Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1912 — Page 2

Around Thanksgiving Time

by MARGARET E. SANGSTER

HE household year, like the 01 year of the nation, has its BO red-letter days and its joy|U > ous anniversaries. Around Thanksgiving the sweetest associations of the home and the tenderest memoA ries of the nation meet If V\ and cluster. Do you ever stop to think how new this country Is? Should you go* to Rome you would find more old walls and monuments and buildings that have been standing for centuries, and still testify to the past splendor of the once imperial city. Crossing the Atlantic and setting foot on the shores of England, the' past greets you on every hand.. You are immediately made aware that our friends across the watery are living among old traditions, while in their ceremonials, as when a king was crowned with his queen at his side, they are keeping up the customs and recalling the grandeur that have been theirs for a thousand years. Over here, in comparison with other nations on the globs, we are still in our childhood and can hardly be said to have more than reached the beginning of our maturity. Yet we have eight million people, and we jostle when we walk on the street people who have sought us from the far east, from the islands of the ocean, from northern and southern Europe, and, indeed, from everywhere beneath the sun. To my mind there is something wonderful and significant and heartstirring in the thought that a man of our choice in Washington in the White House presides as our chief executive over our vast territory and our mighty mass of citizens. He sends out word in November, and lo! the whole commonwealth listens and obeys. By one consent Americans, native-born and adopted into our ranks from abroad, cease from business, observe a holiday and thank God on the last Thursday of November. Everyone does not go to church, but the churches are open. There are services, there is exquisite music and eloquent sermons are preached, and the nation is thus uplifted to a higher plane, and there is an obvious reminder that we owe thanks to our Creator and praise to our Father in heaven.

Another charming feature of this peculiarly popular and wholly American holiday is the assembling of families around the Thanksgiving dinner table. Again look back, not over a thousand years, but over very nearly three hundred, and you will see how significant ' was the origin of this annual Jubilee. In 1621 Governor Bradford of Massachusetts issued a proclamation to the little colony setting apart a day of Thanksgiving fbr the first in-gathering harvests. Should you ever go to Plymouth, Mass., and stroll through the old graveyard there, tears would spring to your eyes even now when you saw by th 6 records on the stones that Death was very busy In reaping the first harvest of life in New England. These hardy pioneers who came to our bleak Atlantic coast that they might have freedom to worship God as they chose, were made of stuff too strong to be daunted by Illness, want, famine or death. The attacks of hostile Indians in the night did not turn them from their purpose of settling in the new country, and women and men alike were heroic in their scorn of peril and their determination to snatch success from apparent defeat The first harvest was scanty, but they assembled in church and thanked God for it, and in theft homes they sat down to the best dinner they could provide. The wild turkey furnished the meat for the feast This

KEEPING DOWN HUMAN SUPPLY

For some time the doctors have been skirmishing about the idea of creating life artificially. Life remarks. The latest reports from Europe indicate that this is now an assured fact and the manufacture of life will doubtless soon be placed upon a commercial basis. We cannot but regard this as a great calamity. The tariff, the increase in gold and many other causes

American bird is always the piece de resistance at a Thanksgiving dinner 4 The domestic bird retains some traits of primitive wildness and, aB every farmer’s wife knows, Is prone t© wander away, and travels, by preference, In a flock. Still looking back, we discover that after li2l other colonies followed the example of Massachusetts. After the Revolution the governors of various sta' -1 Issued proclamations as Governor Bradford had done. But it was not until 1863 that the day became ba-~ tional. It was then that the president proclaimed a general thanksgiving, and this good custom has been followed until the present year. The old homestead Is the rallying Tlace for itß sons and daughters, If they have been scattered far afield in pursuit of business or pleasure. They make an effort to return to the loved ones there and no triumph of a Parisian chef or art of the finest cookery has quite the taste of mother’s pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving dinners may be eaten In hotels and boarding houses and on shipboard by enthusiastic Americans, and in city homes where cousins, aunts and uncles shake hands and sit together at the meal, but they are best when they are given beneath the roof where once the children played. In comparison with that first harvest and that first Thanksgiving, let ua glance, shall we say, at the markets of America in 1911, Fruits have been gathered from the orchards of Oregon, Michigan, California, Connecticut, Florida, and from too many localities and states for enumeration here. Think of the peaches, grapes, apples, plums, cherries, pears, oranges and bananas that the great country produces. We are learning how to assist nature by scientific processes in farming so that annually our orchards and vlneyartis are Competing with our mines of coal, silver and

