The Washington herald., 1921-11-24
BUSINESS HALTS
FOR OBSERVANCE
OF THANKSGIVING
President Harding Will
Attend Services at
Calvary Baptist.
FARLEY SUSPENDS
Missions Will Distribute Bas.
kets of Food to Needy
Families.

With church services and home
celebrations, Washington today will
observe Thanksgiving. Business
activities will be suspended and
government departments will close
while activities Of the delegates to
the conference on the Limitation Of
armament will cease for the day
President Harding will attend
services at the Calvary Baptist
Church, Eighth and H streets north
west, at IL o'clock. The services
will be held under the auspices of
the Federal Council of Churches Of
Christ in America
Pan American Mass At 10.
The thirteenth annual Pan Ameri-
can mass in st. Patrick's Church will
be celebrated this morning at 10
o'clock. Diplomatic representatives.
of the South American Republics.
members of the Cabinet and the
judiciary and officials Of the army
and navy will attend the mass.
The Rt. Rev. owen B. Corrigan,
acting in charge of the arch diocese
of Baltimore, will be the celebrant
He will be assisted by the Rev.
Clarence z. Wheeler, pastor OF Holy
Comforter; the Rev. James ]. OCon-
nor. pastor Of St Augustine's Church
will be deacon and the Rev. John
| Carroll Moore, of Holy Name Church
will be sub deacon. The sermon
will be preached by the Ri. Rev
william f. McGinnis, of Brooklyn
| n. Y.
Metropolitan Memorial NJ. Z.
| Church. John Marshal place ana =
street northwest. will hold its
annual national Thanksgiving serN-
! ice this morning at 1880 O'Clock,
! Rishop William +. Mcdowell will
preach the sermon.
Bryan 10 Give Address.
William Jennings Bryan will de-
liver the Thanksgiving address this
morning at the Washington Hebrew
| Congregation.
I Superintendent H. W. Kline is
arranging Thanksgiving dinner
at the Gospel Mission, 214 John Mar
/ shall place. at noon today. Baskets
! of food will be distributed to the
J needy, and the Associated Char
! tiles, the other missions and vari-
Gus institutions of the city will see
that as many needy as possible are
served.
Services at various other churches
in the city follow:
st. Paurs Methodist Episcopal
| Church South. Second and S streets
northwest, union services for the
| section will be held at 1880 a. IN.
The Rev ]. Hudson Ringer is pastor
| of the host church.
At Mount Vernon Place Church
South. Ninth street and Massachu-
| setts avenue northwest. Thanksgiv-
! ing service will be held at 10 a.
M The sermon is to be preached
! by Dr. Chappell. Mid-week service
is to be held at p. m.
Thanksgiving service is to be
| held at IL a. m. at Emory NJ. P.
/ Church, 600 Georgia avenue north
/ west.
Services Mt st. stephens.
Holy communion is to be given at
/ 80 a. m. at st. Stephens Episco-
| pal Church. Fourteenth street near
| Columbia road, and a service is to
I Re held following communion at
/ 1890 a. m. At Christ Church. $40
/ g street southeast. there will be
/ services at 1890 a. m.
! Holy communion >ill be given at
! 7:3O p. m. and at IL a. m. at the
| Church of the Good Shepherd. S24
! Sixth street northeast.
At Washington Cathedral, the
Bethlehem Chapel. Wisconsin ave-
nue. near Woodley road, holy COM
| munion is to be given at 1880 a.
m; morning prayer is to be said
at 10 a. m; festival service. holy