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Above is shown a facsimile of the first Presidential Thanksgiving proclamation, issued by George Washington and setting the date as Thursday, November 26, 1789. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON NOVEMBER 24 approaches, Amer-;'- s about time to November 24 Is and uhut would the American Thanksgiving day dinner talde lie without the presence of a roasted turkey J I.ut before proceeding with a discussion of the species of fowl who, once a year, is our national bird, it might not be amiss to consider the origin of that typicalto talk turkey. If a ly American expression certain tradition is to be believed, it had Its origin In an incident which Isas typically American us Is the custom of observing a Thanksgiving day on the last Thursday In November and making It a feast i'ay of edibles, chief of which is the native American turkey. Away hack In the early days (just when no one seems to know) in one of the thirteen colonies (it cannot be stated positirely which one, although from certain aspects of the incident the suspicion arises that a Yankee was one of the actors,) an Indian and a white man agreed to hunt together for a day and then to divide the spoils. Tliig they did and the division proceeded agreeably enough until only a crow and a turkey remained. Thereupon the white man, volubly frank and seemingly generous in manner, said Now you nmy have the crow and I'll take the turkey ; or Ill take the turkey and you may have the crow." But tlie red man was not so easily taken In oy this glib proposal and replied indignantly Huh! Why you no talk turkey to me? And ever since that time, so says the legend, when a person began to dissemble, to conceal his real meaning in a superfluity of words, to attempt to put over" something.on another, it became time for the other to advise him to talk turkey. L e. to be straightforward and get down to business. Reference was made above to the fact that once a year the turkey is our national bird. It Is Just possible that he might have been our national bird the oilier 304 days that is, if a sug gestion made by jolly old Ren Franklin hnd been followed. And thereby hangs the tale of the first coins and seals that came from the mint when the new republic of the United States ol These were rather America was established. crude affairs and the eagle on them looked very much like a turkey and a slightly tipsy turkey at that! Whereupon Franklin wrote this comment: 1 am not displeased that the figure is not known ns a bald eagle, but looks more like a turkey. For In truth, the turkey Is in com pan son a much more respectable bird, and withHe is besides al a true native of America. (though a little vain and silly, it Is true, hut not the worse emblem for that) a bird of cour age, and would not hesitate to attark a grenadier of the British guards, who should presume to enter his farmyard with a red coat on." Frank! n was quite right In railing the turkey a "true native of America. That he was one of the authentic "first Amercans" is proved hy the fact that his hones in fossil deposits show that lie is of prehistoric origin, and what appears to have been roosting places for dom-- ! typically-America- jjflgftffl n estic turkeys have been found attached to pueblos and cliff dwellings In excavated ruins of untold centuries ago. The Spaniards who conquered Mexico found turkeys, both wild and domesticated. In that country as early as 1519 and it was no less a person than Cortezs own confessor, Fra who wrote back to Spain from Mexico the following There is a bird, much greater in bigness than a peacock, that is found within the forests and vegas all over this country. It surpasses as food any wild bird we have found up to this time. The natives do shoot these birds with arrows and catch them in various kinds of springes and snares. Specimens of this splendid fowl were almost Immediately sent back to Spain and the Jewish merchants, who were the leading dealers in such commodities at the time, thought they looked more like peacocks than anything else. The Hebrew word for peacock was tukki, from a Hindu word "toka, meaning "trailing skirt, and these merchants began railing them tukkis or American tukkis. Soon the word "tukki became corrupted to turkey and led to a confusion as to their origin, even though they were of American rather than Turkish nativity. From Spain the new delicacy from the New world spread to other parts of Europe and won instant favor. Turkeys were taken to Persia hy Armenians, and to Batavia by the Dutch. In France where the turkey was, and is, called "dinde because they believed it hailed from India the bird was first served for the wedding feast of the lively young Charles IX and of Austria. Twelve turkeys were considered fine enough for a royal gift from the merchants of Amiens to Charles. By the middle of the century, England met the bird, and in another 20 years it was being plentifully raised In various sections of Great Britain. And now comes one of the curious paradoxes beof history, In that this native American came an immigrant to the shores of his own land. In 1(529 a letter written to Governor F.ndl rott In Salem, Mass., by his agents In London assured him that tame turkies shall be sent you by the nexte shippe. So In a short time the New England variety of the North Amer lean wild turkey was being mixed with his partly domesticated descendant from Mexico via England