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AN FRANCISCO CALL, Thanksgiving Day s Obsetved RIDAY, DECEMBER 1 et o’ e it o e e i Big Crowds | = Gatberat () TQorship s, Cenerosity carted Seen in Every Divection. - ¢ generally ob- s urches with It was a dance at the > ceded that of 8 ons and or- here good cheer € wWor sted in & ministers of in prayer happy jeiivered the | FDdress | - by Rev. Dr. | Tarner Declares San Francisco Wust Eventually Be ' | Conunercial | Center. The Methodists of the city held a union Thanksgiving service in Simpson Memor- e al 1 piscopal Church, Hayes 1 streets, the Rev. J. H. N. | in charge, presiding. to its utmost capa< The sermon was preached by the Rev. of Trinity Methodist { choosing as his theme iousness of God.” »duction he noted ael, under the hasize the first Tharksgiving he presen all wildly : national conscious- | merce its Westward course, { neisco center. of the nation, he that idea become Discussing the "Earle, & sakd it was far more than an aggrega- | ‘ e Presbyter- | tion of was a thing of " T | aintained by commerce, by educa- | Re : s sm and by religion. ster Presbyterian, Rev present-day problems, | Warner said that probably the great- | ved one was the labor question, | " n only come by 2 P . truth—“Thou | p. R 3 neighbor thyself." 2 A. C. Bane, D. D, deunre«N v e invocation in the absence of Bishop | Hamilton, who was delayed in the Slerra y a train wreck. > The was rendered by the chorus andal v cholr of Simpson Memorial Church, under t direction of 1 E. Blake, Miss Pauline | & re uncovered. | Key the organ. ! r presiding at H flering was taken for the E3 and the Rey. | | > Westminster choir em for Harvest,” * eth,” and Buck’ Miss Ethelwy sang Maunder's { While the Barth | ““The Lord is My | at Cavlary o attended by which filled the Presbyterian | a congregation magnificent edifice. 'The | John Hemphill, D. D., conducted and the Rev. Mr. Eldridge, John's Presbyterian chyrch, | er and the Revs W. K. | pastor of the First Presbyterian | | church, delivered the sermon, which was | profound in its treatment of the idea | t God should be worshiped with joy | Rev her read the | p argent led in Dit. PIERCE'S REMEDIES. | Guthr extracted from the diseases for ded. They are oyed the pu )lc 00 ARD | and not sighs and misgivings and trem- | ~ 0G0 W | bling and fear. He asked that they do 1 RE R | God's will with a #mile and Elm\ne!s! fs offered as 2 gnarantee that neither | and come before him with rejoick: | Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription | RENDERS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. | =i The Rev ‘lvravld] E\u:;aérec;ur of ';rnm‘i\ "3 », " Church, California an tockton streets, Dr. Picrce’s Golden Medical Discovery | =~ /'3 on impressive Thanksgiving , opium, or any harmful | sermon and the grand cholr, under the ishing false state- | direction of Organist W. H. Holt, ren- (.,.;.Pb “'ll | dered beautiful music specially appropri- ierce’s Family | ate for the day. of medicinal | "The Thanksgiving day offerings through- | | out the Episcopal diocese wWetge taken up | for the Ola Ladies' Home. | i The services at Trinity Church, the Rev. | ch p Dr. Clampett rector, and at St. Luke's | mce for over a third of & century. | . 3 e | ¥ a7 medicines mot beverages, m Church, tha;i};e\t; Burr M{ Weeden Sertar 10 satisfy a or; ing for “booze. | were attended by g‘re: l;"(mgrexn ans. | - ical Discovery” regulates | The singinz at both churches was. very wels, | fine and the hymns rendered were chosen | blood / to accord with the day of re-| Ty Jolcing. vorite Prescription” cures female | A service of Thanksgiving was largely | | attended at Emmanuel Baptist Church, of | which the Rev. J. George Gubson is pas- | tor. The musical programme was elab- | orate and splendidly rendered. At the First Congregational Church the services were in harmony with the sea- | son. and were emphasized by a collection | | which was taken up for the Mariners Caurch; of which the Rev. Dr. Joseph ! Rowell is pastor. The Rev. George C.