Show TOO T MUCH Wo We are willIng to c concede a good deal of bigness to t our u nOtional metropolis the greAt eft city of New York but some somo sometimes times the stories come out of it are a 8 too for us One of them is told tol 1 b by an os cd I the New York Times the turkeys s that will be et n In tile the big town next Thanksgiving da day The bur burden en of the tho yarn all is plated placed upon the shoulders ers of ofa a dealer eal r ill In tur turkeys keys Ire Hh was asked b by a Times man JIOM ho V many f would bo eaten on dey ln and t the e number at The Tho conclusion was arrived at thus uIn In round numbers there thore are about OO us said laid the i dealer That famIlies maii says 88 SO say that of those families are aro t too o poor o or pr for some somo other othor bir bird for the feast that leaves us about families who ho will want the great reat Al American er Cn bird on their ir tables table gues guesswork but if m my instinct goes for Jor anything it is coil Yes yoU take n word for Ol York trill st s at least on dai daiDo day Do Dc you OU believe that Let us dos lIt littie tie figuring Suppose the tho turkeys s or orLEe LEe age eight pounds pO ds each t they er so o rather rathor that figure Xo Now York will be Called upon to cat pounds of tUlI turkey o in q single dt day rake lake the o of 3 i OOOO for thus tho total population Deduct from that as the tha number which lie estimates will not Of tit t any y at ataU atall aU all an and we h have Y pounds to be becat cat eaten en b by people the tho rate ttO Pounds Jund s to each u ual 1 JAnd And the at who are aro to te eat eatto two to pounds each are 1101 mind you ou all alla a adults To get the figures on population population tion it was to include dren of all ages beginning with Infants un under or six months and going oluS up to the savagely wa oh OO boy and girl in their teens T Two o p pounds of turkey is about as much meat as the tho average strong strongman man caree to get awa away with to few men will eat cat as much as one round lund With the trimmings of at ata ofa a Thanksgiving dinner it clear that the dealer has ox aerated Certainly his will not boor boar careful analysis Nov ew York ant so awfully big After aU all I 1 J j |