During the Revolution, the people observed an annual Thanksgiving Day byprocla-mat-?'iL
i onlLnC!l,al Congress. After peace, observance of the day wot discontinued
until ltSJ, when Washington, as President, appointed Thursday, November 26, 1789, a
iar Ctof thankfEiv'nS throuehout the Union. Later he also appointed February
19, 1795. Washington's proclamations Kere folloived occasionally by those of other
Residents, but for the most part. Thanksgiving Day, although regularly observed, teat
a ftate affair for a nur:ber of years;
In 1864, President Lincoln issued a proclamation, appointing the fourth Thursday
in November with a viae of having the day kept, thereafter, annually without inter ru p.
turn. Since that time ench Presidrtnwith the exception of Garfield, whose assassination
prevented has tssue,l en annual proclamation and Thanksgiving Day has become a
national holiday. .
Feast Ever
' Part of the
Spirit of Day
The modern Thanksgiving day oh
servance is so broad lu Its contrast
with pioneer days that there Is a smile
In the comparison. Comfort, luxury,
organization mark the celebration of
the event today. The Twentieth cen
tury farmer produces his crops under
ideal conditions. He has no treaties of
peace to make with Indians in order
to plant and cultivate his crops. In
the diary of an old New Englander is
this line: "An Indian promise is no
. more than to have a plgg by the toile,"
a sentiment born of difficulties with
the savages. The Pilgrim fathers
planted corn with seed in one hand
and a rifle in the other.
Governor Wallace issued the first
official Thanksgiving proclamation for
Indiana, fixing the day for Thursday,
j November 28, 1839. No doubt there
previously had been a general observ
ance of the harvest's bounties among
the pioneers of the state, but that was
promoted by the churches, not by offi
cial designation of the day by the gov
ernor. President Lincoln officially re
stored the day in 1863, the first na
tional act of the kind since the admin
istration of President Madison. It is
pleasant to picture how the Hoosier
pioneers observed the day unofficially
by "Harvest" home" festivals in the
churches, when prayer and thanksgiv
ing were the program of the wor
shlpers.
Early Indianapolis was built along
White river. Farms were cultivated in
the surrounding territory, and a good
harvest was the basis for rejoicing.
Sometimes there was feasting, the
original idea of George Washington
not having lost its meaning to the
pioneer. Men went forth to the woods
to bring In wild turkeys and other
game that was worthy of being the
"piece de resistance" of a harvest fes
tival dinner.
Evolution of Today Turkey.
Families gathered around tables
piled high with wild turkey, venison,
squirrel and other meats of the forest
Apples and the native nuts were spread
in plenty over the house, and the meu,
if they were so Inclined and they
; usually were took a nip from friendly
Jugs Just to add enthusiasm to the
! day. Sweet cider bad a bablt of be
coming Jubilantly hard about the mid
dle or last of November, and tills, too,
played a part in the merrymaking.
Sonnet for the Day
O, thankful, I, (or food on tabic board,
For (ight of linea falling to tba floors
O, thankful, I, and bumble to a Lord
A little Urn forgotten, anight once ajoro.
O, thankful, L that I ham frown so taO
As to look on tbs world with simple eye.
That then is never da of rear, I call
Not unto soms far Being toward the sbjr
And thankful am I for the gift of song,
Uncertain though It be as candle thine
And small as light of taper. Praise ft long.
1 know, and singing K, ft shaO be nine.
Thankful, thankful, that this hour could be
Set aside for thankfulness Is an,
David Sartor hi Chicago Tribune.
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."When the wild turkey became ex
tlnct, the domestic bird, now a na
tional favorite In Thanksgiving feasts,
'found way to popularity. There is an
impression that America imported the
present species of turkey from Europe,
but the fact is Just the reverse. Amer
ican turkeys were Introduced first In
Spain three centuries ago, and through
processes of cross-breeding the pres
ent delight of America's Thanksgiving
day was evolved.
Poultry raisers express the fear that
unless the government experts at
Washington, who are working on the
problem, discover methods whereby
domestic .. turkeys may be fortified
against disease and proneness to die
under adverse weather conditions, it
will not be many years before turkeys
will go the way of the dodo bird be
come extinct Farmwives, in many
parts of the country, do not attempt to
raise turkeys because of the prevalence
or disease known as blackhead and
Umberneck. The government's experts
are exerting every effort to Arid cures
for these diseases, but complete suc
cess has not yet been attained, al
though a few remedies have been
found fairly successful. Heavy rains
are hard on baby turkeys, which drown
easily.