| Adams preached the sermon. t There was a large attendance at the | German Lutheran Church, O'Farrell street, where the Rev. Julius Fuendeling, | the pastor, spoke of those Germans whow ¥ first came to the United States as heroes, po sxid *5‘“““ Ot | for they set to work and bullt up Chris- "“I will gindly | tian homes and churches. r ~e’s medicines to every | The Ocean View Congregational Church I advise peremnis who have young | was attended "by many who listened to the pastor, the Rev. Huber Burr, and the Rev. B L. Walz, pastor of ¢he Fourth Congregational Church, on the meaning and significance of the day of Thanks- giving. The ladies of the Young Women's Christian Aseociation made a feast day possible for some sixty worioy and most needy farilies this year. To each was Gelivéred a, well-packed box of all the necezsaries and daintles whieh go to wrvguhrxum exhausting 1 periods and kindred ail- iar to women. Accept no tute for those medicines, each of 1 bas & record of marvelous cures. means seitishpess on the » desler whio is looking for the profit on an inferior article. Our daughter who was attending eollage wy\ nervous snd we were advl Dr. Pieree's Fevorite Prescription,” 3 Mr\ M. C. Fox, of 57 E. Leunlm Bt., ds. Mich. "We did so s 1 get the - Golden Medu-.l She took four bottles of * Gol one uw‘mers who suffer from ncrvous troubies 1o try Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescripf once. 1 am spre it will help them.” GIVEN AWAY, in copies of $50,000 707 00 ooy S Medical Adviser, a book that sold 1o the ex- tent of 500,00 copies & few ears ago, at §1.50 per copy. esl year we guve away $90,000 worth of these invalua- bie books. ng Foar we .nul them. Will you ahm ln(hls at benefit " If so. '&ng“ 3:‘]5“2: make a real Thanksgiving dinner. This Ohe-cel was made possible by the generosity of ol ey e . many of the leading wholesale merchants gy & b ey and other kind friends. The ladies most V. Piesce, Bufalo, N, 5. actively engaged in this §00d work were: 4 center from the | must | | Marrack presided | | 8ol n high mass was sung at St. Mar Cathedral, Van Ness avenue, yes- terday, in honor of the deceased members of the Young Men's Catholic Union. Over 200 members of the union attended in a body and took part in the impressive cere- mony. The mass was sung by Father J. P, Byrne, celebrant, assisted by Father J. B. Hannigan, deacon: Rev. Father C. A. Ramm, sub-deacon, and Father William er Sullivan also preached the sermon, | which was addressed to the members of the union, Father Sullivan said in part: Drethren and members or the Young Men's Catholi¢ Union, your presence here to-day is a siriking manifestation of your great love and churity toward the doceased members of )fl\lr' Balers | Thero aretwy goiat aimign, il and | charity, which your church and your wlnnl bid yol always to practice, not among your members only, but to epread out t> ‘all ‘who need it Charity would Le tncomplete ff you §houid lock no further than to the members P. Sullivan, master of ceremonies. Fath- | of your organization. B i Mrs, George P. Thurston, Mrs. George cighty W. Prescott, Mrs. J. F. Merrill, Mrs. E. | L. Walz, Mrs. F. A. Ijams, Miss Helen Van Winkle, Mrs, Jasper MecDonald, Mrs, J. H, Sadler, Mrs. Frank Bates, Mrs, N. G. Kettle, Miss B. M. Jones, Miss E. L. Lueas, Miss H. L. Reed, Mrs. T. E. Mayhew, Mrs. Fremont Morse, Mrs. A. Unger, Mrs, John Spruance and Mrs. 1 8 Van Winkle, HOSPITALITY IS GENERAL. The Sisters of the Holy Family pro- vided a dinner at the schqol at Hayes and