Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-28
NEW YORK IS HOST
TO MEN IN SERVICE
Gives Royal Thanksgiving to
Those Who Made Victory
Celebration Possible.
PHILADELPHIA FESTIVOUS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 23.-The OBJ
servance of Thanksgiving in New York
city, which actually began yesterday
and will continue through the week
end, found every association, society
and individual eager to honor the SOL
dier and sailor-the men who made
this greatest Of victory celebrations a
possibility. Dinners for the fighting
men were prepared by hundreds Of
housewives, while at hotels and restau-
rants special menus were offered for
their entertainment.
Most notable Of the events of the
day is the victory sing" this aft
ernoon In Madison Square Garden,
in the choruses. At the same moment,
precisely o'clock this afternoon, the
entire nation joined in the song of
victory. In every city and hamlet on
board ships at sea, in camps and
homes, the national anthem was be-
ing sung at the same hour.
Dinner for Convalescents.
Near three hundred wounded SOL
diers who are conva1escing in MILL
tary hospitals had their turkey din
ner under the supervision of sur
geons and nurses. to see that diet
rules were not entirely forgotten.
The Red Cross Motor Corps trans
ported the men who could be moved
from the hospitals to clubs and homes
IN the city. The Lambs, Friars and
the Vacation clubs were among the
organiza tions to entertain the SOL
diers.
The offer Of War Camp Community
Service to serve dinner to any man
in any branch of the service was ac-
cepted by thousand or more Sery.
ice men.
Thanksgiving services were held at
each of the ffty-one units of the war
camp at IL o'clock. 1t is estimated
that $4,000 dinners were served at
noon. A football game for the service
championship of New York city in the
New York University stadium at $3.50
o'clock this afternoon between teams
from the New York navy yard and
Camp Mills featured the afternoon
celebration.
Services in Churches.
Victory services were held in
houses of worship Of all denomina-
tions throughout the city. A special
service of thanksgiving for victery
was held at IL o'clock in Old Trinity
Church. Addresses on Americas
Reasons for Thanksgiving" were de-
livered by Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell
and Rev. Dr. William II MapninD
Chanukah. the Jewish hol: day of
light, begins this evening, and ortho-
dox Jews will observe the national
and religious festival together.
Philadelphia Celebrates.
PHILADELPHIA, November 2s.-
Thanksgiving day was observed in
Philadelphia today as it never had
been before. Church services, out
door religious exercises, parades,
public festivals. flag raisings, liberty
sings and public banquets were
among the features of the observ-
ance.1
The city Of Philadelphia took Of
fetal note of the end of the war and
arranged for exercises in forty-Rve
public squares and parks, where
thousands of persons gathered and
offered up thanks to God for the
victorious conclusion of the world
conflict. All religious creeds partici-
pated in the exercises, which con-
songs. the reading of the Presi-
dents Thanksgiving proclamation
and prayer. The services were linz
tied to twenty minutes, SO as not to
interfere with regular church serv-
ices.