Evening star., 1912-11-24
ALL TO GIVE THANKS
City Residents Planning for the
National Festival.
PROGRAMS OF CHURCHES
Annual Pan-American Mass at St.
Patrick's Church.
PRESIDENT TAFT TO ATTEND
Baptists, Presbyterians and Other
Denominations to Observe Day.
Missions to Remember Poor.


less, the greatest interest in the coming
festival in church circles. in the char
liable missions, in public institutions
such as the workhouse. jail orphan asy
lums and hospitals. and in the Pos
Once Department and government print
ing office. to say nothing of the average
family circle, where the principal anxiety
is i'll regard to what sort of weather
Washington is likely to have
AT the weather bureau there is a more
or less ominous silence on this subject
The forecasters there say they are doing
their best to produce crisp cold. ideal
lhanksgiving day. but that Thursday i:
too far off for definite prediction as te
how their efforts will turn out.
President to Dine in Washington.
President Taft, who was absent from
Washington last thanksgiving day. viii
be here this year, although he will not
have all the members of his family with
him at the White House celebration, Miss
Helen Taft being on trip to Panama
with the Secretary of War and Mrs. Slim.
son.
The President will attend what prob
ably Will be the most notable of the
church services held Thursday that OF
the Pan-American mass at ST. Patrick
Roman Catholic Church. at which will
gather many of the members of the
diplomatic corps. as well as other dis
tlnguished citizens in public and private
llfe Cardinal Gibbons will come over
from Baltimore to assist at this service
and the papal delegate, Mgr Bonzano
will also assist. Mgr. William T Russell
pastor of st. Patrick's, will be the cele-
brant. and it is expected that the SER
mon will be preached by Archbishop
keane of Dubuque.
This service will be followed by a
luncheon given by Mgr. Russell in the
rectory, to which sixty members of the
laity and clergy have been invited.
No elaborate special services will be
held in any of the other Catholic
churches.
By Other Denominations.
Services of a specially elaborate char
acter are expected to be held in most of
the other churches of the city. Many of
the Baptists are planning to gather at
Calvary Baptist Church, where Rev. B.
d. Cav. pastor of the West Washington
Baptist Church, will deliver the sermon.
The Methodists will hold union services
at three or four churches of this donOmi-
nation, and the Presbyterians will gather
in force at the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church and the Church of the
Covenant. Episcopalians will hold elab-
crate services at their various houses Of
worship, and other denominations will
also join in making the day, or at least
the morning of it, religious festival of
in accordance with the spirit of
the Thanksgiving proclamation.
Among the missions. the Central Union
is making extensive preparations to feed
the poor. There is an unwritten agree
ment between this mission and the Sal
yation Army that the latter shall send
out baskets of food-such as turkeys,
chickens. potatoes cranberries, and other
eatableS-at Christmas time, while the
Central Union Mission performs this serv-
ice at the Thanksgiving season. The
Central Union Mission has done this for
twenty-seven years. and, on THURSDAY
Thanksgiving day will again be In touch
with the friendless. unfortunate and
needy. The baskets to be sent out by
the mission this year will contain turkey
or chicken, vegetables. coffee or tea,
sugar, salt apples, ETC.. each basket cost
ing between two and three dollars. In
addition. large numbers of homeless men
will be fed at home dinner at 622
Louisiana avenue northwest.
Plans Elsewhere.
The Gospel Mission. the Salvation Army
and the American Salvation Army will
all pay attention to the needs of the un-
fortunate. While they will not send out
baskets this year. the THANKSGIVING spirit
prevails in all their preparations for the
day. and special services will be held at
these various charitable institutions, be-
fore and after which creature comfort
will not be forgotten.
The day will also be observed at tne
jail. the workhouse, the almshouse, the
Industrial Home School. the reform
schools and other public institutions, in
Guiding the orphan asylums and chill
drens and other hospitals. with special
menus suitable to the occasion.
Special celebrations are usually held at
the government printing office and at the
Post Office Department. and the commit
tees i'm charge of these events are busy
with their preparations.
Program of Catholic knights.
The Catholic Knights of America will
give their twenty-nnth annual entertain
ment and ball Thanksgiving night. fol
the benefit of St Josephs Orphan Asy-
lum ut Convention Hall. 9Th and L
streets northwest. DIR. Patrick j. Len
nox. professor of English literature al
the Catholic University, will deliver ar
address Judge William II. De Lacy viii
preside The committees in charge are
as follows:
Executive-Edward j. Harmon. chair
man, Michaei A Mess, wee chairman
Patrick A. Tobin. secretary. and Nichola.
IL. Shea. treasurer.
Receptior-Edward j. Hannah, chair
man: George r. Repetti, B. Frank Saul
NJ /. Weller, Robert Berberich, John
Finn, \. Il. Coppes, William Schwing
John y. Madigan. Michael Dowd, George
<illeen, William Mcclure, John Ridden
J. j. Dermody. l.. Mansan, \. G. Joy
r. l.. Fisher, NJ. NJ. Doyle, John Shuhg
rue. James Lackey and Clement Giebel.
Floor. Henry Buscher, master of cere
| monies; Judge William III. De Lacy. foo
manager; DR.. 4. ID. Wilkinson, p. j. Nee
| Bernard Bussink, J. 7. b. Burns, a. b
Kirby and John j. Burch. assistants
DIR. W. +. kenealy T. b. McNamee, DR.
j. j. Repetti DR.. Thomas F. Lowe. Ed
ward Noigt, Greger kramm, w. A. Simp
son. Leo y. Rover. DR.. W. A. Mess. >Theo
dore Hmmelberger, Charles Miller, An
drew Nolte. William kapperts, Josepl
\. Berberich, NJ. Frank Rupert, p J
Haltigan. r. z. Harrington. DR.. C. L
O'Connor, George l.. Dant. Thomas *
Gallaher DIR. W. +. Pairo, j. j. German
| D. j. Connell, W. p. Normoyle, L. P
| Schwartz DR.. J. j. Slattery James Nolan
| J. F. Dawson, j. V. Cogan and \
/ Shields
| Entertainment and press-Dr A. u
| Wilkinson. chairman: Judge William III
| De Lacy. Charles j. Columbus, A. b
| Kirby and L. A Tobin.
! l.. b. Cook. chairman of the door com
4 mittee.