Show give thanks that are A AT e so S greatly due it la in told that a scotsman made at one time a road through the rough hills ot of the highlands and at the top of the last height hewed a stone into a sent cent and inscribed thereon blest anil and bo be thankful in this spirit also Is thanksgiving day appointed at thu thi peak of the year as nature has fash toned it fur rest and the strengthening of the spirit and for the giving of thanks where thanks are so greatly due don rose hose writing in the philadelphia ledger reminds his readers three centuries ago the wherewithal of 0 the first thanksgiving feast was provided by tour four pilgrims with blun der busses who in one day killed as many fowl na as served the company almost a week in less dramatic fashion the turkey of today comes to our board though his persistence over a week in the various re incarnations of cold pickings hash and soup Is a custom well ivell established the turkey let it be noted la Is in all respects it a fitting oft offering erIng having pure american ancestry a and no entangling alliances with birds of other feather in hallowed memory out of the past tills feast la is hallowed by long and honorable liono rable history by the pilgrim fathers who stirred batter and peeled potatoes under the orders oi of the pilgrim mothers its first observance was in reasonable peace with enough and to spare but no unpleasantness later occasions were spiced and pep with unfriendly arrows and the indian sign of a feathered barb in ili the spoilt stout plunk plank door interrupted ninny a peaceful meal the indian sign no longer marks our threshold it Is transferred to fathers pocketbook where it leaves ves a scar deep slid and ominous enough L though one endured with cheerful fiess man alan Is an adaptable creature for most of the year lie he Is 14 content and well fed on a breakfast of hasty eggs and coffee rashly inhaled a lunch snatched on the run anti anil a dinner discreet and digestible but on high days and holl holidays days ills his capacity Is thrice multiplied Thanksgiving dInner Is no piero mere ment meal it Is a sym plinny in food staffs rin du epic of eatables a pano enma of the animal and vegetable kingdoms its calculated harmonies the fruit of long years of feminine wisdom I 1 convert even the cynic and dyspeptic into a vallant valiant trencherman va ita temptations and opportunities must call on the special providence that Is kind to overzealous ambition it if good digestion Is to wait on appetite and health on both the fact that wo we survive it marks tills this marvel that there thara Is no like good company no spice like good talk and laughter no appetite like that which attends the warmth of opened hearts gifts beyond price this la Is a universal feast that knows no creed it la Is good to give thanks unto the lord it Is good for all men to find gratitude on special occasion for the grace that knows no BO occasion the free gifts are the greatest gifts the high privilege of life the knowledge of the loveliness of the varied world the unmeasured wealth of love around us for these we give thanks for it Is by their mystle mystic alchemy that th t success and peace and strength fire are made worth while thanksgiving Is not a human habit which la Is a fact little to our credit F for or this we shall probably be forgiven as wo we aro are forgiven so BO much if the habit of remembrance lives on the gods have always been kind to human happiness and when our thanksgiving Is adorned with good cheer with laughter with sports of strength and skill and with the companionship of those we love we practice an ancient custom and a true one there have been many creeds ninny many peoples many strati stratigo gp habits and observances but never in the history of the world nor in any race or country have men forgotten tho the joy of the harvest nor failed to honor the eternal faithfulness of the changing seasons remember only mercies so we may forget the faint hazard of abdominal repentance on the morrow and forget also the cold winds of the young winter and the coal bills that settle like birds of prey on the budget of november instead we may think of our mercies as preached prea clied old uncle tom and remember old friends and the distant ones of our family and remember also to give a helping hand with the dishes dl slits that will soon bo be so high so for tills this day the latchstring Is out the fire burns bright on the hearth the family Is home again and the past and future do homage to tho the present loneliness we shut out of doore door with the shivering trees and the windswept wind swept streets and happiness la Is complete tu to the full circle of familiar and friendly faces and more than those these are with us for the heart of all america knows today one happiness and the history of her people tor for years Is renewed in the countless homes that tha tare are her glory and her bulwark |