Show east feast Ever Part of the Spirit of Day Daye Ie e i modern Thanksgiving day ob- ob hance anee ance U Is so broad In Its Us contrast li h pioneer da days 1 that there Is n a a smile the comparison Comfort luxury mark the celebration of ofel el event ent al today The Twentieth cen- cen p farmer farmei produces his crops under kl l I conditions lIe He has hns no treaties of ot otee Ice ee ce to muLe make with Indians In order plant and cultivate hl Ids his l crops In diary of an old New Englander Is Isline h line An Indian promise Is no noIe noe kethan Ie e than Ihan to 10 lime have a by the talle lathe born of ot difficulties with i savages mages The Pilgrim fathers ted fed corn com with seed In one band hand handa banda a a rille In the other Governor Wallace Issued the first III l Thanksgiving proclamation for tor forIan fora Ian a tiling fixing the day for Thursday ember 28 23 28 1839 1339 No doubt there l had been a general p of the harvests harvest's bounties among pioneers of the state but that was med mated by the thc churches not by I designation of the day by the gov gov- r r. r President Lincoln officially red reed rethe re- re ed d the day In 1803 1303 the first anal naN na- na N al act of ot the kind since the admin admin- lon lion of President Madison It U Is want ant to picture how the Rooster Booster f sera eera rs observed the day unofficially Harvest home festivals In the Fetes ches II when hen prayer and sere ere ere the program of the wor- wor krs rs any arly Indianapolis was built along e He river rh Forms Farms were cultivated In to wounding territory and a good vest st as the basis for rejoicing Imes ellmes there was feasting the anal Inal Idt idea a of George Washington i having lost Its meaning to the jw eer Men Mn went forth to the woods wood I BD bring ng in wild turkeys and other e tl that Ihal at was worthy of being the tha Cf de resistance of a harvest tesI fesI fes- fes I 9 dinner lu lution lon of Today Today's Turkey amities gathered e J around tables d high eh with wild turkey venison f and other meats of ot the forest I lea I and the nuts were spread enty eaty over r the house and the men bey J were so Inclined Inclined and I and they Lily were took ere took iff a nip from friendly Just to 10 add enthusiasm to the kg Ing Sweet cIder had hod a habit of beIng be- be Jubilantly hard about the midor mid mid- or r last 51 of November and this too ed a Part In the merrymaking When the wild turkey became extinct extinct ex ex- ex- ex the domestic bird now a national na nit favorite In Thanksgiving feasts found w way ny to popularity There 1 Is 1 an Impression that America Imported the present species of turkey from Europe Europ hut but the fact Is Just the reverse erse American American Amer Amer- ican turkeys s 's were Introduced first In Spain three centuries ago and through processes of cross breeding the theres pres res present prest eat ent delight of Americas America's Thanksgiving day was evolved eloh Poultry raisers express the fear tear that unless the government experts at Washington who are working on the thi problem discover methods whereby domestic turkeys may be fortified against disease and proneness to die under adverse weather conditions It will not be many years before turkey will go the way of the dodo bird bird bird-be- be become come extinct In many parts of the country do not attempt to raise turkeys because of the prevalence or disease known as blackhead and ond The governments government's experts are exerting every Cry effort to find cures for these diseases but complete success success success suc suc- cess has not yet been attained al although although although al- al though a few remedies have been found fairly successful Heavy rains are hard on baby turkeys which drown easily Turkey Supply Falling Failing Off The result of ot these failures In tur tur- raising key-raising has been a greatly diminIshed diminished dimin dimin- fished production and of course prices s soar In consequence Southern Indiana Indiana In In- diana Kentucky and Tennessee In the thelast thelast last several years have been showing Increased production In turkeys Most of ot the birds that find way to the metropolitan met markets are from Texas and other Southwestern states stales where the climate Is right and there Is plenty of room for tor range New England states original home of the American turkey do n not t now produce enough birds to supply the demand for the metropolitan tan tau markets although every elery hotel In New York Boston oston and Philadelphia announces on the bill of fare tare Vermont Vermont Vermont Ver mont turkey or Island tur key The storage houses are filled with dressed turkeys that have hale journe Jour Jour- ne ed out of the West south Muth and Southwest to make Thanks Thanksgiving a aday aday aday day of feasting for metropolitan epi epi- cures Americas America's Thanksgiving dinner has hilS In lD the last twenty years become a sort of ot International banquet The turkey Is a United States Institution but one finds on the table now Irish potatoes a ala ala ala I la hollandaise se or Spanish style vegetables vegetables vegetables vege vege- I tables from the Imperial valley of Mexico figs from Egypt nuts outs and coffee from Brazil almonds from Italy grapefruit from Porto Rico French pastry and und perhaps Turkish cigarettes Thanksgiving day amusements ts have undergone as great changes as the bill of fare The Tile observance as originally planned by the time forefathers called for attendance at church and an liD outpourIng outpour outpour- Ing lag of gratitude for tor hearth health and bountiful fun ful harvests harvest The Puritans held It to tobe tobe tobe be a day of sanctity As AI the years rolled on the element of re rev rejoicing entered Into the spirit If of the day and ond after atler church In the forenoon and a feast at noon the men engaged In Jn mirthful games and banter while the women sat around lUnd the set tin room and gossiped gossip ell of affairs that held their Interest In the country com com- there were games of horseshoe horseshoe horse horse- shoe pitching hop hop Jump skip and footraces footraces footraces foot foot- races and wrestling matches Men of the neighborhood vied with ea each h other In these contests which helper to tomake tomake make snake Thank Thanksgiving day happy Thanksgiving Spirit Abides Changing j years ears have brought changed customs custom but the spirit of Tha Thanksgiving ing still abides In the American heart whatever whale the st style Ie of observance In Indianapolis as In other cities clUes scores of families are depending on the hotels and clubs to provide to-provide the Thanksgiving dinner thus to ease the women of ot the household of the responsibilities Hotel Dotel and cud club managers here say they are booked almost to capacity with table reservations calling for tor covers ers representing representing seating 10 12 15 and 20 persons In to other words the family Is going to dine out and let mothers mother's Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks- giving day be one of ot rejoicing not drudgery It would be Impossible for all families fam fam- tiles flies to eat ent at hotels and clubs moth clubs moth mothers ers know that I You cant can't change a sentimental mother The result Is that In thousands of Instances mother refuses to consider any other situation than that of having her bet children at home for tor Thanksgiving day dinner Turkey may not be the crow crowning viand of the meal for there still remain chicken goose and duck to top lop the menu Mother Molher knows too of other morsels that are the delight of her children Fact Is Is folk Thanksgiving day la Is Just another Mothers' Mothers day dayl 1 l Indian spoils News |