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Show GREATEST HOLIDAY IS OF THE HOME Especially Does the Day Upon Which the Nation Gives Thanks for the Many Mercies Extended Stand as a Revelation of Domestic Happiness. THERE Is ample cause for the spirit spir-it of Thanksgiving day in the place which the home holds in American life. It is enough to make any people grateful to be able to depend upon such domestic health, peace and happiness as prevail in the United States. Thanksgiving day brings uncounted family reunions. It means the return to old homes of those who have gone far away. It reunites circles long broken. It exalts the family idea, the foundation on which human society so-ciety rests. And every year the holiday of the hearth, the day dedicated, informally but not the less certainly, to the home principle, finds the number of happy jouseholds in America larger than ever before. Every November iho niptiire nf home gatherings, in gratitude and peace, is painted on a scale more vast and impressive. The most extreme pessimist knowB in his heart that this is true. It Is impossible to reflect upon the progress of the country and the gains made by the people of the United States, despite all drawbacks and mishaps, without realizing that in the broadest sense the life of the nation is healthier, health-ier, sounder, safer and happier than ever. And the old-fashioned cornerstone on which this national health and sanity san-ity of mind and spirit rests is the family. It takes Thanksgiving to bring into due prominence the enduring foundation of the wonderfully complex and elaborate structure of American life. When the millions of widened family circles are formed today, around well-laden well-laden tables, the position of the American Ameri-can life is patent to every thought ful citizen of this republic. It is always al-ways clear enough to keen eyed strangers visiting the foremost country coun-try of the New World. While the great holiday of the home stands where it has always stood, where it stands today, as a revelation of domestic happiness and family loyalty, loy-alty, there will be ncthing vitally amiss with the American nation. The spirit of Thanksgiving day is a moral tonic and a guarantee of civic health. |
