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Show BB' IWHHMBHVHAN'KSaiVlNO and ltd story l 1 '9 000 ' "lp ',CRt known I ' V I and cherished o( tho American In- II I s,ltullo'n 'mil loro. It never crows l 01,1 The llllle children ntllt thrill ' I nl 1,10 recltul or ilio bravery of tho I , mmh.i Mi lMyinoitth colony. Tlioy Mult In I BWBppWpWBW (ho prowess of Miles 8tnndlsh and h lM(T'WHrjSB his brnve boy soldiers and they LSvwaBB wePl ,IV0r "10 'inr,ls,1ll,s t',nt 1,10 jfc5lllijlilj "ttl0 i30Jg R'r,s c"irt'J cx VgHHManv "Pl1 n foreign Innd. They laugh In merry glee at the first Thanksgiving dinner with lis Inillnn euostjt. Young people peo-ple all love tho sweet Btorir of J'rlaclllrt, tho Purltnn mal-den. mal-den. Men and womon turning a moment In busy lives f to glance backward feci a deep satisfaction In tho knowl- edge of tho bravery of Ihelr fnihers who laid the fnunda-? fnunda-? Hons of the nation and who left them a horltago of stur- dy courage and democratic Ideals, f - - The traditions of a country never grow old. Thoy hnvo a iwrflnnfftl youth. Stories and traditions becomo embodied em-bodied In tho epochs of a nation's life and literature from 1 which. the tatter generations find sustenance. Tho tnlca t of the brave men of a country of their ancrlflccs, and ( ' woblo iteeds of courage, of loyulty and of strength, como to' 19 a part of the nation's thought and Its life, They t term Maafo toward which tho character of the community' Brows and develops, Tho story of Thanksgivings a simple sim-ple one from many viewpoints; but It la sd rich In su ataniw that Its Inspiration Is felt to-day all over tho Unit-' Unit-' ed Butts, t' In Knjjlnml the Puritans wero unhappy- Thoy aepnrnt- ' d rtom the Church of England and held services In prl-', prl-', sM houwa or In the open nlr. These wero called Sep-U Sep-U aratlsts. Thoy wore arrested as law-brCakcrs, and flnod i. or Imprisoned. About tho tlmo tho Jamestown colony r was planted, a hand of these Separatists went to Ioy-? Ioy-? dn, In Holland, where they could enjoy freedom of worship. They stayed there 12 years, j These Pilgrims wero mainly farmers, nnd had difficulty to earn their living lu tho Dutch cities or gardens. Their cfclldrea weie obliged to attend Dutch schools, and wero ftist losing the use of tho Eugllah tonguo. The' sons of f r, :"th Pilgrims entered the Dutch army and navy, nnd the young people began to Intermarry. Tho Pilgrims fenrcd that If they stayed In Holland any longer, their families would become Dnlch. They doclded that thoy would llk to go to America. They sont twj '.tion to get permission i of the .London company to scttlo" on Its land. The company com-pany was. glad to get them for colonists, and gave them a charter of privileges. , . The race spirit had cried ngnlnBt lis loss by nbsorp-Won. nbsorp-Won. The sturdy English men desired to keep Intact their (- language and their racial characteristics and worship ? God as they deemed right, It was In Uecombor that they mado n landing on litn ; 0 coast of Massachusetts, 1 ' ' There were men with hoarjt hair , Amidst tint pilgrim band r ,i Why bed thoy come to wllljer thero. L Away from tholr childhood's landT k u Thero wa woman's fearless eye, 'J ti , Ut by her deep Iovo'h truth; ft ' There was manhood's brow serenely high, - , t And tho flory .heart of youth. What sought thpy thus afarT v Bright jowQls of tho mln'o? r Tho wealth of sons, tho spoils of warT ' They sought a faith's pure shrine! tA i ' Ay, call It holy ground. ' I The soli whero flrot they trod: h They left tinstnlu'd what there they found r Freedom to worslilp God. jf U was a terrible winter they llvod through unused to' t'. tho cllmato away from tho comforts of civilization, p '. Hotter times enme. Tho summer was n fruitful one ' and, autumn saw the little colony with stores that would & keep them through tho coming winter. Tho barbarous foes of the west bad not molested them, although thoy lived there, q tiny colony, shut In from friends by tho it vast sea to the cast and the forest prlmoval stretching ft Jo the north, west and routh of them. Thoy wero thank-H thank-H ful for their blessings nnd so set asldo a day In which to Qxpress their gratltudo to tho flood All Father. Thoy wro not rich In worldly goods, but their hearts reached out to all humunlty, and so on that feast day they Invited ft to their table Mussasolt, an Indian chlof. and 40 of his HHL hravrt. It was t