Show THE SPIRIT AND FEAST OF thanksgiving jiing side by side with the long un broken custom handed town down to us by our forefathers of setting apart an dually a special day for or thanksgiving has also dwelt with us the idea that we must have as nearly as practicable the same gains kind of a feast as that enjoyed by the first settlers upon these shores from a sentimental viewpoint this theory is undoubtedly cor and would really work vork out beau were it not tor for conditions affecting our supply of sea provisions A regulation plan of directions for getting up a proper thanksgiving dinner even this yeat would suggest the of 0 oy turkeys ellick chicken eh for chicken pie with vegetables fr fruit ulers s rich pastries and delicacies in abundance the idea is to arrange a composite in meal eal which shall comprise as nearly as may be the he various fruits and products of till th earth and a good and praiseworthy idea it is too it if only everybody had the wherewithal to purchase these fruits but tuna tely this must be an oyster less and a tur keyless thanks giving for many persons the causes contributing to this sl saale alte or of things cannot be discussed here nor does it much matter to the van man who en a meat market and sees gees a turkey which he longs to purchase for his bis family but which he knows he cannot afford just why the with many others is so fa far beyond his means the thing thine Is lie he knows it la 13 beyond his moans means andl and therefore he be will have to do NIt without hout it ue lie must to some extent give up the idea of trying to imitate that first thanksgiving giving dinner sa in the forest in some respects the preparation ol of that feast or the obtaining the articles comeri comprised sed la irl it must have been a comparatively simple matter the settlers had but to take down I 1 vi fowling piece go into the woods wood sand and bring home the will game well filled byster beds lay quite near the shore the harvest was fruitful grain wili wild fruits such vegetables aba W i as they knew kaev how io to raise raisa were abundant wits nut s 91 c various kinds were plentiful what then was to hinder binder the making read a feast that should fitly supplement the public thanksgiving than ks giving rendered unta the lord there Is the point the toast feast is but the outward sign or token of that which underlies the whole idea it U is the in the heart the sentiment of 0 gratl tude I 1 for or good rC aci i that after aate ap 91 I 1 constitutes constitute 3 the real bith this feeling present the absence of 0 the turkey even though lie he is everywhere acknowledged to be the kius king of the feast need not be counted a misfortune we are too apt alt to forget juat low things were with the settlers wc c take tho the idea ot of that great historical feast into our minds and we overlook the dark shadows that hat must have been la in that first thanksgiving picture IE ic would be a good thing it we would try to remember the little graveyard by the waters edge and mike make an effort to recall what the record says that not one household in the new massachusetts chu colony but had recently been visited by death or severe and protracted illness but still the eions for the feast went on and at convenient time they solemnized a day of thanksgiving unto the lord surely we can learn a lesson from the simple faith of 0 these pious souls we are not act called upon today to day to s suffer af the pr privations lations which were the lot of our forefathers but any year may bring changed conditions which may necessitate more or less self denial on our part it if the man who finds hint him self unable to buy material for an expensive dinner knows that his fam ily fly circle is complete and unbroken and ever everybody body in health and fully able to enjoy the dinner when it la Is pre pared he surely has good and dent cause for thankfulness so even it if in some cases the turkeys place must be tilled filled by a chicken arid and perhaps not any too large a chicken and even it a number of plainer dishes have to be made to answer for the assortment of rich food which we have always considered nac essary tor for the thanksgiving table let us not depart on this account from any of the time honored customs be longing to the day tho the family reunions can be complete and enjoyable the tallest grand child and the newest n ow baby can each be ba accorded thel full share of attention and old and boung young alike may all have part in the joyousness and general good cheer |