Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-30
TULSANS OBSERVE
DAY
Church Services Draw Large
Crowds; Theaters Play to
Capacity Houses.
EVERYBODY ENJOYS TURKEY
Special Dinners Provided for
Newsboys; Rain Threatens
But Does Not Fall.
EVERYBODY ENJOYS TURKEY

Tulsas celebration OF Thanksgiving
was generous and happy and despite
weather conditions religious services
at all the churches were largely at
tended The air was damp and cold
AMI rain threatened most OF the day
but did not fail. The theaters were
crowded at all performances and the
biggest war tax these places Of amuse-
ment have collected for Uncle Sam
passed thru the ticket windows.
1t was estimated that $1,000 worth
Of pennies we're collected by the
theaters during the day and last night.
Everybody ate a turkey dinner. Be-
sides the hundreds of private home
dinners, all hotels and cafes featured
the great Thanksgiving bird on their
bills OF fare and served special tur-
key dinners, the usual price at the
leading places, being 81. 1t Is estl-
mated that Tulsans ate $4,000 worth
of turkey yesterday.
The holiday passed unmarried by
disorder of any kind and the police de-
partment had very little to do. Every
bod, was on their good behaviour and
even the underworld seemed imb,ed
with the real Thanksgiving spirit, Tho
number OF arrests was only normal.
Stores and Factories.
All stores in the city closed for the
day. as did all public buildings and
factories and the big Industrial COM
panies closed their offices and gave
their thousands of employees a days
recreation. The post office was open
one hour from to 10 a. m, but there
was no city delivery. All the schools,
which closed Wednesday afternoon.
will not reopen until Monday morning
During the afternoon the big foot
ball contert between Kendall and
Phillips university drew lovers of the
grldiron to the ball park but the
crowd was small. Because of the
cold, damp condition of the atmos-
rhere the holiday crowds seemed to
prefer the indoors and chose to visit
the thcaters.
Special turkey dinners were served
in the public institutions save at the
fire department, the Thanksgiving
dinner there being postponed until
Christmas because of the uncompleted
condition OF the new fire building. At
the county Jail Sheriff Mccullough
served a chicken dinner to the prison.
ers, which they declared was Just as
good as turkey. Last night the news
boys of the city were given a turkey
dinner at the Y. NJ. c. A. by the
b. Y. p. U. OF the First Baptist church
Special services were held at the
Y. w. c. A. and the Y. NJ. C. A..
where special musical programs were
rendered by we'll known singers.
At all the Thanksgiving services this
war was a dominant note of the SER
mons.
Massey On "Patriotism."
AT the First Lutheran church Rev.
Albert Massey took for his subject
Patriotism" and in part he said:
Patriotism Is not Christian virtue.
But much of the noblest patriotism
that the world knows has been wit
messed in countries that had not heard
of christ the Savior. The most famo US
lines about dying for ones country
were written by pagan Roman. The
peerless patriotism of Thermopylae
was, necessarily. not Christian. The
Greeks were all patriots; so are the
japanese. And there was no accept
ance of Christ in Danton the Titan.
who cried let my name be blighted,
let France be free.
Thanksgiving day in America Is
not altogether Christian institution.
Our every president in every year Of
the Union Except possibly one presi-
dent in one year of his tenure) has
proclaimed a day OF repentance and
worship before God for this nation;
and these 12S state papers make fine
examples OF religious reading. Presi-
dent Washington's first and President
Wilson'S last proclamations ars nobly
Christian documents. They bear wit
ness, however to a hope, rather than
to an actually. In this they resemble
the old motto, In God we trust on
our coins. and certain statements in
the preamble to the constitution. Our
leaders hope that this may become a
religious nation. They hope that we
will use Thanksgiving days as means
toward that consummation.
Some day this American hope and
faith will pass away. They will end
in fruition.
jesus Was n Patriot.
WAS Jesus patriot? 1t is enough
to prove this to say that he was a
Jew. Patriotism is never so strong as
when the country that inspires It is a
little one. Belgium is little-Holland
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