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Show PROCLAMATION INVOLVES WORK B It linn been cu-'omnr.v in recent B years fur (lip ''t-i'i anient ti iitnle In 1 I, draft cncli Thanksgiving proclaimi H ' After Hip draft tins horn O. K.'d by H the ('resident It l bunded to tho State B department's expert penman, wlio In BBV IiIk coppcr-phile thlrogrnphy writes It B upon n lnrgi sheet of excellent parch B ' r imnt, which la gent to tlio President B v, for IiIh signature, nnd then returned B to tlic ijinlc department to be signed B 1.v tlio Fecrelnry of state. Next It B must be Impicssed with the great sen) B of tln United States, whoso custodlnn B mIII refuse to plncQ It even upon so B Imporlnnt n document unless nuthor- B I zed to do so by n formnl warrant B tdgncd by t lie President, for tlio use B of tlio great seal or tlio possession of B nn Impression tborenf without tlio B' Chief Incentive's written nutborlty Is B n grave offense, punlslinblo by law. B Indeed, tlio grent senl which wns B ' inndc by n Jeweler nt n cost of $10,000 B ' ' nnd which Ih kept locked In n grent B rosewood en he Is the most Miered In- BBB Etruuient used by the government. B Hnvlng find ibis bnllnwed clpber of BBB the republic pressed Into It, tlio now B ( Tl iitiksglvlng proilnmutlon Is filed B nunv In Die State department H an hires. Inter to be bound In Its B I clirnnologlcul order, with oilier nccu- B mutated proclamations. B Uncle Sam lakes nil of these tech- i meal pains merely to relnln tlio hnnil- m , srnncly written proclamation ns bis B I own souvenir. Hut before the Instru- B tnent has been tiled away n typewrit BBI ten copy Is sent to the Stale depart- B ruent's ofllclal printer, who lias a shop B of Ms own In the bnsemenl of our for- B ( ''in ofllee. Ills printed copies nre B given lo tlio newspapers or to nnjooc BBb who wishes. BBB Each of the stntc governors must BBB also be sent nn exnel ropy, hut tlio de- BBB pnrlniPiit'H strict code of etiquette do- BBB iiiiiihIh Hint thcse tuples must not be H printed. They nre t pew rill en nnd BBB signed by the President's nml secre- BBB tnr, of state's own bunds. Kneli gov. BBS rrnnr then seconds this move of the H ( I'rrddi in In iiipolntlng the minimi B feast day of thank ami ptnjer anil, B j In Ibelr tin n. the mayors of cities now B j genenilly mtiiihI Hie move of their BBB goeriior. liy kik.1i Indirect mentis BBB does the prompting of the nation's BBB thanks tlirurtllciilly teiuli the people BBB ihn ncttiiillv ic(che It directly fniiii BB the President lilmelf Ibrougli Hint BBB ellmliiiiKir ir red-tape delays the B I dally newspaper. In some localities B 4 Ibo bishops rerele Hie piiM-liimiitlon BB from the gmei-mits nml Imiid It down H bi elmilnr f.inu In the lover elergv. BB " lend It from their nlp:ts upnti BBB. tl.e r.iMn:;, fo'luvi lug lis Is-mimco. In BB parts or New Ciiglnnil It Ik Mill ilie BBj eiistom to i-eud (he pnielniiiiil'iin trom BBT (he pulpll on two successive Sundays. BBI Tlict-e lii.'lnlte pn'us are mien, do- fl i Milte the fact that there Is nothing In B j' 'be fisleiul statute authorizing n Pros- BB Ident to set npmt such n holy daj. BB Hut the prochiiiiiitlnps make the hol'l-BBJ |