Fillmore streets, which was heart- ily enjoyed by many young folks. At the Children’s Home, under the di- rection of the Volunteers of America, sumptuous repast was given a larga number. of little ones and the Salva- tion Army took good care of many who otherwise would have not known the good cheer which goes with the nuflpl- cious day. The Whosoever Will Mission, which is conducted by Messrs. Westenberg and Rice at 406 Pacific street, gave a hearty welcome and a substantial din- ner to something like 1000 persons. Under instructions of Chief Dinan the prisoners at the City Prison, a | turkey, cranberry sauce and pie to all| in number, were supplied by Cammissary W. J. J. Shaw with a tur- key dinner yesterday, which included mince pie and other luxuries. The of- ficers at headquarters and at the prison were also treated to as much turkey, mince ple and ice cream as they could eat. Chief Jailer Coyle entertained the 125 prisoners at the Couynty Jail on Broad- way yesterday to a dinner of turkey “nd apple sauce, followed by mince pie. They got as much as they could eat and none slighted the repast. the City and County Hospital provided of the patients that could eat such food. The staff of internes, nurses and other attaches of the huilding were treated to similar luxuries. Superintendent Frank A. Schmits of |- the Almshouse did likewise with aged inmates under his charge. The patients in the Twenty-fourth Sluet Ho‘:ml fared equally as well as t others, Sisieadaal Mansfield Host at Dinaer. Richard Mansfield ‘l'l a Th“kl(!v- Superintendent James P. lteouuk ot | ademorial Eervices' at the Catbedral ‘Solemn Migh (Nass for Deceased (Members of mouno.m'en'é Catbolic Winion Charity 4s'to the organization what the soul Is to the hody. body. must .de. ity that you have come here to-day. charity that has Remove that soul and tha It is in exerciso of this char- It s you to attend the sac: rifice of the mass.and offer up your prayers mi)a those Who have gone bDefore you. not contént yourself to como here once a 10 assigt in the szcrifice of the mass, by nrnnm mz der-.-d\ TS always. ake up iy 10 folow the teadi- ’oh )uur r-nd’ua-l«ul r flag and your n um xan may become goud | Clflull! and Lfiflllb;:. ;V!f 3 n the Grand Opera-house Cafe. There were twenty ‘of the “great American birds'- stuffed and ready for the sacri- fice wehen the actors sat them down. Mr.. Mansfield ‘made a uu dlnner to-his company last' night graoceful speech and told some anecdotes of ‘the days before he even -dreamed of reading his present positlon in his art. ‘Members of his company made some clever and amising "m THE POOR. B:ADDOCKr 85,800 to. 40,000 persons Thanksgiying dinner here from W‘ul! m ‘esting! vwmn ut toot.nlu:' mm Soveral nu'fln ed out, The 'W‘!l ufifik pelcen e . oputm and - 2 ‘The attaches of the | Grand Open-hw- “were also present. Ta, Nov. 30.~From rewlfl' lv. head 0f the Westing- Mmufll’lnrmw to the Alr Brake rlu' em- o At in. Aan [ President | i ] | 1 Churches —_—— iflmericans Celebrate in London Give a Banquet in Honor of ThanRksgiving Day at Hotel Cecil. Bistingnished Briton Pays Tribute to Dresident Roosevelt. | | LONDON, Nov. 80.—Thanksgiving | day was celebrated In London in the | time-honored manner by leading Ame {fcans by a bauquet in the grand hall | of the Hotel Cecil. Ameong those pres- ent were Embassador Reid, Captam C. | | sity to-day. ; | dred and twenty holders of | ships tounded by the late Cecil Rhodes, representing nearly every State and | | Territory of the United States, wery present. | HOME, Nov. 30.