Evening star., 1913-11-23
CAPITAL PREPARES
FOR THANKSGIVING
Special Services to Be Held in
All Churches of the
City.
CARDINAL WILL ATTEND
PAN-AMERICAN MASS
Baskets Will Be Distributed Among
Poor-Dinners at Public
Institutions.

P0Or-UlnnerS at Pubic
Institutions.
Rejoicing in many quarters. but tinge
of sadness in others. will prevail on
Thanksgiving day. which is next Thurs
day. I'm all the churches of the city
special services are to be held to return
thanks for many things. and the services
viii be marked with the same true spirit
which prompted the Pilgrims to kneel and
offer up thanks for their attainment of
religious freedom
The missions of the city. the Gospel and
Central Union. planning to make hap
py as many of the poor as possible by
sending out baskets and by serving din
ners al their headquarters. Funds are
not coming as fast those in charge
desire. and appeals are being made not
only for money. but for clothes. food and
should persons not be disposed to send
other articles. Should persons not be ris
posed to send money, edibles would be
just as acceptable.
Diplomats to Attend Mass.
Probably the most impressive church
services in the city Thanksgiving day
will he the Pan-American mass at st.
Patrick's Roman Catholic Church. which
will be attended by the South and Cen
trail American diplomatic representatives
accredited to this capital. and also by
prominent government officials. Whether
OF not President Wilson will attend, as
did President Taft last year, is not
known The diplomats will be there in
their gorgeous uniforms Respondent in
L ~,ral
\ special musical program is being ar
ranged. Cardinal James Gibbons will
come from Baltimore TO Washington to
be present at the mass. Attending him
viii be Mer. Shahan, rector of the Cath
Ole University of America. as assistant
priest, and Rev. James Barron of An
napolis. Md. and Rev John P. Whelan
Il this city as chaplains Ri, Rev:
Charles Warren Currier, Bishop of
MatanZas. Cuba. will deliver the ser
mon. The celebrant of the mass will
be Rev Joseph II. Cassidy. pastor of
-. Stephens Church in this city, with
Rev. Charles NJ. Bart, pastor of St
Teresa :. AnacoStia. as deacon, and Rev.
J. NJ Mcnamara of ST. Patrick's as sub
deacon. The services viii begin promptly
at II O'Clock.
Endeavor Services.
The Christian Endeavor Union of this
city is planning for Thanksgiving day
the largest series of Thanksgiving serv-
ices ever conducted under its auspices.
Christian Endeavor workers will speak
at the services in the various churches,
and Edward p Gates. field secretary of
Illinois for the Christian Endeavor and
Rexford l.. Holmes. president of the
local Christian Endeavor. will attend
three OF the services in succession, and
will deliver brief addresses. These serv
ices Will be held in the morning.
aft dincr of oh rrl1 virpS
will furnish a means for the more Sc
rious side of Thanksgiving, there will be
various other ways of spending the day.
Families long separated will be drawn
together around the table abundanty
supplied with turkey and cranberry
sauce Some will take trips out of the
city for the day. Strawrides and other
forms of amusement are being planned
hy the younger folks TO furnish some
thing for them to be thankful for. And
the smaller children, Why, there is only
one thing they believe that they have
10 be thankful for, 1t is holiday from
school. OF course.
In Public Institutions.
Preparations are being made in the
penal institutions of the city and the hos
pitfalls and other public institutions to OBJ
serve Thanksgiving. In the prisons the
inmates are to be served special meals.
ana entertainments will be given in many
Instances Those in the hospitals un-
dcubtedly will have relatives and friends
t. bring them dainties to make the day
triehter
Th,. letter carriers of this city. their
wives and families. will be made unusual
u happy this year. The letter carriers
VIII b thankful that they will not have
= work on that day. and the wives and
families Will be thankful that the postmen
can be at home TO eat their Thanksgiving
dinners with all seated around the table
TO celebrate Postmaster Merritts action
in giving them the holiday. the letter car
riers association will give compliment
ery dance At Pythian Temple Thanksgiv-
ing eve.
Plans also have been completed by the
Catholic knights of America for the
thirtieth annual sociable for the bene-
tit Of 81. Josephs Orphan Asylum. This
year il Is 10 ne held in Convention Hall.
and all OF the decorations which were
used during the recent food show have
been lett in place. Music is TO be fur
nshed by = band of thirty musicians
under the direction OF Prof. ]. |. Fer
singer.
The entertainment will begin PROMPTLY
III o clock. with an exhibition of calls
thenic exercises by the orphan boys OF
st. oSephs Asylum, followed by sew
eral songs by choruses formed from the
various classes of the institution. Sen
ator Joseph Il. Ransdeu OF Louisiana
viii be the speaker of the evening
Former Judge William II. De Lacy of tho
Juvenile Court also will make an ad-
dress.
Noel House Annual Ball.
The annual ball of the Noel Hous'
committee. headed by Mrs. Henry Cleve-
land Perkins. is TO be held at the New
Willard Thanksgiving night, and thi:
event is looked forward To- with grea
interest by the young society people oil
The city.
Thank sgivinS day al Cherryda Va
viii bc celebrated by Il presentation Il
Tn. l'nNrrNdale volunteer firemen from