Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 59, Number 13, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 December 1916 — Page 3

Tbc Editor's Thanksgfring

THE GLORIOUS PUMPKIN

What's that? You bt rxiLttewKful; donU you set this two-bit smile? Why, things for mo look brighter than they . have for quit a while. Of course, It peeved me when my print got stewed and broke the press

And pied the forms, but I can get things straightened up, 1 guess. That libel suit nigh got my goat; bui why should I repine? I haven't got a cent, and so they can't collect the fine: And then my wife a-ltavlng me that gave me quite a jar. But I am glad that things ain't any worse than what they are. My mort?-ere will fall due next month, but 1 don" vs nor fret; They ' 1 sell me out, but then they hav , it yet; And ed seven times today, you'll ne me squeak; I,m s .live and put the little dope sheet oi jh week. These ginks who always kick and squeal, they ought to have a nurse,

I've hit some rocky roads myself, but then

they could be worse;

And so I still retain my poise and wear my

two-bit smile,

And things to me look brighter than they

have for quite a while. Earl H. Emmons in the Publishing Field,

CHOLLY'S BAD ERROR

ANTICIPATION

Cholly was to spend Thanksgiving with the old folks, and thought it would be

OLD AND

But More Especially for the Old Is the Season of Thanksgiving.

Queen of the holiday pastries; the pumpkin pie proudly occupies the place of honor. At this season of the year at least French pastry withdraws modestly in favor of the purely American viand; nor is the bulwark of British Christmases the mince pie considered especially in keeping for Thanksgiving.

N NEW England the saying is "Christinas to the young, Thanksgiving to the old." The saying, like most bits of

BLESSED

ABOVE ALL

folk lore, says the Delineator, has its g . , Reasons Why Americans roots in a -common fact of living. Youth

Should Be Grateful to uoa This Year.

does not tend toward gratitude. It does not tend toward introspection. It does not tend toward a sense of proportion. And it is these tendencies that must unite to make the thankful heart. Not that young people do not love Thanksgiving. They do. And country children love it more than city children, and children of servantless families love it more than those of the well-to-do. The reason is obvious. Thanksgiving day to a child is a feast day, and half the joy of a feast is in its preparation. What simply reared, country bred grown-up would give up the memory of Thanksgiving day at home, for all the present comfort of a French cook

and an elaborate menage?

TP CUSTOM had not dictated nor time hallowed the setting aside of a day for a national recognition of Divine blessings, the situation

in the world today would of itself have instinctively brought about the sentiments in the hearts of Americans suited to the spjrit of thankfulness. Yet there is no occasion to resort to the elements of contrast afforded by the pictures presented here and in other countries at this time. Our people are determined to assert the nation's rights as operative at all times,

or duck.

The turkey was chosen anxiously, while mother poked its breastbone, fntheir commented on the length and color of the pinfeathers. The. afternoon before Thanksgiving school always "let out" early, in time for brother to lly into the kltchui and singe the turkey and for sister to break up the bread crusts carefully saved for weeks. Mother stuffed the turkey. Sister threaded the darning needle that sowed in the stulling, brother carried the bird to the cellar to await tomorrow's oven. Then (hero were the first cranbor-

lv.i. take cogur Thanksgiving day was always cold ejS0Wner0t and cloudy, and about mid-aftornoon, Itis wjsij, when one had reached the state of

Nice to take along a nice big turkey for them. But. by gollles! Turkeys is expenBive this season as

It's awful bliss To think of this The day we all set down And eat, and eat, And eat, and eat That turkey good and brown! Sunday Magazine of the Philadelphia Record.

IllUSESJOBTHAIS

Season Is a Time for AH to Re

member the Blessings of the Year.

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turkey. A turkey was no ordinary, cestors who feared God, bu had scant every Sunday in the winter bird in respect for persons or nations when those days. Turkey twice a year was tse tered the principles of liberty the rule, on Thanksgiving day and for which they were unyieldingly set Christmas; on New Year's day, goose ia fe"se- fl t P

it is ueyonu auu uuusiuu vj. tu ucm of contrast that tlie country bows today in acknowledgment of a Providence that has preserved it from the

ravages of war and given it to partake richly of every form of prosperity for which a people might justly yearn. The crops arev. excellent. Labor in practically every field of endeavor is giving employment to the many. The distribution of material wealth is thus being effected in such manner that plenty abounds, und no table so poor that it cannot present evidences of good cheer on this festive occasion. Mingled, nevertheless, with the con-

ffmismoK of our own hnonv state

ries of the season, the first nuts, the must hQ ÜXQ sol)erlng soiltilllOIltS tllilt first pumpkin pies. . , nntrnWunot of fur other conditions

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For the war-worn nations

shod that thev may soon find

whon one had reached the state of jm hononiblo way buck t0 pormanent coma from overeating, it began to ponce As thosc sentlments take form S110W- and logical order in our own minds, Mother always asked a schoolteacher they CIwinnot but suggest our own ret;o dinmMv and always some bachelor Sp0nSibUities, present and future. And Of the neighborhood. And always some muong those the necessity of being pre-

dear neighbor or menu, or once, granu- ?)urcd t0 nssert und defend the priuel-

monier, ana once, utile sister, nan cuea during the year, and one noticed it more than ever at the Thanksgiving dinner.

