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Show j Thanksgiving Services. Thanksgiving services were held in all the churches of the city. In most of the churches Low Mass was celebrated, cele-brated, and the celebrants delivered brief sermons. Father O Ryan celebrated cele-brated Mass at St. Leo's Church at b. 6'clock. All the pews were filled. Father O Ryan sawene cause tor regret re-gret in the general offering of thanks. The policy' nf--war in the- Philippines was one thing the people had;.no reason rea-son to be thankful for, he said. "One thing," aid he, ".'we must grieve for today. In the- .name of Christianity and the flag of liberty we are shooting Christians, who are lighting light-ing for libertv in the Philippines. Concerning the origin of Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing Father-O'Ryan said that while it was not instituted in. any wise by the Catholic Church, it' traces back to Catholic sources. It is the memory; ot the harvest feast, which was celebrated celebrat-ed in England by the Catholic Church 900 vears before America was discovered. discov-ered. In early days, long before the Puritans landed on the shores of New England, the parish Church in England Eng-land was decorated with fruits, cereals and the products of the f eld, represen tative or t'ne titne iu uc xi tao-tor. tao-tor. , , .... "We should be ready at all times, he continued, "to thank God for his gifts. Not one of us is so poor that he does not receive inestimable gifts from God life, with the opportunity of serving God and gaining . eternity; health, with many of us; human comforts, com-forts, and above all the great gift of faith which sheds its radiance and ligfat. which we know are not extinguished extin-guished in the grave. For our coun, try there are many things for which to be thankful its prosperity, especially, especial-ly, and those blesings which come to "a people distinguished in the great walks of life." At St. Elizabeth's High Mass was celebrated at 8:30 o'clock, with benediction bene-diction afterwards. Father Hugo was celebrant, Father Bernard deacon, and Father Peter subdeacon. No sermon was preached. . Masses were also celebrated in St. Joseph's, St. Dominic's, St. Mary's Ca-thedral. Ca-thedral. Logan Avenue Chapel, the Sacred Sa-cred Heart Church and St. Francis de Sales Church. The brief sermons delivered de-livered dealt with the . subject of the day. r Adjutant General Overmeyer, who is to have charge of the distribution of medals to the Colorado volunteers, said yesterday that he thought he -would be able to place them in the hands of the boys by December 25. thus giving them the significance of Christmas presents from the State of Colorado. A large batch of blank certificates were received by the general yesterday, and his clerks will begin to engross them tomorrow. The fourth annual ball of the Veteran Veter-an Volunteer Firemen's Association drew about 300 people to the Masonic Temple Thanksgiving night. All the old fire chiefs were there, some in old-time old-time uniform, and the hall was lined with trophies and mementoes of the volunteer days. The committe of arrangements ar-rangements consisted of First Assistant Assist-ant Chief A. L. Barker, Henry Klefus,. William A. Knox. C. A. Hartman, W. E. Roberts,-Frank Bishop. Tom His-gins. His-gins. T. F. Owens. J. Dulmage and C. T. Linton. The committees of the evening even-ing were: Reception Chief C, R. Hartman, Chief W. E. Roberts. Ex-Chief J. L. Bailev. Ex-Chief George Duggan, Ex-Chief Ex-Chief T.S. Clayton Ex-Chief -Phil Trounstine, Assistant " Chief T. F. Owen. Assistant Chief J. Dudmage, Hon. Daniel Sayer. Hon. R. W. Speer. Hon. Charles Burpee, Hon. Frank Bishop, Bish-op, George T. Roberts. Charles T. Linton. Lin-ton. William Knox, Henry Klefus, A. L. Barker, C. C. Collier, C W. Thur-low. Thur-low. Cad E. Ha gar IL R. Ramsey, John E. Force. T-heodore G. Smith. Floor Second Assistant Chief Tom Higgens, Frank Bishop, Charles Ey- man, Theodore Smith. J. M. Gilchrist, I John P. O'Leary, H. M. Sarwash. P. J. I Daley. Joseph E. Troy, A. B. Butler. S. R. WThitaker, J. W. Molsbey, Leonard I Cutshaw. Door I. X. Campbell. George Bohm, William E. Edon. Jacob Gundecker, J. R. Holland. Martin Casey, John Foley, L. L. Reese. . The Junior and Senion departments I of St. Mary's Academy gave a most I excellent entertainment in the large study hall of the academy last Wednesday Wednes-day afternoorr. A beautiful cantata, I "The Gypsy," was the main feature of the programme, but the little people also gave many charming vocal and elocutionary selections. On December 21 the High School grades of the academy acad-emy will give one of the finest dramatic dra-matic and musical entertainments ever held in the Institution. The: magnificent' magnifi-cent' drama. "Portia, the Daughter of Pilate." will be rendered on the occasion occas-ion by a number of the alumnae of St. Mary's. |