Turkey Supply Falling Off.
The result of these failures In turkey-raising
has been a greatly dimin
ished production, and, of course, prices
soar in consequence. Southern In
diana, Kentucky and Tennessee, in the
last several years, have been showing
increased production in turkeys. Most
of the birds that find way to the met
ropolitan markets are from Texas and
other Southwestern states, where the
climate Is right and there is plenty of
room for range. New England states,
original home of the American turkey,
do not now produce enough birds to
supply the demand for the metropoli
tan markets, although every hotel in
New York, Boston and Philadelphia
announces on the bill of fare, "Ver
mont turkey," or "Khode Island tur
key." The storage houses are filled
with dressed turkeys that have jour
neyed out of the West, south and
Southwest to make Thanksgiving a
day of feasting for metropolitan epi
cures.
America's Thanksgiving dinner has,
in the last twenty years, become a sort
of international banquet. The turkey
Is a United States Institution, but one
'finds on the table now Irish potatoes a
la Hollandalse, or Spanish style; vege
tables from the Imperial valley of
: Mexico, figs from Egypt, nuts and
; coffee from Brazil, almonds from Italy,
grapefruit from Porto Rico, French
pastry and perhaps Turkish cigarettes.
Thanksgiving day amusements have
undergone as great changes as the bill
'of fare. The observance, as originally
planned by the forefathers, called for
attendance at church and an outpour
ing of gratitude for health and bounti
ful harvests. The Puritans held It to
be a day of Sabbathlike sanctity. As
the years rolled on, the element of re
joicing entered into the spirit of the
day, and, after church In the forenoon
and a feast at noon, the men engaged
.In mirthful games and banter, while
the women sat around the "settln'
room" and gossiped of affairs that held
their interest In the country com
munities there were games of horse
shoe pitching, bop-sklp-and-Jump, foot
races and wrestling matches. Men of
ithe neighborhood vied with each other
in these contests, which helped to
make Thanksgiving day bappy.
Thanksgiving Spirit Abides.
Changing years have brought changed
customs, but the spirit of Thanksgiv
ing still abides In the American heart
whatever the style of observance. In
Indianapolis, as In other cities, scores
of families are depending on the hotels
and clubs to provide the Thanksgiving
dinner, thus to ease the women of the
household of the responsibilities. Hotel
and club managers here say they are
booked almost to capacity with table
reservations calling for covers repre
senting 10, 12, 15 and 20 persons.' In
other words, the family is going to
"dine out" and let mother's Thanks
giving day be one of rejoicing, not
drudgery.
It would be impossible for all fam
ilies to eat at hotels and clubs moth
ers know that I You enn't change a
sentimental mother. The result Is
that, in thousands of Instances, mother
refuses to consider any other situation
than that of having her children at
home for Thanksgiving day dinner.
Turkey may not be the crowning viand
of the meal, for there still remain
chicken, goose and duck to top the
menu. Mother knows, too, of other
morsels that are the delight of her
children.
Fact i, folk, Thanksgiving day Is
Just another Mothers' day I Indian
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Show Your Gratitude
Throughout the Year
A beautiful story of true Kratllmle
Is told of a little child living In a
poverty-stricken home. The mother
had leaned a door shutter up In one
corner of her cabin so that her shiv
ering little ones coufd 'shelter behind
it from the icy wind. One of the
children, creeping behind this poor
shelter, said: "Mamma, aren't you
sorry for the poor little children that
haven't any door shutter to go be
hind ?" In this child was exemplified
the true sentiment of the gratitude
expressed by the Pilgrim fathers.
Gratitude is the open door through
which we enter Into true peace and
happiness, and this must find Its right
ful expression In unselfishness and
consideration for others. What a dif
ferent world it would be If the spirit
of Thanksgiving day were to be dem
onstrated, not only on n special occa
slon but throughout every day of the
year I Into the thought filled with
gratitude, envy, malice, hatred nnd
Jealousy can find no entrance. Thus
Is not true gratitude a. powerful fac
tor In bringing peace and harmony to
all mankind? Exchange.
wkmmm
Joy In the heart, though there'e froet an tht
ground,
Thanksgiving day fa the day of good cheer
Happiness, hopefulness, faith should abound,
AD through tba rear I
Peace nt the soul, though the red leaves bare
blown,
Thanksgiving da ts the day of God's love--Lord,
In the name of the mercies You've
shown, ,
Smile down from above)
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Athena, Oregon
F. H. Seelv. of Chicaeo and Phila
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N. B. Every statement ' in this
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