thus completing a curious tour. Aga-pid- Eliz-atx;-t- h 100-yea- r, rounri-the-worl- rtloc was an Industrial ONCR there whoaa Nam did not appear la tha History of bis Own Times. Ha cut do lea except that ha added a Grand Total of I to the Census TotaL Ha waa Just another Pataenger on tha Trolley and another pay Envelop on Saturday night and another Vote to be rounded np by tha Precinct CapHa wa known to the Folka tain. living Next Door and the Foreman remembered him from one Week to another and that la aa far as his Fame ever spread. He wore Overall and carried a Lunch Pall with a Cup Inverted on the Top and pulled at a atubby Dudeen, which was about all of the Biographical IHHalls available. Except that, being a Namesake of the great martyred President, be waa commonly known as Link. Nothing ever happened to him until he died and then he received as much worshipful Attention as ever wa expended on a Crowned Head. He may have been a Mutt while he waa breathing, but the Moment he became cold be wa a Prominent Citizen. When he Joined tbe Majority the bereaved Helpmate consulted the Bank Book, which showed a etlngy 15a lance of $534. There was an unpaid Balance on the House and Doctor Bill Germany was well off as compared with Links Family. However, a Sl' k Benefit had accrued from the Union. So the poor bereaved Widow began to make arrangements for the Obsequies. She took all she had In sight 8nd went Into Debt as far as they would let her go and gave his Nobs one Whale of a f A lyminlit-- MJ It Is probable that not one turkey In a thousand which will grace the Thanksgiving table this year will be a native wild turkey. For the original New England wild turkey (Meleagres Americana) Is all but extinct In the part of the country where he first made his appearance on that festal board. The wild turkey of today (Meleagres gallapavo silvestris.) according to ornithologists, is found in greatly reduced numbers only from Pennsylvania and Ohio south to the gulf states and west to Arkansas. There is a smaller variety, the Florida wild turkey, in that state; in southern Texas is another, the Rio Grande turkey and in the Rocky mountain region, another, Merriams turkey. All modern domesticated turkeys are derived from the Mexican wild turkey (Meleagres Mexicans) of thp earliest days. From him comes the exquisite penciling of modern domesticated turkeys. But to got back to why the turkey occupies such a prominent place on our Thanksgiving day dinner table of that first celebration, held in Plymouth in 1G21, Edward Winslow wrote bnck to England as follows: Our harvest being gotten in, our Governor sent foure men on fowling, that so we might after a more speciall manner rejoyce together, after we hnd gathered in the fruit of our labours; they foure in one day killed as much fowle, as with a little help beside, served the company almost a week, at which time amongst other recreations, we exercised our Armes, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and amongst the rest their greatest King Massasoyt, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five Deere, which they brought to the Plantation and bestowed on our Governor, and upon the Captaine (Standlsh) and others. There is no doubt that chief among the fowle" at this feast was the native wild turkey. However, according to Mary Austin, Our elevation of the turkey to the place of honor on the Thanksgiving dinner table is not entirely owing to its traditional Importance to the first American Thanksgiving day; It Is a tribute to the homemaking instinct of the Puritan women who made the turkey brood a part of that association of men and their wild brethren which is inseparable from the human idea of home. The Indians domesticated the turkey chiefly for his feathers, which they prized. But have no doubt that the English housewife, arriving chickenless, got her first feeling of being at home from the brooding cluck of the turkey hen about her door." 0 by Western Newspaper Union.) Idea-tille- d vances By CEORGE ADE (O. tMI he ever appeared at tha Gates of Heaven la the Masquerade Costume there I a Question as to whether or not Saint Peter would have him from the Description which had been received la Ad- While Link was here He and the Missus used to go to the Mat about once so often. In fact, they averaged about three Armageddon Day, with the Issue always in doubt, but the Moment be cashed In, she remembered him as a Male Turtle Dove who did nothing but Coo. He was a Tough Bird while he had his Health but tbe Minute be breathed his Last he was Snow White. Alive and Kicking: Dead Cant Kick As soon as they began making the Arrangements It occurred to her that they did not have. In the , arlstocr: r Cemetery, a Lot which was In keeping with the Social Prominence and Eminent Virtues of the Deceased. So she sent for one of the Trustees of the Graveyard and he let her have a small Tract of Ground on a High Spot, commanding a good view, and all he charged her was about four times what she would pay for land at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street After that she called In the Undertaker, who is a great help on such He had a new beauOccasions. tiful Catalogue showing the different kinds of Caskets which might be purchased. He showed her some of the cheap ones but he very frankly admitted that possibly some of the Wood had Worm Holes in It and the Handles were not Sterling Silver, and, although he didnt want to influence