Show GIVE THANKS FOR I 1 GOODLY TURKEY we well I 1 remember that old HOW thanksgiving dinner 1 father at one end and mother at the other end the children between and wondering if father ever will get done carving the turkey the day before at school we had learned that greece was south of turkey but on the table we found that turkey was bounded by grease the th brown surface waited for the fork to plunge astride the breastbone and with knife sharpened on the lambs of the fireplace lay bare the folds of white meat give to the disposed to be sentimental the heart give to the one disposed to music the drumstick give to the one disposed to theological discussion the parsons nose then the pies I 1 for the most part a lost art what mince pies in which you had all confidence fashioned from all rich ingredients instead of miscellaneous leavings which are only short of glorified hash I 1 not mince pies with profound mysteries of origin but mother made them and laid th the e lower crust and the upper crust wit with h here and there a puncture by the fork to let you look through the light and flaky surface into the substance beneath r dewitt talmage D D |