Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1920 — WITH THE DAY’S WORK DONE [ARTICLE]

WITH THE DAY’S WORK DONE

Thanksgiving Day May Be Likened to the Beginning of a Long and Pleasant Evening. As each Thanksgiving day approaches It becomes more and more apparent to those who are in the habit of meditating upon affairs in general that the spirit of the occasion la one to Inspire individual sensation, and that expression of that sensation falls short of the mark. There Is in the Thanksgiving season a sort of benign pause to the energies of the year, a' subconsciousness of filled granaries and of hay packed In the barn loft, the cattle crunching In the stalls, and the drapery of the trees laid by for the approaching winter. It is the twilight of the year; the chores are done- and the men folks come stamping at the doorstep. The dinner Is steaming on the table and soon, the food eaten, we will settle down for the long evening. It has been a big day. The men folks have finished a mighty harvest In Europe and come. home. We give thanks for those that come home because they are the living symbols of the nation’s courage; and for those that will not come again save in the spirit, for they have been transfigured In the flame of the great conflict. And there will be our thanks for the stout hearts of American mothers who bore in silence and fortitude the burdens of their agonies ; for these are the symbols of the nation’s devotion to pure Ideals.