Evening star., 1937-11-24
Underprivi|eged Will Share
Bounty of Capital on
Thanksgiving.
ENJOYS TO ATTEND
PAN-AMERICAN MASS
Rites to Be Held at St. Patrick's.
Sesquicentennial Ceremonies at
Cathedral at II.

before SltJlTS GOWN 10 lTdQltiOndl Cur-
key dinners.
One of the most colorful services
will be at ST. Patrick's church. where
diplomatic representatives of South
, American nations and officials of the
Pan-American Union have been in
vited to attend special Pan-Ameri-
can mass at 1890 am. The Apos-
tolic Delegate, the Most Rev. Amleto
Giovanni Cicogonani, will pontifcate
at the mass.
The sesquicentennial of the forma-
ton of the Constitution of the United
States will be commemorated in a ma
tional Thanksgiving service at the
Washington Cathedral, to be held un-
der the auspices of the United States
Constitution Sesquicentennial Com
mission. Arrangements have been
made to accommodate crowd Of TO-
600 at this service
Other services in commemoration of
the spirit o. Thanksgiving will be held
In most of the churches of the city.
Government employees and most
business workers will have the day off
tomorrow, but the Government de-
partments scheduled full days work
today with no holiday eve time eff.
Roosevelt to Stay Indoors.
President Roosevelt. forced to post
pone his customary Thanksgiving trip
to Warm Springs, Ga, because of an
infected tooth. is expected to remain
indoors over the holiday. but will en-
Joy turkey dinner at the White
House
Strangers who are lonely in the city
will have ail opportunity to eat their
turkey dinner in interesting company
and the Strangers Dutch Treat
Thanksgiving dinner at the Shoreham
Hotel tomorrow evening. This affair
was originated four years ago by DR..
4. Grace A. Thompson and has attracted
: as many as 100 strangers" in the
I past.
Z Thanksgiving cheer will be brought
= to hundreds of underprivileged per-
I sons through activities of the churches
and welfare organizations in distrib-
cial dinners.
Union Mission to Feed Many.
The Central Union Mission planned
to distribute baskets containing the
provisions for a Thanksgiving dinner
to more than $50 impoverished FAM
lilies this afternoon. Dinners will be
served free at the mission tomorrow
to as many needy men as apply. Ar
rangements have been made to feed as
many as 700 men. Religious services
In the mission chapel will precede the
Thanksgiving feast.
Luncheon will be served to invited
guests in the ST. Patrick's church
rectory following the Pan-American
mass there. The Rev. Lawrence j.
Kelly Of St. Aloysius Church will assist
the apostolic delegate at the mass.
Other officers Of the mass will be the
Rev. Andrew S. Keltus of Marist
Seminary and Father John Bradac of
the Viatorian Seminary, deacons OF
honor; the Rev. Henry F. Graeven-
stein OF st. Cyprians Church, deacon.
and the Rev. j. j. Clark of st. Theresa
Church, subdeacon. The Rev. Ed
mund A. Walsh, vice president of
Georgetown University, will preach,
and the Rev. Francis j. Kelly, pastor
OF st. Patrick's, will be master OF
ceremonies.
Marine Band to Play.
The United States Marine Band
will provide half-hour program of
music preceding the services to begin
in the Washington Cathedral at IL
am. The crucifler of the Cathedral
and church and Masonic dignitaries
will lead colorful procession at the
start of the service.
The Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop Of Washington, will deliver the
sermon. Others taking part in the
program will include Representative
Sol Bloom of New York, director gen.
eral of the United States Constitution
Sesquicentennial Commission; the
Rev. Shera Montgomery, chaplain of
the House. and Masonic Grand Master
Paul B. Cromelin.
Hundreds of Masons from nearby
cities are expected to attend the Cath
dral services.
The II Protestant churches in
Georgetown will hold their annual
union for the Thanksgiving service
tomorrow at 1920 am in Christ
Episcopal Church, Thirty-first and o
: streets NV.
The Rev. Charles A. Richmond, for
ner president of Union College, will
give the address, and the usual offering
for Aged Women's Home on Wisconsin
avenue will be taken.
The IL churches are the Christ
Episcopal, st. Johns Episcopal,
Georgetown Presbyterian, Grace Epis-
copal, Georgetown Lutheran. Congress
Street Methodist Protestant, Calvary
M. E. South, Dumbarton Avenue M. E.
West Washington Baptist, Mount Ia
Dor Methodist Protestant and Peck
! Memorial Chapel.
Other Union Services.
The thirteenth union services of six
churches on Capitol Hill will be held
in the Epworth Methodist Episcopal
Church South, at 10:3O am. The
: Rev. Harold Mumper, minister of
the Keller Memorial Lutheran Church,
will deliver the sermon. Other
churches joining in the union service
are the Eastern Presbyterian, Ninth
{ Street Christian, Douglas Memorial
Methodist Episcopal and Ingram Me-
: mortal Congregation.
Calvary Baptist, Mount Vernon
Methodist. First Congregational and
National City Christian Churches will
Join In another union Thanksgivine
service at the National City Christian
Church at II am. DR.. Raphael H
Miller will nreside Nr rJou,ord c+or.