Show f rl f r L ii t I r I VERT ERY national nation holiday on the calen calendar ar has jas las one olle or more I things that that ar arc aro of themselves es I I appropriate to and suggest suggest- I i ivo ho o of ot tho tim day At t t Christmas Christ Christ- L I mas there thore is the fir tree ablaze with cnn candles t the big bg bowls of ot er eggnog lIoS' lIoS and the tho holl The Fourth of ot Jul JuI haLt has haL of nf t course its firecrackers its appalling list of casualties to small boys boya its Ito winded long orators and Its Inevitable rainstorm that spoils the fireworks rl s In p the Hie eveningS evening With Easter Is generally tho lie lily Illy tho the elaborate choral cho cho- choI I 1 ral ml services In the tho churches an and the thc I Mils bills for the thc new spring hats bats of tho t feminine m members of ot the household decoration day has It Its lags flags and flowers flow flow- ors ers rs Labor Ila day its hilarious parade parade- and so on throughout the year eal nd s nut But Thanksgiving has hat two things thin that aro Its Us very cry own to a a. greater doh do- do h gee ee than has any of ot tho other holidays boll holi Ia days turkey s 's turkey and football Or rather no JIO IO one forgets the real spirit of oC the da day and the of or it tt-tho tt tho rendering ron ren dering loring of or thanks for Cor the tho blessings of ot ib the pa past year thanks H that IR last t years year's overcoat Q can call be cleaned fIR and pleased and made fairly presentable that the wl winter vInter supply of or coal Is In Inthe the thc collar cellar thanks that there's theres a discount dis lIls- count on th the ga gas bill If It paid within ten days thanks for tor this and thanks s for that and th thanks for COI the tue other thing haul might bo be worse than It H Is All 11 that is Js taken talen for tor granted But Bui though jomo lUll may dOIlY deny It It the two things that make anake Thanksgiving da day are arc football and aId turkey It was Wa not like this In tho the oJ olden en days Not at all Tho Thu Puritan fathers laRd turl turkey e of ot course course great heaping beaming platters of choice meat ineat and drumsticks They The also had many things to be thankful for for which it Is Js really difficult to soo Joo wh why they should hould have been thankful such as ns hairbreadth e escapes from froni the Indians a woeful lack lick of or cranberry sauce plum pudding and its consequent conso- conso indigestion anti and entire quent an day dayto dayto to bo be spent In a cold collI log church in w of or the tho dire lire wages a os of sin They oven even had a l certain species of r football without It I is ts S j such uch but the the never er hull hail that wonderful won won- combination football and tur tur- II lec key Icey fhe They Ia had the fundamentals of or thc the modern Thanksgiving day I lion tion but nc er r tl th tin tin- Imbued p I The louI I n I Is Football What a n wor word t t to conjure 1 on on Jn Thanksgiving lug lIa day Tu To ninnY HUll day liar iiii ac ball and football ThaI Thanksgiving ph Ill lug da Ia ilay Th Ihie small mall mallI I boy hoy in lit the daya of till the Puritan father I ie J in the he I seventh o of or II delight Ms hIs hurled burled n fl till the jui juicY i j 4 I of a si 1 11 lf gobbler gobb anil ho more lUor Today i 1 1 lQ o v m lilt ills l a r MAlL MAlL- i W. W t j of ot his hilt turkey c and I oi on lIe Hie Inside of oC tf the f football football- itch Held h IP If h II J the tiit father coni L i lj IJ In tI lh tho morn tuorn morning in ing antI ami in jo e amid ami f 4 lion hmil H Q little s Cr rt ke ice ut itt night for fur iiii hll ow own u I family Today U. U time c a average grown Iro UI up celebrant of the festival mn may or 01 may fl not attend church in tho the morning but html buthe buthe he ho is Ie almost certain to be at tho the football foot foot- lr ball game rame in the afternoon In a n coa coat t of or some heavy material he ho hops up ii and down first on one ono foot and theron then ther thenon on the other to keep from freezing while whilo he hc ma madly l cheers on 11 of tho 2 lon long haired warriors who I each other according to Holc until time the lank lanky doctor dottor with the neat Innocent Innocent Inno Info cent looking brown blown t put eatchel did rushes outon out outon outon on tho field an and the tho ell city ambulance backs up 01 to trIo the side lines He lie and his lilt sons semis and his daughters and n ever even his wife sometimes arc are football lI cra crazy Imagine the Puritans giving s thanks In such ouch fashion No chance No such y thing as that in theIr family And n yet ct if it ono one is l a wool tho football foot toot ball baIl enthusiast It Is possible to con- con Inco ones one's self elf that tho Path Fath ers cro did play football And lill an nn who In his younger days das played cl tho game gamo amo himself can ew even n trace th the thu origin of ot toe the root great Thanksgiving da Ia game frame back to his hie Puritan ancestors That is Is f hp can do so o to his hilt own satis- satis faction at nt least One would hesitate oven even the time most and chrys bo bo rah ruh bo boy to state slate bol boldly ly that tho thc stern tern Not land England tat fathers fathers' herB actually football In of the tho historical cal