Home Influence Upon Child

Thought From Jane Addams Which Demonstrates Its Lasting Effect Is Worth Consideration. A mother croons an old-time song as she toils. A father speaks kindly as home from work he crosses the threshold which leads to wife and rest from labor. The child —the stepping stone between mother and father, the connecting link —hears both song and gentle word. The father, still toil stained, whether he comes from field or shop, stoops to kiss the mother, also toil stained. He speaks softly, mayhap: “Howdy, sweetheart; glad to be home again." She turns a Bweat-marked face up to his, in farmhouse or tenement, and answers: “I’m glad to have you home." Of all this the child is the witness. Things of the world are yet new and strange to it Mysteries still confront it. Guiding stars it is searching for, and 10, in the very greetings of mother and father, in their own loving attitude toward each other, this undeveloped life finds a star. Such is the Influence of environment of two personalities —that of father and mother —upon the questioning child, blood of their blood and

have been assigned. The real cause, however, is that there are too many people. There Is an overproduction in human beings. Until we can cut this down we shall be Increasingly efnbarrassed by the cost of living. Instead of adding to the possibility of creating life, therefore, we should seek soml means to curtail it. Besides, everybody that *'* is born now wants to be of some consequence.

copper as sources of wealth. Our grains, wheat, oats, rye, rice and Indian corn yield us enough to feed our own people and replenish the exhaustion of other lands. When the crops are abundant there Is rejoicing from coast to coast. The farmers have many things to with. Sometimes there is a plague of grasshoppers or of locusts, sometimes there is drought, and again there are floods, but, on the whole, from year’s end to gear’s end, the soil gives back In Divine multiplication the seed which the human hand has sown. We cannot sit down at the simplest Thanksgiving dinner without seeing upon«it contributions from every section of our big republic. As women and girls are the true homemakers, it is well fbr them to take a sincere and intelligent interest in the affairs of their country. Men seldom rise higher in goodness, frankness and patriotism than the women whose Influence over them tends to purity, bravery and truth. We ought to care about the politics of our country. When we thank God for peace, wo ought to be additionally grateful that the menace of war has been swept out of sight by the wise leadership in our councils of state. When we thank God for schools and for freedom of speech and an untrammeled press and good books that are as plentiful as autumn leaves, we should again remind ourselves and the children around us that we owe these tokens of advanced civilization to our republican government and to the goodness and guardian care of Jehovah, who haß given us “dominion over palm and pine.” Another word may be in order. Why should We compress our Thanksgiving into one day? Why not-be thankful all the time little things as for the great ones, and most of all for the dear ones of hearth and home?

flesh of their flesh. How powerful, how everlasting, when between mother and father, patience, self-considera-tion, forbearance and forgiving are always kept uppermost in the mind! If, on the other hand, the child must see in daily home life impatience, selfishness; hear hasty or angry words, from those whom it knows long before It understands the law of city, county, state, or nation, what contempt must naturally grow in fts heart for those things that make for the best of life — law and order, gentleness of speech, regard and love for others, trustfulness and hopefulness. The personal home environment of a child has mucfr to do with its future state of mind as to respect for work, law and humanity.

Advice to Alpine Climbers.

In the earlier part of the nineteenth century many even of those who had been up Alpine peaks themselves denounced the Bport. Regarding the ascent of Mount Blanc, Murray's Handbook in the year 1838 stated that “all who have succeeded have advised no one to attempt it,” and nearly 20 years later noted! the “remarkable Tact that a large proportion of those who have made this ascent have been persons of unsound mind."

Every man would be king and every woman queen. Unless we can keep down the total supply of human beings there is trouble ahead

Wearing Out His Thatch.

