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Show - " - "Pr " -WW5: '1 ' We tWk Tou for this glorious land of freedom and of peace. 'f y " a We thank You for its harvest true, and for tke year's increase 1 l ,f :J In kealtk and wealth of wisdom. Lord, we lift our hearts to Tkee j U ;3 U && And tkank You for our year of peace and great prosperity. L Give Thanks That Are So Greatly Due It is told that a Scotsman made at one time a road through the rough tills of the highlands and at the top of the last height hewed a stone into a soat and inscribed thereon, "Rest and Be Thankful." In this spirit also is 1 Thanksgiving day appointed, at th! peak of the year as nature lias fasli- toned it, for rest and the strengthening strengthen-ing of the spirit and for the giving of '' thanks where thanks are so greatly " due, Don Itose, writing in the Philadelphia Philadel-phia Ledger, reminds his readers. Three centuries ago the wherewithal of the first Thanksgiving feast was Provided by four Pilgrims with biun-ierhusses, biun-ierhusses, who in one day "killed as Many fowl as served the company almost al-most a week." In less dramatic fash-'on fash-'on the turkey of today comes to our board, though his persistence over a Wk in the various reincarnations of tuld pickings, hash and soup is a cus-m cus-m well established. The turkey, let "be noted, Is in all respects a fitting "faring, having pure American an-(iry an-(iry and no entangling alliances with was of other feather. J !" Hallowed Memory. Out of the past this feast is hal- itowwl by long and honorable history, inlmaglned by the Pilgrim fathers, "hoslirred batter and peeled potatoes under the orders of' the Pilgrim moth-!PS- Its first observance was In reasonable rea-sonable reacei witn indi!tns enough ""! to spare, but no unpleasantness. at" occasions were spiced and pep-Wti pep-Wti with unfriendly arrows, and the Mian sign of a feathered barb in the 5l0t plank door Interrupted many a acetyl meal. The Indian sign no d ""eer marks our threshold ; it Is trnns-jirv trnns-jirv wred to father's pocketboolc, where It c"es a scar deep and ominous Mugh, though one endured with ""Wulness. s,an Is an adaptable creature. For st of the year he Is content and 8,1 fed on a breakfast of hasty eggs TOffee rashly inhaled, a lunch J1ohed on the run and a dinner dis-I dis-I and digestible, but on high days I J, , ,holUla-vs his capacity Is thrice "'"P'led. Thanksgiving dinner Is no "enl; it Is a symphony in food- J "s; an epic of eatables; a pano- rama of the animal and vegetable kingdoms. king-doms. Its calculated harmonies, the fruit of long years of feminine wisdom, wis-dom, convert even the cynic and dj's-peptic dj's-peptic into a valiant trencherman. Irs temptations and opportunities must call on the special Providence that Is kind to overzealous ambition If "good digestion is to wait on appetite and health on both." The fact that we survive it marks this marvel ; that there is no digestant like good company com-pany ; no spice like good talk and laughter; no appetite like that which attends the warmth of opened hearts. Gifts Beyond Price. This is a universal feast that knows no creed. "It Is good to give thanks unto the Lord" ; It is good for all men to find gratitude on special occasion for the grace that knows no occasion. The free gifts are the greatest gifts the high privilege of life, the knowledge knowl-edge of the loveliness of the varied world, the unmeasured wenlth of love around us. For these we give thanks, for it is by their mystic alchemy that success and peace and strength are made worth while. Thanksgiving Is not a human habit, which is a fact little to our credit. For this we shall probably be forgiven, as we are forgiven so much, if the habit of remembrance lives on. The gods have always been kind to human happiness, and when our Thanksgiving is adorned with good cheer, with laughter, with "sports of strength and skill" and with the companionship of those we love, we practice an ancient custom and a true one. There have been many creeds, many peoples, many strange habits and observances. But never In the history of the world nor in any race or country have men forgotten for-gotten the Joy of the harvest nor failed to honor the eternal faithfulness faithful-ness of the changing seasons. Remember Only Mercies. So we may forget the faint hazard of abdominal repentance on the morrow mor-row and forget also the cold winds of the young winter and the coal bills that settle like birds of prey on the budget of November. Instead, we may "think of our mercies," as preached old Uncle Tom, and remember old friends and the distant ones of our family, and remember also to give a helping hand with the dishes that will soon be piled so high. So for this day the latchstrlng Is out, the fire burns bright on the hearth, the family is home again and the past and future do homage to the present. Loneliness we shut out of doors with the shivering trees and the wind-swept streets, and happiness is complete In the full circle of familiar and friendly faces. And more than these are with us, for the heart of all America knows today one happiness, and the history of her people for 300 years is renewed In the countless homes that are her glory and her bulwark. Klli During the Revolution, the people observed an annual J ;! P$Ife mm Jthe Continental Congress. A ,cr peace. STct JF i3plf ntil 1 789, when Washington, as President appointed Ihursd fVbnJO' I M f' eral thanksgiving thronghou, the 'ZhTs, oj othl At 'Mr 19,1795. Washington's proclamations ,cer. 1ffa,lfulJ,y ebserved, . fyM mACM Presidents, but for the most part. Thanksgiving Day, auhougn rcgn., ) '4 JV-J ' '&ftjUv o state ad air for a number of years: . . th fourth Thursday -'-X- . 'H. I In 1864, President Lincoln issued a proclamation, PPO'- ' HcZt inteTrul i SStk 'V ' jl 1 in Member ,ci,h a viau, of having the day kept, ''J'Jb lW J , rWjhm 'ion. Since that time each Presidcnt-u.lh the exception of aV"D fc bccom, M pAX "V(l V u. (5 tW; preventcd-has issued an annual proclamation and lhanhsgiimg Uay nas oecome a fc, AJyt |