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Show ' IS BEBHIHAN6E Oldtlmer Talks of Past Thanksgiving Thanks-giving Days. riilnks Religious Character of Celebration Cele-bration i t So C;n:rally Dwelt On aa It Was Grandma's Pies. "Tl . nkRglvIn; won titer niny lie tl sumo us 't nl 1 hits been," said tl i gray-lmlreil .vrn-ng.lnokliig ninn. "M own rccolleeili, . Is that I timed to i: skntlng nlmosi .'ry year on that dn; hut the ucnlli iMiieiitt IntlstM Ih. : (he climate In. n it chnuged tiiui ! don't dispute I) point. "Hut one thin,. . m ure of Thank-giving Thank-giving day Is m ctivrnlly celchmtel now ns It used he when I w n hoy. For one I ie. I don't believe ninny people ha f.imlly pro) or on tliut day, or nnj ither, for th.it mat-tcr, mat-tcr, but GO yeni ago It was n very Irreligious family .udoctl who did not "IM MlJllllflwwtKtHMMMHSJSHu Like Grandma Uced to Make. hold n speclnl Thanksgiving service of that kind. "Thanksgiving meals were things to remember. Those wero the 'good old days when doughnuts were made ns big as bricks, nnd 'twas not thought iiecebsnry to eat as many as six,' but tha doughnut came between mcnls, nnd on Thanksgiving day they wero not greatly In demand. "For breakfast we alway had chicken with many 'flxliis' nnd pancakes pan-cakes and bweet elder for dessert. It was n meal for all day, but not long 'nfter noon c nil gathered for the feast, and It was n small family that did not muster ut least twenty strong. We all went home to grnndpn's, tho h I one of us. Commonly every living liicmber of four geueintlous would bo I together for that day, no matter how mm tiered their homes might he. "Afler dinner thero'd be enough outdoor out-door sport to raise an appetite for six o'clock supper, and afler supper Indoor In-door games among tho young people till bedtime, but even the oldest were drugged Into tho games until they were theil out. "There may ho families that keep up the old customs even yet, but I , wouldn't know where to look for them. Keu If I did, 1 don't suppose I'd be nble to get any of the mince und pump-Kin pump-Kin pies. And if I should get any of them they wouldn't bo such ns grand-mu grand-mu used to make." |