—Thanksgiving day | was celebrated by a service at the | American Church, conducted by the SpendsDay Observes Thanksgiving at| His Mew Country JHome in tbe apountains. RED HILL, Va, Nov. and Mrs. Roosevelt, and several of thew children spent Thanksgiving to-day at Mrs. Roasevelt's new country home, Plaindealing, in the southern part of Albemarle County. The party arrived on & train over the Southern Railway this arternoon. Their coming was entiely unexpected and their plans for a holiuay outing bhad been carefully guarded. The party will remain at Plaindealing until- 10-mMeFrow atternoon, yewrnig to Washingtlon on Saturday, when the President will go- to Princeton to witneds the army and navy football | same, WASHINGTON, Nev. 3.—General ob-| | servauce “of _ President Roosevelt's ‘Yhanksgiving _ prociamation was made | hete to-aay. Church services were held ana genergus appropriation was made for | ‘Thousands attended the foot- the tuvor. ! ball games and the races at Bennings. | e AT o | IN OTHER FORKIGN CITIES. Americans In Gxfol Rome and St Petersburg Remember the Day. OXFuRD, England, Nov. 36.—Thanks- | giving diy was observed for the first ume in toe church of Oxford Univer- Lr. Wiltiam Osler, formerly of Johns Hopkins . University, Baltimore, and | now regius professor of medicine at| | Oxtord, presided to-night at a dinner of | | the American Club of Oxford. One hun- scholar- | rector, Dr. Nevin. Miss Muriel White, daughter of the | Ameriean Embassador, took up a cel- | leetion for the victims of the earth- | quake in Calabria, which resulted in $246 being added to the funds. The American College gave a Thanks- giving luncheon. The guests included kimbassador White. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 30.—The| stars and -stripes floated from the | Araerican embassy in honor of Thanks- giving day. Spencer Eddy, the Charge | d'Affaires, gave a dinner to the Amerl- | can colony this evening. PIAECL > -5 e o ¥. M. €. A. Gives Dinuner. Following its cystom, the San Fran- cisco Young Men's Christinn Assocta- tion gave a complimentary Thanksgiv- ing dinner to members away from home in the spacious dining-room on the tifth foor of the building yesterday after- noon ‘at 3 o'clock. The dining-reom was filled, and a most delightful time ‘was experienced by all. The dinner was under the special direction of Mirs . C, Wright. General Secretary H. J. MeCoy presided, and there were sev- eral shiort after-dinner speeches. The|and coffee were on the bili of every | There werc 634 veterans served | company revrésented mearly State in the Union and many foreign countries, In all respects it was a de- lightful occasion. The First Baptist Church, Central Methodist Church, Cal- vary Presbyteriin Chureh and the First Presbyterian Church were the prineipal ones particlpating In the din- ner this year. ———————— Miss Jessie Ackerman, a misslonary, re- cently put on & diver's sult In Ceylon and brought up from the paars, or pearl oys- ter beds, seven valugble pearls. ‘consulate, | | chanan, Douglas Slayden, Colonel M %.—President | | H. Stockton, naval attache of the ! American embassy: Mrs. Stockton, Ma- jor Johm H. Beacom, the military | tache; Delancey Jay, private secretary |to Embassador Reid, and Richard | Westcott, deputy American Consul Gen- {eral at London, who represented the Other Americans present in- | eluded John L. Griffiths, Consul at Liv- | erpaol; Lord Fairfax, Willlam L |1ard Hunsicker and M Hungicker |and J. O. Richards. In all more tha | 400 Americans were in attendance. The guests af honor included Walter Vaughan Morgan, Lord Mayor of Lon- {don, and Mrs. Hornby Steer, the lady | Mhyaress; Richard E. Lemineux, solici- | tor general for Canada: Sir Josepi | Cockfleld ‘Dimsdale and Lady Din dale, Hon. Alban Gibbs and Sir Henry | Eamond Knight. ! TOAST TO THE PRESIDENT. F. C. Van Duser. chairman of IAmer!mn Soch ngland, pres: | The great hall orned except wgle backed up by & a British flag behind the seat of the chairman, The Scen¢ was particularly