Show da to rOsifY TJY CYdIYlY1XY d h Y O i la THE FESTIVAL OF HOME nnell I Thanksgiving Preeminently the Day I of Family Gatherings la ye ribs The good old New England festival prop of Thanksgiving Is one that ago does a 8S not wither nor custom stale Original JSCf ly and still nominally a distinctly itlon religious festival It appeals to all the > whether old or youngwhether professedly lea d fessedly religious or not and whatever what-ever may be their religious belief or een convictions thfJ To college boys and football teams Jr 110 the day may seem to be of special slg i UP nlflcanco In reference to triumphs or i by disasters on tho gridiron field but ties even to these It carries another and tak deeper significance which will grow with the years And to those of ma one iiap turo years men and women past 40 for example this gracious timehon ored festival serves to punctuate their tit d I s B C C SrwY JZ7JZ7 rrrJQOQCO lives so to speak and marks the pass ago of years perhaps even more distinctly dis-tinctly than Now Years day or birthdays birth-days For Thanksgiving is preeminently preemi-nently the festival of home the day of all others when home ties and associations associa-tions assert their sway the strongest linking tho present with the past and binding nil to the future All who are happy enough to have a homo and hearth turn gladly to It for rest and refreshment of body and mind and whether present or absent from the homo circle that Is the center and Inspiration In-spiration of their thoughts I Perhaps to none Is the day more full of associations and memories than to those who cannot thus join tho homo circle The toller In tho city or In tho country unable even for a day to quit his duties still takes pleasure In thinking of those at home and In Imagination Im-agination at least takes his place at tho annual home gathering and shares tho pleasure of tho day |