“I notire that the gentleman wbo is now walking on his head for our edification is slightly bald.” “No wonder. Walking on one’s head must be more discouraging to the growth of hair than air the dandruff microbes In extstenoa”

REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

The biggest gamble in life is being born. . *• The best way to make excuses is not to. «u> A woman gets her education teaching men to teach her. A woman can make her hair curt even when she hasn’t any. If a man can’t get rid of his money any other way he can many. A millionaire isn’t as afraid of burglars as he is of poor relations. -s. __ The only thing that can travel faster than open news Is a close secret. There is more* money in thinking over investments than in making them. No matter how much money a man’s family need, they could need more if he had it. * The more brains a woman has the more her husband thinks he taught them to her. w - What seems to make parentß *have eight children is not to be able to support four. It’s the way of a woman to be able to, keep cool in a set of furs and warm in a pearl necklace. When a man is too chivalrous to quarref with a woman it’s a sign he wouldn’t if she was his wife. A woman who has been out to an evening reception, undresesd, has to dress all up, when she gets home, to go to bed. .

When a woman’s husband loses his Job she knows it’s because the head of the firm was jealous of his great business ability.—New York Press.

SAID ABOUT WOMEN.

The egotism of woman Is always for two.—Mme. de Stael. Woman’s work, grave sirs, is never done.—Lawrence Eusden. Wrinkles disfigure a woman less than ill nature.—Antoine Dupuy. What is civilization? I fcswer, the power of good women.—Ralph Waldo Emerson. One of the sweetest pleasures of a woman Is to cause regret.—Paul Chevalier. Man without woman Is head without body; woman without man Is body without head.—German proverb. A man must be a fool who does" not succeed in making a woman believe that which flatters her.—Honore de Balzac. The woman who Is resolved to be respected can make herself to be so, even amidst an army of soldiers. — Miguel de Cervantes. He’s a fool who thinks by force or - Skin ...... „v To turn the current of a woman’s will. —William Tuke.

THOUGHTS AND FACTS

Swimming and chess are taught In the public schools of Sweden. Success is uncertain, but there’s never any doubt about failure. "Coke Joints" in New York afford a cocaine debauch for a quarter. / It is said that they who make breakfast their chief m§al live longest A big man doesn’t have anything Uke as many opportunities to fight as a little one. Where the wife Is the "better half," the husband is apt to be the “submerged tenth." If the Lusitania Is an ocean greyhound, Is Vedrlnes’ record-breaking monoplane a sky terrier? T. R. says a baby carriage Is a finer thing than a motor car. Strange how the prices of limousines still keep up! Downing street, the home of the English government, is named after George Downing, an American and a graduate of Harvard.

DAILY MOTTOES

You’ll see fewer wrinkles if you live systematically and do not spend your day in aimless rushing about that gets you nowhere. Insomnia Is foe. Half the sleeplesness of women is due to overstrained nerves; the other half to needless worry. Bright eyes, fresh skin, good features and good clothes avail nothing against an embittered spirit and a warped view of living. You will enjoy looking at yourself more If you live the outdoor life as much as you can. Fresh air and vigorous movement keep the blood circulating and the eyes bright

FRIVOLITIES

FURS IN COMBINATION BUCH 18 FASHION’S ORDER FOR THE COMING WINTER. Season Will Be Costly One for the Woman Who Must Be Strictly Up-to-Date —Ermine and Moleskin Have the Choice. “Wider muffs, broader scarfs, fuller cloaks and a profusion of fur trimmings on hats, gowns and all wraps.’’ So says Dame Fashion when milady quizzed her about her new furs. This news, taken in connection with the fact that prices of pelts of almost every sort are soaring, makes one fairly gasp at the amount of money fashion-" 1 able women are forced to spend on their winter furs. Next to the increased size of fur pieces this season, the most striking thing about the new fur creations is the combinations. There are almost no coats made of one tur throughout. Coats of seal have beaver, fox or sable collars, and coats of pony have seal

Opera wraji of brocaded wool, with the fashionable low armhole and a noval way of fastening the collar. or sable collars, and the newest muffs and scarfs are made of two contrasting furs. In fact, any combination of furs Is the thing this year. There are, however, exceptions to this rule, and several women of fashion have ordered costly all-ermine coats for evening wear this winter. These ermine coats, by the way, while being anything but bulky, are wonderfully full, and can be fairly wound about the figure. They are masterpieces of the furrier’s skill, but it costs no less than twenty-five hun-

ORNAMENTS FOR THE CLOAK

Imitation Roses of Daintily Woven Silk Threads Are the Most Popular Just Now. Have you mastered the art of daintily twisting and gathering soft silk until one lookß with wonder on what seems a perfect rose? Then you can make a thoroughly desirable garniture for your newest evening wrap. Let it be of whatever hue you consider most becoming, but make for its bedecking either one very large or two more moderately sized silken roses, pompon fashion. They can either be double or of that semi-double type which reveals a heart of gold, says the New York Herald, and they are used to define the gracefully draped, fold which conceals the fastening together of the two sides directly in front As if slightly gathered up with the finger tips, each of the loose coat fronts should be caught with one of the roses, and the outer petals, half crushing together, cover the real fastening which catches the coat fronts securely in place.

