Show A FAMILY PICTURE PICTURE- 5 Being the Climax of tho the Great Feast react of Thanksgiving Coming again in the long procession of or days is the good glad old ever- ever welcome Th Thanksgiving day dayl The i roasting casting the ilie cranberry sauce stewing a chicken pie baking Then there thele are aro the vegetables ad let that Latin alone critic alone critic and compositor com corn pumpkin pie mince pie plum pudding no brandy randy sauce remember remember remember re re- re- re member nuts and raisins and raisins and ohl oh the kitchen what kitchen what a laboratory it is before Thanksgiving day Now bedrooms are made ready for the boys who me arc coming ho home ie with their wives and children I And the parlor put parlor put it at its best And the big sitting room room put put plenty of chairs in it and take away the summer summer sum sum- mer decorations that cumber and conceal conceal con ceal the big fireplace Take away the fire firo board Now polish the andirons and put in the back log and pile in inthe inthe inthe the other logs and poke in the kindling kind kind- ling hag and get ready for a Thanksgiving blaze blazel What is day without a fire fire fire-a a regular radiant roaring old-fashioned old fire symbol fire symbol of life lifo good cheer love welcome and Gratitude to God r Lot Let et it blaze and leap heavenward while tho the sparks fly and the transfigured transfigured transfigured logs shine shino and crackle as if in sympathy with the household joy What a day of laughter and good goodwill goodwill goodwill will it is is this this Thanksgiving day dayl I What hat deep and quiet happiness beams in the white calm face of grandmother grandmother grandmother grand grand- mother And grandfather allows allows' the muscles that make laughter to contract con con- tract the tract the sweet contraction that quaint old Sir Thomas Brown wrote about bout so long ago There are the big boys boss who are arc boys no longer except to the two old folks fours and there the little fellows the fellows the wee vee boys of the big boys What hat hat sport they have in inthe inthe inthe the old homestead what rambles and androl rol in 3 yard rard ard garden and cellar What lumma rummaging ing in in attic and old trunk trunk room And now that fa faces es are washed and hair bru brushed hed a big circle for forms s a abound the blazing fire for a fire fi-e or or te ten minutes minutes' min lin utes' utes old time family prayer before the dinner bell rings The bi big bible blessed bible blessed old book The voice of ot praise as they all sing sing old old and young with cracked voices and clear in tune and out out Praise God from whom all nIl blessings flow Ite Ee- Ee Exchange |