her In any way, he suggested that she' could not get anything which would he worthy of the Dear Departed unless she picked out something In the Back Part of the Book. The Widow must have been In a very Sentimental Mood when she picked out the Metal Casket that let down In front, the same as a It had a lot of Kitchen Cabinet. Puffed Satin and was guaranteed to stand np and remain In Good Condition for a great many Years, which didnt make any Difference, hut the Widow fell for It Just the She wanted Link to have same. the Best of everything. While he was alive, she would holler until you could hear her a Block away if he bought a Collnr Button that cost as much as 50 Cents, but now that he was gone and had become one of the Angela, let ns hope, she couldn't think of anything too Recherche for him. So she ordered the kind of Coffin which Is favored by New York Millionaires, and when she heard the Price was Eight Hundred Dollars she wasnt f eased a trifle. Then the Undertaker took up with her the Important Matter of how they should attire Link before He said that spreading him out. the neatest and niftiest and slickest Costume for a Gentleman of Stand Ing was a Tuxedo with Pearl Studs and Patent Leather Dancing Pumps Than which nothing could have been more appropriate for Link. Soprano Tries for Distance. He not only never had worn a Lew Cody outfit, but he never had What Is more. It would seen one. have required a Posse of very determined Men to get Link Into a Tuxedo but. of course, they had him counted out and lying Horizontal and the Widow was having her own Way, so she ordered, at a very high price, a very beautiful Regalia suitable for one who is going to attend a Dinner Dance at the Rltz. After they got Link Into the Nobby Outfit It would be unfair to tell you that he looked different If Quit a Question arose ae to where the Funeral Services would he held. It would be necessary to bav a Preacher and It waa customary to break Into a Church. It Just happened that Link had not attended Church for aomeihlng like a matter of 2S Years and be had no Sectarian Affiliations that anyone remembered, but his Wife happened to think that one of hie Aunts bad been a Methodist, so they fixed 1 up and had the Methodist coma over and ba looked at the Remains and secured a few Data from the Bereaved Helpmate and by the time be got through Link was almost a Methodist In Good Standing. The Pastor and the Undertaker told the Widow that It wa customary, If you wanted to have a real Swell Funeral, to have some singing and that a good Soprano who wa guaranteed to usher the Departing Soul right Into the Blissful Beyond would bring about 50 Dollars. Link' Wife said that nothing wa too good for Him eo they hired a Singer and the did three Obligato at the church, her Idea evidently being to let them know In the World Beyond that Link was on hi, way, because she certainly was Ixiud. Fortunately Link could not hear and did not know what It cost, eo everything was all right Roping In the Relatives. It seems that the Importance of a Funeral nowaday Is gauged by the Number of Motor CYirs which follow the Motor Hearse out to the All you have to do to Cemetery. get a Motor Ilenrse Is to buy It end use It once and then give It bnck. Link's wife wanted the Funeral to be a Real Success eo she engaged all of the Automobiles from three Garages and had them lined up In front of the Oiurch, so that all of the Mourners could get a Free Ride out to the Cemetery, with the result that a great many People who never had heard of Link rode out and stood beside the Open Grave and cried like Children. We must not overlook the fact thnt Death Notices had been Inserted In all of the Newspapers nearby, and that Mrs. Link had sent for Link's Brother, who lived five hundred miles away and had paid his Railroad Fare and had bought a new Suit of Clothes ao that they would let him enter the Church. All of this helped to whoop the Expense Account, but there Is one time when a Sentimental Woman will not balk at Expenses, and thnt la when she Is planting the Beloved. It certainly was a most successful Funeral. Links wife sent Flowers In her own name and In the Names of all of the Relatives who were not present. Link looked simply wonderful in his ballroom Costume and the Preacher talked about him until almost anybody could believe that Link amounted to something and the Soprano did herself proud and the Parade was about four blocks long and the Assembly out at the Cemetery looked like a Mass Meeting. After It was all over the Widow held a Consultation with the Children and cheeked up on the Family Budget They had no Assets In sight but there were quite a number of Bills. The Widow said by way of Explanation, It looks as though we would be broke for the next twenty years, hut you must admit that we gave Papa quite a Send-OfMORAL If people are overlooking you, die. near-oper- Get Rid of a Bad Headache in Few Minutes a Forms of Government in European Countries Because of Quick Dissolving Property Bayer Aspirin Starts "Taking Hold'1 3 or 4 Minutes After Taking Due to important, scientific developments in the Daycr laboratories, almost INSTANT relief from headaches, neuralgia and rheumatic paina is being afforded millions. Because of a unique process in making and tableting. Genuine Bayer Aspirin is made to dissolve almost INSTANTLY in the stomach. Hence it starts to work almost instantly. 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