Show not all americans look on day of thanksgiving V 0 with the pessimistic eyes of will carleton will carleton in his verses on cap tain youngs thanksgiving says thanksgiving day I 1 tear fear if one the solemn truth must touch I 1 Is celebrated not go 0 o much to thank the lord for or blessing a oer 0 or As for or the make 0 of getting more mor it Is the feast lve day on which little willie on uncaring the end of a bountiful meal will sigh ive pretty near reached my bust measure anil ana dad will again wonder why thanksgiving day follow christmas so lie he CM can be thankful that both purse purge bending days are over it Is also a ISO the season la in which dogs and cats beat bea t LL a tattoo on drumsticks drum sticks with their teeth truly a man is old when he begins to tear fear mince p pie ie what this world i needs Is for some one to devise a plan whereby the bone of contention can calk he be utilized like the thanksgiving turkey for making hash and sour soup but tafts ever thus these big thanksgiving meals indeed some years ago ag 1 the he thanksgiving menu of which deorge washington partook at mount vernon consisted coll aisted of conceit 0 of fresh fruit oyster soup S u p mrs john Mars hairn r n recipe procip black blacic I 1 eye peas and virginia ham knuckles added roast turkey stuffed with wild rice pulverized boiled chestnuts cheat nuta artichokes artichoke tru truffles fles illes chicken livers and toasted broad bread crumbs flavored with rosemary sage sacs and mother ot of thyme larded with virginia ham fat at and basted with madeira wine served with sauce fresh cauliflower and candled candied sweet potatoes old virginia mince pie served in flames new orleans old french market co cottee ff so emin I 1 those were the good old days but observes the providence bulletin the special blessings tor for the sake or 0 which children and some adult P persons celebrate thanksgiving day are transitory I 1 at bost best they center round the he dinner table groaning with g bood t things but even it will carl carleton ton thinks that most of us regard such matters as these more se seriously th than an I 1 the oner liner and nobler deac teachings h or of I 1 ib the day surely many of us grace the occasion with the spirit of gratitude for our blessings and endeavor to spread this spirit by providing tor for the comfort and happiness ot of some less fortunate household than ours at this one festival of the year it Is a familiar law of nature that the more we give the more we have bave this may not be true of material possessions but it Is certainly true of the things of the spirit it if we increase increate the sum total of others happiness app noss w we increase our own anyhow heres hoping you get tle the long end of the wish bo bonel er magazine |