organizations baskets
| richly laden with good things to eat will
| be distributed tomorrow. Thanksgiving
| day long tables In the mission dining
| room will be bountfuly supplied with
| the holidays delicacies for the homeless
men to whom, without this treat. the hOl-
| iday would pass meaningless. The mis-
| sion workers are receiving contributions
! for this work today.
| At the Gospel Mission, 1890 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, the generous ladies con-
nected with the institution WILL from l to
+ pm. serve turkey dinner to the
poor and homeless who would otherwise
pass the day in hunger In addition a
program of music and evangelistic ad-
dresses has been arranged, to continue
from noon until 10 o'clock.
| For girls and women away from home
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton will provide dinner in the asso-
citation rooms at o'clock. This Is the
| first dinner in the city to girls away
| from home, and the Y. w. &. A. hopes to
make 1t annual event.
The Calvary Baptist Christian Endeavor
Society will also aid in spreading the
holiday cheer to homes that otherwise
| would observe the day simply by con-
| tinuing the meager menu of the other 1854
days OF the year. They have arranged
| a Thanksgiving social for tomorrow even
ing. and the announcement says that "a
pound and potato from each will pro-
vide THANKSGIVING dinner for carefully
| selected families"
Thanksgiving Day Games.
| Athletic enthusiasts will be entertained
by foot ball games Georgetown meeting
Washington and Lee on Georgetown
Field, and George Washington fighting
| for gridiron honors with Bucknel at
American League Park. The Engineer
team will play Fort Monroe at Union
| League Park. In all of the local theaters
special Thanksgiving matinees will be
| given.
Saengerbund Thanksgiving Plans. :
The Washington Saengerbund is plan
ming to celebrate Thanksgiving by enter
tanning its friends at a bali at it's hall
Thursday night.
| 1t is also announced that a concert
for the benefit of the Methodist Home for
| the Aged will be given at Hamline NJ f.
| Church THANKSGIVING evening Among
the features will be selections by the
| Apollo Quartet and readings nv Prof