Show festival dear to americans A festival peculiarly dear to amer leans Is nigh it has been the off spring of the mating of two funda mental institutions in our social ture the christian church and the christian home from the pioneer days of early new england through the history of nt pilgrimages of bew englanders to remote tron tiei communities anc the islands of the sea it has been a day when man escaped from the ju charge of that basest of crimes ingratitude and when scattered families came to gether to make real in fact what was ideal in theory the unity of the fam lly circle parental and filial love ing ahat was a sectional and purt tan and pilgrim festival is now a na dional one and manila will celebrate it this year with honolulu san juan sitka as well as plymouth and |