great uudertaklns for that smnll group, Hf" yet they gave from their hearts In tho fullnets of their gratitude. This sweet and wholesnma spirit Iibb become n lmrt of tho national celebration. Thuuksglvlng Is n day HB ' of festivity, or family reunion, of feasting and of glad T A atmosphere, of satisfaction pervades It. Tho una- lytlcal mind can but mnVe comparisons or to-day nnd yes-H yes-H ' terdayt and kiieculntq on the morrow. That mind soes BK hew 3" Rrca catantrotidoa that feji upon the nation have passed by. H sees tho onward trend or nil things. It sees that for every hard' ship thero Is an alleviating al-leviating condition, nnd so courage Is . takon afresh. This samo mind counts Its blessings and turns to tho less fortunate. for-tunate. There Is no doubt regarding .the satisfaction satis-faction the rilgrlm fathers had In enter tnlnlug their Indian guests. Thoy wero oupresslng their gratitude by helping others and making other lives brighter. This spirit Is the patron saint of Thanksgiving. Many peopto feel that their mite Is smnll. It counts for little compared with tho needs I That Is true, mi doubt, tint calculate tho mltcs of tho city of Mil. waukeo.and Imagine tho Joy of the unfortunate. unfor-tunate. Tho Associated Associat-ed Charities knows of many families whero a Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing dlnnor would bring Joy to the henrts of little children, chil-dren, and hopo to tho sick. Tho mtes would count there. One dlnnor will make a ramiiy happy and that organliatlon knows of many places where there. can bo no Thanksgiving dinner, without with-out tho contributions of tho open-hearted nnd thoso Imbued Im-bued with tho spirit of tht Pilgrims' Thanksgiving, Not far from Mllwaukeo uro sick poor, unfortunate men and women, through no faSit of their own In many cases. who are III nnd suffering, enred for by the county. A donation or fruit or delicacies, of magazines, or of flowers to brlghton their sad lives, would not leave the dqnor poorer, but would bring Into somo life a sweetness of restored confidenco In humanity. Not far away are the orphan asylums, whero llttlo children borert or parents Btlll lovo all ot thoso things that a rnther's or mother's thoughtrulncss bestows, but which must sometimes bo denied In an Institution whore thero aro many needs to bo filled. The old men and women at the Llttlo Sisters of the Poor, Homo for tho Aged, appreclato the diversion of Thanksgiving day In their days of life's decline. Tho day can be mado brighter for them, too, If the people of Milwaukee aro thoughtful. Tho list Is a long ono whero tho mltcs may bo sent apd where they will help to mako lives a little brlghtor. Thero Is tho Catholic Cath-olic Hoys' homo, tho Homo for tho Friendless, Friend-less, tho Lutheran Homo for the Feebleminded, Feeble-minded, tho Mllwaukeo IIousp of Morcy, tho Wisconsin Home and Farm School, tho Flower Mission, tho Rescue Mission, tho Children's Free hospital, tho Women's hos-pltal. hos-pltal. Aid society, and others. Each family knows of some other family for whom tho day can be made happier. How much small thlui) count Is exemplified exem-plified by an cpUodo that took plnco in a porer part of the city recently. It was told by a little girl. Sho leaned against hor teacher's knee nnd said naivety. "You know, teacher, that the man that lives down our alley was arrested. He had a little girl like mo. They took him nway and ho can't come home for a long time and bring them nny money. That little girl sho did not havo any dress, only a torn ono with big holes In It, nnd sho would got cold through the holes. I had two dresses. So my mother sho gave one of them to that llttlo girl so sho could go to school, because It Is so cold at home. Nights, after I go to bed, my mother she washes nut my dross bo It will bo clean tho next day." Tho spirit ot Thanksgiving thahas como to us from our ancestors of old Plymouth his permeated through our national llfo and Is so woll and so beautifully manifested mani-fested In tho oplsodo of tho poor woman and her mite. Tho Influence of that first Thanksgiving has spread over the land and hero In Milwaukee It wl)l bo manifested manifest-ed by n genorons outpouring from the gratoful hearts. Do not hesitate because you havo so llttlo to give. That llttlo may mean much to him who has nothing, and think of the accumulation of little. Let us bo worthy of tho Institution of our fathors. |