data loft left by them to posterity can canI any rillY record bo be found round of dlo drop kicks I forward P. and side off plays s But u t erl 1 nevertheless hIN the time foot football ball Lu buR buR- was I O In these days day though still om- om I for lor II HI Ii It Ittia WO tia orul MO centuries ago o that I Valiant Goodman one of oC our ancestors who ho CAInO caine over O 01 oi tho the Mayflower was waB searching for tor game ganic In lii tho ho WOO fol Just out outside the lie hm hl high h stockade c with his double dO blunderbuss lie IIo was nol not particular what sort of or gamo game he shot He lie had no object in view except I tl the securing of or some somo sort of animal toI to grace his table on the time morrow morro after I time the long Iong long service ser of ot Thanksgiving was over o And of that h ho in dire need Time The vInter had hod been beon hard au and amid tho crops ClOpS bad that summer and time the only man who had prospered was wasI I th the undertaker undertaker arid and ho was wai not parI particularly particularly par par- I rich as he had burled burle most moat i of oC the th roll folks on credit To repeat Valiant Val Yal- lant fant was looking for game same Suddenly with great joy jov he beheld roosting in f Hie Ihie he tops ol 1 a u pine tree trec an obese and ind self-satisfied self turkey lurker I Valiant planted th tho stick supported sup sup- ported portell his gun un firmly in tho the ground t r titled lIlted the time butt snugly ly to his shoulder lined aimed with Puritanical pro pro- and antl and blazed awa away Tho The ensuing I tn lug ing i r nearly broko tho the breaking I waves Waver that dallied 20 o high h on the tho stern stem Hud and rock rick lid coast The he turl turkey c j II n c a lac lacking In HJ of or so- so I BO so characteristic of oC tho the I I day nt d birds a ot or feather around I i i K Sl r of and Indignation and and fluttered 1 Jo v n ii to tu feet Valiant ol- ol sol sol- picked d the time red stained red stained crumpled pile hie with a mm fh fleet Heeling ing Inward as ashe ashe I he ho realized he had taken a life 1 of at I v. v I f I o 7 j jo f n- n l fj J f 1 HL II l b- b t tI iII i I I n Zoot l fop I i But Ul as s ll Lime o a mai carryIng carry carry- Jn ing his luikey was about to 0 leave lea the P fiel field of or achievement he lie heard heul a sound that caused hl his ni hall hair to stand up UI on end and his blue blood to todo todo todo do an nn ancient j oit t som-t of or Merry Widow o waltz through his sensitive veins ii II n. A wll wild howl lOWI came camo to tv his Imis cars eais It was tas the thc dread drca war cry of or Old Kicked In tho in the enemy of or the Puritans and amid a much heap Indian Valiant clutched hits his tin turkey key under his arm arni hastily deposited his hat upon this thi toll lop of a 0 nearby hush bush as a n deco decoy aud and hot footed U tl for the stockade Yow Yow wow wo w- w oi i-oi-el The rhe cry was drawing nearer as 8 the theon o n owner 1 of ur the tue m voice followed fol- fol lowed Valiant's fleeting footsteps Valiant appreciated b by this tune time that lilt ils position was In a 0 certain wa way em em- Before he lie hall hail run an another another au- au other hundred lI f foot feet ct ho he beheld tho the Jovial Indians Indian's form in lii th the clearing elea behind him ilm Harder and harder ho ran hunch- hunch III lug ng the precious turkey turlie under his arm Dear old thc the pursued as only one can pursue whoso shoso mouth mouths Is s watering for turkey By Dy this time several sevea-al of ot the Puritan I Fathers Fathel's within the stockade had haJ b clI rou roused e from Crom their labors by the Noble oble He mans man's ou Throwing Th I w wide le open th the gat gates s the they rushed forth guns Kuns in ill hand to find hod out what the tho trouble trouble trou trou- ble wa was JUI With Hh lusty ringing cheer checri thIl th they y ur urged cd on tho panting Valiant Vallant In tn tw meantime I firing VI vigorously away I fit nt KIcked in In Iii chorus and ana I singly they tried to lend wings to their comra comrades es e's faltering sl st steps ps pg V bullet grazed raz the timo Indian uno and ami he straightway cease ceased his howls and amid turned back hack to tho time tall At last lust ga gasping plug au and exhausted good oo Valiant reached tIme the stockade ho tie was wa lifted aloft the shoulders I of oC hi his companions and homo within Kl KUel J rejoicing That Thanksgiving W wua ft fi- fi lc i one oneTo rie- rie ol t I Ii Iii To the tho enthusiast who celebrates Thanksgiving alla nowadays s 's a n la Ia football t there thore should be much of Interest t. t In Iii I the tir first t place the chasing of or Valiant I b the redskin was the origin of the American J game of or football There are ale some annie who claim that tho the American merll n Kamo 13 it time thc outgrowth of the English This is a n en sad mistake Again Kicked Kicked- the in originated orl the tho collage ge yelL yeL All the time time ho he viciously pursued the tho trembling Puritan ho ime kept up a series erlos of or rhyming runts grunts and veils sells which have o today degenerated into lute tho mere mero I rah rah Iah rah lah of ut the tho college collego student student- Furthermore Valiant secured the first pat patent for