Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-29
OMAHA FEAST
DAY ONE OF JOY
over WARS END
Glad Spirit is Manifested as
City Gives Thanks for
Prosperity and Wars
End.

Omaha enjoyed a regular old
fashioned white Thanksgiving.
Throughout the city the holiday
spirit was manifest and reunions O.
families and friends were marked BY
an added feeling OF joy and thank
fulness due to the ending of thu
war.
Many soldiers have returned from
various camps 20 spend the day a
home, and scores of students from
University of Nebraska and other
colleges having a students army
training corps were given furlough:
over the weekend.
Union Services Held.
Union services were held in many
churches of the city beginning al
1880 o'clock this morning. There
was a record breaking attendance al
these services. Many other churche,
nelu SPECIAL individual services for
their own congregations.
Hundreds of baskets of food
were delivered to needy families.
Preceding the Thanksgiving feast
the kiddies of Omaha had the time
of their lives playing in the snow
and many staid stiff hat went
careening under the force of we'll
aimed SNOWFALL.
Snow Men On Guard.
Snow men" stood watch on
lawns of the residence section until
their grotesque countenances melt
ed and they settled in cold, watery
heaps forgotten by the youthful
sculptors who were trying to break
the long-distance turkey-cranberry-
sauce record.
incidentally, many such records
were smashed.
At Fort Omaha and Fort Crook
the soldiers partook of a Thanks
giving dinner that held true to the
most cherished tradition of the
army. Great juicy roasted turkeys,
Hanked by mashed potatoes. dress
ing and cranberry sauce; mince and
pumpkin pies; jams and jellies and
buildings kept the soldiers busy for
an hour after they Had attended the
special Thanksgiving services.
The following is the menu of the
dinner at Fort Omaha:
Turkey with Oyster Dressing.
Mashed Potatoes.
Candied Sweet Potatoes.
Lima Beans Dreamed Peas
Cold Slaw. Celery.
Cranberry Sauce.
Mnce and Pumpkin Pie.
Hot Chocolate. Bread and Butter
Apples Oranges. Nuts.
Foot Ball Cancelled.
Both the Creighton foot ball
games were called off. The game
scheduled with the Colorado School
of Mines was cancelled because Of
the flu epidemic in that state and
the other. game arranged with Fort
Omaha was cancelled because of in
juries to the army squad.
Theaters were crowded yesterday
with holiday througs seeking enter
tainment and everywhere good fell
lowship was invariably the rule.
Soldiers in Homes.
Homes throughout the city were
opened to hundreds of soldiers and
the men in uniform enjoyed a taste
Of Omaha hospitality at its best.
The War Camp Community serv-
ice gave a game party on the
first floor of Jacobs hall. A dinner
was given for $50 men at First
Methodist church. The D. T. A.
club also gave a dinner at St.
Johns church. The Army and Navy
club held open house all day.
Needy are Remembered.
Flu patients and convalescents
we're visited by nurses of the Visit
ng Nurses association and others
given baskets of food. Major
Nc Cormick of the Volunteers, dis
tributed 50 baskets. Twenty relief
also distributed bas-
kets to the needy.
At St. James orphanage there
was a dinner for more than 100 chill
dren with appropriate services.
Services at the churches empha-
sized the glory OF peace brought to
the world and Omaha's observance
Of the day generally reflected this
sentiment.