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LET NOTHING MAR REJOICING
Surely This Year All Should Keep
Thanksgiving With Heart Full
of Praise and Gratitude.
1 Mmww
Now once again both you anil X are
going to keep Thanksgiving. And
shall we he dls
cournged by the
lofty cost of liv
ing? And shall
we sparely dine
and sup, still
II ooveresquely
slaving and
shall we pass the
Turkey up be
cause we're used
to saving?
I think I hear
you answer
"Nay" I And I,
for one, won't do
It; I shall cut
loose, Thanksgiv
ing day, and eag
erly go to It I I
shall not fuss
with low-priced
meat, with tripe or stringy mutton
Fm going to hop right In and eat until
I bust a button. With jollies made of
grape and quince, no substitute to thin
em; and pies of good, old-fashioned
mince with meat and brandy In 'era.
And If I want a suckling pig to sup
plement the gobbler, I'll havo It I
don't care a fig I And also sherry cob
bler 1
For never In the memory of any
body living have people seen, It seems
to me, so wondrous a Thanksgiving.
The Hun Is licked, the world Is free,
the cruel war Is ended how can our
celebration be one feature short of
splendid?
Ah no, we do not need to waste the
goodly gifts of heaven but why de
prive the food of
taste, the wheat
en bread of leav
en? We needn't
feed the garbage
can nor choke
the refuse hop
per; but let us
treat the Inner
man, and do the
Job up proper 1
Let's emulate
the Pilgrim Dads,
by whom it was
invented; al
though they did
not roll In scads,
their conscience
was contented.
Their crops were
short, the coun
try new, 'twas
aard to make a
Uvlng; November's tempests fiercely
blew and yet they kept Thanksgiving.
Upon that day they didn't think an
epicure a sinner they gathered all
their meat and drink and had one glor
ious dinner. The Pilgrims, they were
godly men, the times were most re
ligious; they thought It sinless, even
then, to found a feast prodigious. Let
us rejoice, as then they did, in sweet
and hard-earned freedom let's hail
each woman, man and kid and take
'em In and feed em ! ! Ted Kobinson
In Cleveland Plain Dealer.
GREEDY TOMMY
S (it vv
THIS Is little Tommy, who
Sat down to dinner at half-put 1;
.And though ths company stared
and stared,
He ate and ate and never caredt
The company's eaten all they're able:
They've pone and left him at the tablel
Oh, Tommy, Tommy! Now you've et It;
Somehow I feel that you 11 regret it!
" The Glorious Gobbler
i 1
All hall the glorious gobbler!
When autumn skies are gray
He mounts his china platter throne
And rules Thanksgiving day;
It Is a noble oval
With gilded garlands fair,
Or It may be an heirloom prized
Of old blue willow ware.
Salute the glorious, gobbler;
(Though sometimes it's a hen
That dawns in appetizing brown
Upon our famished ken).
Still he ate till not a crumb
Was left, and then he sucked his thumb!
They lifted Tommy from his chair,
They lifted bim with the greatest care!
That night as Tommy lay in bed.
Strange, awful things flew round his head!
The things he'd eaten In a row
Flew there and cried: "We told you so!"
- Iff.
He wears his festal dressing
Contrariwise, within,
Receiving all his subjects true
In nothing but his skin.
Here's to the glorious gobbler!
Though far afield they roam,
Tet In his honor every year
The children gather home.
His drumsticks beat assembly
From mountain top to sea,
He wears a gold celery crown,
The king of birds Is he.
Long live the glorious gobbler.
With his attendant pies.
Mince, pumpkin, apple, cranberry,
And each of generous size.
Of all famous monarchs
From Ecuador to Spain,
He Is the only one who boasts
An undisputed reign.
Minna Irving, in New York Sun.
Time to Think Only of Blessings.
Let us take the right kind of Inter
est in Thanksgiving day a day that
is and always shall be very dear to
the hearts of all women. Let us put
avarice and envy out of our minds,
and think only of, and be grateful for,
our blessings. -New York Evening
Telegram, j
He screamed, and when his mother came
Bhe hid her face for very SHAME!
For there in bed, with snout bo big,
Bhe found not Tom, but a little pig!
Really)
My dears! My dears! Let's you and me
Be very careful so that we
Will not end our Thanksgiving day
In such a melancholy way!
Let Us Pray to Be Worthy.
The gold of harvest and of mine
are good ; untrammeiea peace ana
carefree prosperity are blessings which
America has enjoyed in large meas
ure through many years, and for these
things we are grateful. But there are
greater blessings tban these. And the
thoughtful will recognize that one
form of riches may come to a nation
out of the experiences that search
deep the hearts of men. The crushing
and the melting both play their part
in bringing ont the gold that Is pure
and fine.
Let us as In other years give thanks,
and in the giving let us renew oat
courage that we may measure up to tha
opportunities God is offering to us In
these most momentous days of the
world's history.
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Psalm of Our Fathers
By EDGAR A. GUEST
Kor courage that we sorely need,
For strength to do the splendid UeeO,
For youth, who made the saerllleo
And, smiling, paid the bitter price
That freedom asks of sturdy men.
Oh God, accept our thanks again.
To thee onoe more today we kneel;
Sad niuulo of the crash of stent
Accompanies our prayers, and yet
Thy mercies everywhere are met.
And we are grateful for the youth
That boldly dared to guard the truth.
Oh God. who gave us sight to see
The way to serve, we pray to thee;
We thank thee for all mothers fair
Who gave their eons Into thy care
And bravely hid their grief and pain
That liberty and truth should reign.
We thank thee for each noble heart
That scorned to play the coward part;
We thank thee for the humblest lad
That In these bitter times Is glad
To toll until war's nags are furled
To make a kindlier, better world.