brilliant | because of the presence of so many women. fhe band played American airs and concluded its programme with “God Save the King” and the “Star- Spangled Banner.” Chairman Van Duser proposed a toast to King Edward. Mr. Lemineux In an eloquent speech proposed “The President of the United States” He satd “Every true American must feel it an honor 10 be governed by a man whose name and fame not only belong to his own country, but humanity Itself, and to whom the peace of Portsmouth is a monument which coming genera- tions will respect and revere as the crowning triumph of the uncrowned king of a powerfu! republic who has earned the right to the title of dipio- mat among kings and king among aiplomats.” | REID REPLIES TO TOAST. Lord Dimesdale proposed a toast to the Amerfcan Embassador, to which Mr. Reld replied in part as follows Reid, In responding. first gracefully wel- comed the representatives of the Eng- lish Government, who. he said. helped to complete the reunfen. If they chancea to notice the American cagle flapping its wings during the evening. he hoped they would think better of the bird on that aceount, and at the same time under- stand that the Americans present wera fully aware that the British lon was “earrying on business at the same old stand.” After defendinx the use of the term “America,” as applied tc the United States, quoting from FPitt, Fox, Burke and Daniel Webster, who so used it, thus absolving the present generation from the charge of undue assumption, Refd sald that the thought uppermost in the minds of Americans who everywhers were celebrating the festival was their pride in America, pride in her prosperity at home and her renown abroad; pro- found gratitude for the blessings of peaee, gratitude that it had pleased Prov- idence that America should be heipful in bringing Deace to others, and above all gratitude that there was now ne cloud on the pational :orizon and that Ameri- ca had not an enemy In the world. Reid paid a tribute to President Toose- velt. He said that the pride of Ameri- ca in the President was not pride of party, but of the patriets ef all parties, beeause the mutations of polities had brought to the fromt such a type of American as was now known to the world as Tieodore Roosevelt Coneluding with a fine peroration. embassador H It 1s a gocdiy Jand the Terd, our Gol. Jow given us. Thus ! have we come with th Rand Of ovr God upon us. . Such were ih pious ,*._.es which on these fathess were wont to use. I close with one in a similar vela from an English pen Lord God of Hosts, be Witk us yet Lest we forzet. lest we forget VETERA FHASTED. s 0Old Soldiers at Youwatylile Enjoy & Fine Turkey Dioner. YOUNTVILLE, Nov. 30.—The old soldiers at the Veterans' Heme to-day enjoyed as fine a dinner as could have been set before them. Turtle soun, roast turkey and oyster stuffing :m: giblet gravy, cranberry sauce, mas potntoes. stewed eorn, celery. mince pie, crackers, eheese, assorted fruits main dining-reom and 183 in the h pitai, making 802 n all. The m : ment of the home very thoughtfully furnished neatly engraved menu eards for the veterans to keep as souvenirs or send te their friend: —_———— A newly-married Swiss coupie climbed to the summit of Mt. Noin for the wed- ding breakfast. The champagne was then found to be frozen solid. So the health of the bridal couple was chewed instead of drunk. EVATT @ L4 To Be Sold for Less Thaa in Plain Fizures, | cot ol .a.u..m:.... Bankrupt Stock of the Well-Ksown Jewelers, Of 86 Third Street and Geary Street Near Kearny. Comslstlox of DIAMONDS, WATCHL:, JoWELRY, >ILVERWARE, CUT GLASS, q sraen‘roy: STREET (e taat) All Gogds Marked A PEW OF OUR PRICES: nhlh'm HINKLE WARE, Eic. Cont. Sale Commences To~Morrow $ 0’Clock. at Goods Delivered Free of Charme. 3313 “|mm