Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-11-29
THANKSGIVING
DAY PROGRAM
Day Will Be Generally Oh
served by People In
Capital
SERVICES IN THE CHURCHES
Minstrel Performance at Elks'
Theater Will Draw Large
Crowd

Thanksgiving Day tomorrow will be
clear and much warmer than was to-
day. The day will be observed as a
day of worship, thanksgiving, joy and
merriment. In the forenoon, there
will be Union Thanksgiving service
at the Presbyterian church at which
the pastor of the Methodist church
will preach the sermon. The Episco-
pal church also celebrates st. An
drews' Day, and will have a aervice at
10 a. N. Solemn mass will be cele-
brated at nine o'clock at the cathe-
| dral.
| The collection at the Episcopal
| church tomorrow will be for the char
table purposes of the Womans Board
| of Trade.
There are many family parties on
the tapis and several social events.
In the afternoon there may be foot
ball game but this has not been def.
nitely arranged.
In the evening is the performance
at the Elks' Theater, which will be
made quite society event. The pro-
gram is mostly by local talent and
will be a hummer
The general delivery at the postof-
flee window will be open from 9 to 10
a. m. There will be one delivery and
one collection of mail by carriers. All
other departments will be closed.
All the Offices at the capitol, court
house and federal building will be
closed tomorrow. The official canvas.
sing board will not meet tomorrow,
|and the territorial supreme court will
adjourn tonight and not reconvene un.
til after Thanksgiving Day.
The rooms of the School of Ameri-
can Archaeology WIFI be open during
the afternoon from to o'clock.
The stores WIFI be open tomorrow
forenoon only. closing about l or
o'clock
The banks will not open tomorrow.
At the Penitenhary.
The prisoners at the territorial pen.
itentiary will sit down to a regular
New England Thanksgiving Day din
ner tomorrow. Among the viands
that will be served will be turkey,
dressing, mashed potatoes. rolls and
coffee. mince pie. apple sauce and ci-
gars.
After this Epic1reah repast has been
disposed of, the inmates will be en-
tertained the greater part OF the AFTER
noon by minstrel show for which a
chosen group of their own number
have been practicing for the last few
weeks.
AS on all holidays, the prisoners
will be allowed the freedom OF the
compound during the morning and
they may read or write or do what
pleases them best in their cells after
the show in the assembly hall
At the Schools.
There will be special entertainments
a. nearly all the educational institu-
tions of the city tomorrow afternoon
and in the evening.
Loretto: Owing to the death of
Miss Adelaide Gonzales there will be
no special entertainments, but vaca-
ton for Thursday and Friday has
been granted.
Presbyterian Mission School: After
the Thanksgiving day dinner is served
the boys will be the guests OF the
girls who will entertain them in their
own way during the afternoon. This
IS considered a great treat by the
boys. In the evening there will be a
program in which both boys and girls
will take part.
st. Michael's College: Besides the
annual dinner and the evening enter
tainment by the literary society in the
Ievening Thanksgiving will be quiet
one at the college.
U. s. Indian School: Special drills
and an evening entertainment will
mark Thanksgiving day among the In
dian children in attendance at the
school.