MAKE DOUBLE PHOTO FRAME

Article Always in Demand Either for the Home or for Sale When , Bazar Is in Order. ». Photograph frames may be reckoned among those things of which It is almost impossible to possess too many, and they are also very salable artlpl s to make for bazars. We give, therefore, a sketch of a dainty little frame of a very pretty, simple and effective Shape. It can be made in

dred dollars to own one of these new ermine wraps. It may be said, howevery, to the comfort of those who bought fur coats last season or the season before, that there is very lit£le radical change in the cut of the more serviceable fur coats this season, and that, except for the addition of a contrasting collar, your caracul, seal or pony coat of last season will need no alterations whatever. Ermine will be very fashionable this year, especially in combination moleskin and various black furs. Ermine and moleskin are considered the most suitable evening furs, although, of course, sable —known also as zibeline—ls always appropriate at any time. Moleskin, although some authorities say its day has passed, is so graceful and pliable that it will still hold Its own. Natural color caracul is another one of the season’s fancies. A beautiful muff recently displayed in a Fifth avenue window was of black fox, banded on the edge and through the middle with natural color caracul. With black fur this caracul in its natural hue Is exceedingly effective. The furs used for mourning are preeminently lynx, with broad-tall and monkey next in favor. Although none of the furs of a brownish hue are considered suitable for mourning, moleskin is considered most appropriate for half mourning this year. The most fitting furs for children are squirrel and beaver, the more expensive furs being considered hardly In good form for the youngsters. Aside from the usual, sale of fur muffs, collars of various descriptions, there will be an enormous amount of fur trimming used this year. Most of the diaphanous evening gowns will have fur trimming, and the exquisite evening wraps, of brilliant brocaded silks and chiffons, are frequently edged with sable or ermine. Milliners, too, never made better use of fur. The season’s hats sometimes show two furs charmingly combined. Small fur • bags, to match coat or muff, are to be used this year. Most of the bags are envelope shape, with fur handles and wide flaps, fastened with a pearl clasp. Some of the bags have metal mountings and long silk cord handles.

Pretty Window Curtains.

For the home "Where guests are always arriving and departing there is nothing quite so nice for the windows as white cotton crepe. This can' be simply hemmed or trimmed with ball fringe. For the dressers, and bureaus covers of fleece lined pique will be found very satisfactory. This can be cut into the required Bizes and the edges buttonholed in scallops. Two sets of curtains and covers should be kept on hand, one in use and a clean one besides. In this way there is always a fresh set awaiting the Incoming guest \

Lace Rounded.

When lace Is added to a round doily, this may be a help, says the Ladies' Home Journal: Measure the exact quantity of lace needed, match the pattern and Join the edges. Double the lace and roll it end to end; then wrap the straight or inside edge tightly with a cord to half the width of the lace. Dip the cord end in water to shrink it. Lay it aside until dry, then remove the cord and unroll. The lace will be circular and may easily be sewed to the doily. • |

any size to suit requirements, and for the foundation a piece of stout cardboard is used, cut out in the shape indicated in the sketch, and two circular spaces cut away for the portraits. Swansdown, flannelette (or any kind of thick fleecy material) should be pasted on that side of the board which is to form the front of the frame, and over this pale pink silk is placed, on which the floral designs shown has been worked. The silk should be fastened on by stretch-

ing it tightly across and bending it over the edges, and securing it at the back with some strong adhesive. The floral design is clearly shown, and can be easily worked from out sketch, and merely of leaves embroidered in silks in various shades of green. At the upper edge of the frame two small brass rings are sewn on, by which it may be suspended from nails in the wall. The photographs can be fastened in their places with pieces of glass arranged in front of them, with paper pasted across the back.

Chgrming Hat.

„ One of the most charming of autumn hats is a swathed toque of white velvet, with black paradise waving from its top.