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Show HAS BEEN CHANGE Oidtimer Talks of Past Thanksgiving Thanks-giving Days. Thinks Religious Character of Cele-bration Cele-bration Not So Generally Dwelt On as It Was Grandma's Pies. "Thanksgiving weather may be the same as it always has been," said the gray-haired, young-looking man. "My own recollection is that I used to go skating almost every year on that day, but the weather bureau insists that the climate has not changed and I don't dispute the point. "But one thing I'm sure of Thanks giving day is not generally celebrated now as it used to be when I was a boy. For one thing, I don't believe many people have family prayers on that day, or any other, for that matter, mat-ter, but 50 years ago it was a very irreligious family indeed who did not ' A ' 1 Like Grandma Used to Make. hold a special Thanksgiving service of that kind. "Thanksgiving meals were things to remember. Those were the 'good old days when doughnuts were made as big as bricks, and 'twas not thought necessary to eat as many as six,' but the doughnut came between meals, and on Thanksgiving day they were not greatly in demand. "For breakfast we always had chicken with many 'fixins' and pancakes pan-cakes and sweet cider for dessert. It was a meal for all day, but not long after noon we all gathered for the feast, and It was a small family that did not muster at least twenty strong. We all went home to grandpa's, the last one of us. Commonly every living member of four generations would be together for that day, no matter how scattered their homes might be. "After dinner there'd be enough outdoor out-door sport to raise an appetite for six o'clock supper, and after supper Indoor In-door games among the young people till bedtime, but even the oldest were dragged into the games until they were tired out. "There may be families that keep up the old customs even yet, but I wouldn't know where to look for them. Even if I did, I don't suppose I'd be able to get any of the mince and pumpkin pump-kin pies. And if I should get any of them they wouldn't be such as grandma grand-ma used to make." |