on the tho a ay to carry a Coot football ball while running wh when whon n he clutched the turkey so tightly under his arm POOl Pooi thc Kicked missed his tackle as many a good end ond docs does nowadays on the tho gridiron g The Tho Puritan Fathers standing on the sidelines sidelines side side- sidelines lines interfered with the tho other man and thus allowed Valiant lant to score a a. touchdown within tho the stockade jU just Juat t as happens now at even en tho time best of well regulated contests And last but by no moans means HI surprising tho victors cheered timid and nine and Valiant to tu the time echo and ben borr him him aloft on th their theli shoulders Valiant was th the original Inal football hero But there thero Is ono one more more point that clinches tho argument Did Old you over ever stop to think of the evolution e of oC tho the football i Clip tho the legs s wings winKs and head off oft of tho the average o turkey anti and you rou ou have o th the tho model for the present day pigskin ln I I Tn lurn When colleges an and universities first began to spring up all over the thc thirteen original I states their supporters thought over o tho the matter of the football game gamo as played b bv by Valiant an and started d to Improve c upon it it H. Thc They've e been Improving Im tin- proving pro it ever fH since They're The improving improving im pro ln proving it still Incidentally it also improves cs the thc possibilities of or the medica medical medi medi- ca cal 1 profession In those olden oldell days das the tho Idea of Thanksgiving seems to have havo been boon a acom com combination of ot Lenten nten service ervIce and coroners cor- cor oner's Ji I b lIt little litIe le place in l braUo n aa devoted to pra praye m- m r anil feasting tho the former being out of nil alt proportion to I the tho latter Papa Pupa Goodman got ot up at some unearthly hour hou of the morning and dressed himself In clothes pain pain- i i fUll fully plain and uncomfortable and opened the best parlor Mamma 11 Good Good- Goodman Goodman man attired herself lr in a garb of at somber appearance Andall And Andall Andall all of tho the little Goodmans were ole tortured ton tor ture Into high collars that chafed charod the tho nock neck and blouses that pinched arid and squeezed ed p I Irn rn In n th I hi- hi IThen I Then they all packed oft off to church Elder Meekly preached the sermon sermon- not a A ti sermon of ot the tho present da day o ot of 20 0 minutes minutes' duration but a lon long ex exhaustive ox- ox somber discourse Many a a little Sho shaver I in who whoso whose e breast the lovo ot- ot ota of-a a wild wid wild tight on tho the football Iel field would have burned had be he lived ed 1 nowadays s 's had hul to be bp repeatedly and pinched to be bo kept av awake The day was as Intended ad as ono one of or thanks for tor the mercies of oC the P past t year car and was strictly observed as such sueh Church and arid prayer an and worship seemed tho the most fitting way to celebrate It I was wal need mood a a. serious day a solemn celebration then tion lon and yet one of or great groat jO joy to all I the Pilgrim Fathers Father More Moro than all al L else it I was the day a of or all al days dRYS forthe for tor the tho fa family 1 I Not ot oven OHm at Christmas I were cle the tho Puritan families so close cloe In Inspirit mi L spirit and love lo c. an as A at Th Thanksgiving Amusements such s s tho those thone c of tho the present present pres pres- ent day da wore were undreamed of An n occasional oc oe oc- oc c elon l hunt hunt and and for tor the lie n need n-ed n ed of the tho game n not t the sport of it It- It was it-was was as the tho solo solE relaxation In th the Day There here is a vast difference tod today The Thc modern de descendant cen alt of ci 01 the i Fathers arises late late attires himself ina in it ina 1 a sleek frock coat COit and goes groes to church m with Hh his wife wie where here a comfortable sermon ser mon on crops is hea heard Ho Ie looks aslant asIan L at the four tour corners of ot the church to tc locate hl hIs hit neighbors and then therm settles sette uncomfortably back in his pc pew until i ithe the clo close clone o of ot the service Afterwards I ho oeD homo home to n R table groaning beneath benrith be be- n neath a 0 huge turkey and amid all ni sorts sort of or indigestible trimmings Arising from rom I the time timble af after r his hie two hours hour houri gorge gorge- he bites biter tho the end ond ort oft a a. thick black cigar retires to his hla library with a n few rew papers hea heaves several tc cral sl sighs hl of ot gratitude that thai he lie di didn't nt cat eat an any moro more than he did and begins hegins conscientiously to read th the Presidents President's Thanksgiving hanl proclamation After Ater wading half way yay through It It lie le turns to the time sport pa page e where Is given In black type the dope on tho the weight hair teeth and previous lous con condition condition condi condi- l- l tion ton of servitude of ot the giants shaven i arid and unshaven unshaken of the time two two- twO local football teams read ready for tho the afternoons afternoon's tra fray lie He Ie tn finds s that both coaches aro conf confident ent of ot victory though each of or them has haa several sc |