For yield of tree and fruit and vine
Once more our gratitude Is thine;
Hut In these days of dangers, we
Now offer prayers of thanks to thee
For all the brave and loyal breasts
Wherein the love of honor rests.
Oh God, we thank thee for our youth
That still hold dear the ways nt truth;
We thank thee for their courage, and
Pevotlon to our native land;
We're thankful that our Hag still gleami
The emblem of man's highest dreams.
From The American boy.
NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT PIE
Time Was When No Thanksgiving
Dinner Was Worthy of ths
Name In Its Absence.
Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie
was held to be unthinkable. Yet there
could be no pumpkin pie without mo
lasses; because Colchester, Connecti
cut, did not receive Its supply of mo
lasses In season, It voted, In 1705, to
put off Its Thanksgiving from the first
to the second Thursday of November!
Pumpkin pies thus featured were usu
ally baked In square tins, having only
four corner pieces to each pie.
Second only to the pumpkin pie In
Importance at such a Thanksgiving
feast as Whlttler sings was the tur
key which bad been fattened for the
The Indispensable Pie.
occasion and which, when slowly roast
ing before the open Are and painstak
ingly basted from the dripping pan be
neath, was fit to be the lord of any
feast. Chicken there was, too, though
always In the form of chicken pie,
and vegetables of every sort, with rals
Ins and citron, walnuts and popcorn,
apples and cider galore.
Surely few could have really wished
Joys such as these to be sacrificed to
a second service In the meeting house!
Golden Promise of the Future.
We are thankful for the assurance
that out of all the tumult and madness
of the past years the world of mankind
Is to find a life richer, truer, grander,
than any it has heretofore known, a
life of truer freedom, of sweeter tol
erance and of a broader goodwill and
brotherhood.
And we are thankful for the thought,
amounting almost to a settled convic
tion, that as a consequence of the
great awakening which has come to It
with all its blood and tears and suf
fering, the world will from now on
have forever done with every form of
organized hypocrisy and oppression,
will love the truth and nothing but the
truth, and will deal Justly, and love
mercy.
Worldly Spirit Too Much With U.
It must be admitted that our country
has been an egotistical nation, because
of our great material expansion and
prosperity, and that the true spirit of
Thanksgiving day has not been felt by
a very large proportion of the people
during the past few years. The Intent
of the pioneers who established it has
been lost sight of largely. It has been
regarded too much simply as a day to
be observed by the church people,
while the crowd took advantage of the
holiday to indulge worldly pleasures.
Houston Post , . ,
That psnlm our fathers sunn we !",
That psalm of pein e and wars.
While o'er our heads unfolds Us win
The Hag of forty stars.
And while the nation finds a tongue
For nobler gifts to pray,
'Twill ever sing the song they suns
That first Thanksgiving I V !
'Tralse ye the Lord with fervent Hps,
Praise ye the lxrd today;"
So rose the song from all the ships,
Safe moored In Hoston Hay,
From "The Thanksgiving In lloston
Harbor," by Hesckluh ltutterwurth.
CUSTOM ONE OF THE OLDEST
Origin of Thanksgiving as Great 6o
clal and Religious Festival Lost
In Antiquity.
The grent social and religious fes
tival known as "Thanksgiving" 'dates
back to the l'llgrtnis and Puritans of
New EiiKland. The sentiment of grat
itude for favors granted Is as old as
humanity, and ages before the Massa
chusetts settlers were born mankind
was in the hnblt of expressing Its
thankfulness by some form of public
celebration. Hut the Institution of
Thanksgiving as an annual festival of
thanks and praise for blessings re
ceived at the hands of the Great Au
thor of our being had Its origin among
the founders of New England.
For reasons which were "good and
sufllclent" unto themselves, the Puri
tans abolished Christinas, nml feeling
the need of some other tiny to replace
It, they Instituted Thanksgiving day.
After the first harvest of the New Eng
land colonies Governor Bradford or-
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'iuiirc this saving out in
money nt prm-ut prices ot
meat. See wimt it means
to your ixK-ket-book.
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Bringing Home the Bird.
dered a public rejoicing with prayer
and praise. This was in October or
November, 1021. On July 30, 1023, was
held the second Thanksgiving, the first
ever appointed by a governor In an
authoritative way. On February 22,
1031, there occurred In lioston the
first Thanksgiving celebration of
which any written account remains
among the colonial archives. The first
regular Thanksgiving proclamation
was printed In Massachusetts in 1G77.
The first Thunksglving proclamation
ever Issued by a president of the
United States was by Oeorge Wash
ington In 1795. From Massachusetts
the custom spread to other colonies.
In 1830 the governor of New York ap
pointed a day for public thanksgiving
and other northern states quickly fol
lowed. Ilev. Thomas B. Gregory.
Royal Thanksgiving Bird.
The turkey began to take first place
at Thanksgiving feasts back in colonial
days. It was the wild variety that
won favor then a fowl with a fine
flavor, but no longer known either to
commerce or the hunters. The mag
nificent bronze creatures that have
taken the place of the wild forerunners
leave no reason to regret the letter's
disappearance. So handsome are these
high-bred birds that slaughtering them
to make a holiday feast seems some
thing like a crime. It Is a crime whose
helnousness Is forgotten when dinner
is served, however.
Deep Reasons for Gratitude.
The vastness of America's cause for
rejoicing today cannot be reached even
by the international outpouring, for
never before have we had such colos
sal reason for thanksgiving In the lib
eration of some nations, the succor of
others, and the release of our own
highest Impulses for fr-e play. Since
the days of the Nazarene no such
words have been spoken, no such doc
trine preached, as we hear from day
to day at the close of humanity's trag
edy. Our thanks are deep and loud,
sounding around the world, t
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