After dinner all the women folks and the girls gathered in the kitchen to wash dishes, and the men folks and the boys went out to look at the stock. It is for memories like these that older people are thankful, for those and pUier blessings. For the simple, homely facts of living; for the opportunity to serve with hand and mind those that we love; for happy yesterdays spent with those who loved us and are gone; for strength to see and hear and think and work, and for an occasional bit of leisure in which to dream ; these make our older Thanksgiving day.

Tou probably know, if you have a fam

bly-so our hero thought of a bright idea:

ho would shoot a wild turk . ,

pies for which we stand and to the preservation of which thus far In our political history we are. under the goodness of God, indebted for our present peace and prosperity, must have its recognized place.

THANKSGIVING LUCK

A Prayer. For the sense of internationalism possessing so many thoughtful minds, for the realization that no nation llveth for or uy itself, for the vision of a federated world in all parts of which there shall be substituted for the mailed fist the hand of a brother, let

us give thanks. For God "our help In ages past, our hope for years to come," for Jesus Christ, the pivot of human history, the sure and sufficient revelation of the Father, forever the Master and the Savior of mankind, let us give thanks.

Come all ye faithful people, enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise. Be thankful unto htm and bless his name, for Jehovah is a great God and his loving kiudness endureth forever. Exchange.

And tako it proudly to his pa and ma. Cholly didn't know bens

"The folks at the house yonder couldn't eat this Thanksgiving turk, so they gave it to me. Luck, ain't it?" "Xos; pretty tough luck, pard!"

December is the wheat oath in New South Wales.

harvest

True Spirit of the Festival. In recent years there has been a broadening conception of the spirit of Thanksgiving day. Besides acknowledging God's manifold blessings according to religious formulas, the true spirit of the festival will manifest itself in deeds of benevolence. The poor will be remembered and the needs of humane Institutions will be supplied.

Fair Harvest. The soed that once in sorrow We cast into tho ground. On this fair harvest morrow In joy and strength is found. That which men deemed had perished The unkindly soil beneath Hath sprung, in secret cherished, With tenfold life from death.

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HAT does Thanksgiving mean

you? Does it mean only day ,of special feasting?

Does It bring to you only the

pleasure of rich foods and elaborate meals? Or do you remember in the

midst of feasting that it is a day for giving thanks? We should all take

the time from this day, filled with pleasures, to look back over the past year and remember all the blessings

for which we have to be thankful.

No macter how much sorrow and

trouble may have to come to us in

the past 12 months, there have been

many blessings as well if we will stop to consider them. Perhaps at the time of trouble we were blinded to the blessings, but now, if we look back with clearer judgment, we can see that they were there all the time, sometimes blessings in disguise, but blessings none the less. We can surely afford to spare from this whole day of pleasure a couple of hebrs for silent retrospection and appreciation. Let us each slip away from the crowd for just a small part of the day and give ourselves up to a mental review of the past year, with a special eye to the benefits we have received. It will come as a surprise to many to see how many the blessings have been and how comparatively few the misfortunes.

There is first of all, health. Those who have sound health never stop to

be grateful for it, it seems so much

a part of them. And yet were these healthy ones laid on a sick hed for

months nt n time they would soon

realize how much of a blessing health

really is. The chronic invalids In their

beds and wheeled chairs appreciate to the full tho blessings of good health.

Let those of us, then, who are well

and strong be thankful for our health.

Then there is love. Those of us who have the devoted love of a mother or father, of a sister or brother, of a child or a husband, will do well to send up an extra pean of thanksgiving for the blessing of this love. Only too often, the only ones who ( appreciate the full blessing of love ' are those who have lost all earthly ties. If the family circle about the festive hoard is unbroken is not that a reason for full rejoicing? When so many fathers, husbands, brothers and

sons are falling on every side in Europe's inhuman war we should give thanks with all our hearts that our own dear ones go unharmed. So each of us will find, If we search our minds, that we have many blessings to be thankful for. It is only the hardened heart which feels no gratitude. And we should all fill our minds with love and appreciation on Thanksgiving day, of the great good we have received In the past and the hope to be more worthy of it in the future.

EW YORK. John R. Hegeman, president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, has met the nerviest horny-handed son of toil that ever

escaped violence at the hands of a mob or jail at the hands of the law. This interestinir person went into Mr.

Hegeman's office and under the president's very nose stole from the life insurance company. One morning a stockily built young man went to the janitor of the Metropolitan building, at 1 Madison avenue, and demanded an assistant "I want to take down some awnings and awning rods," he said. The janitor looked at him quite casually and told him that he didn't have a man to spare for that work. The stocky man,

who was clad in overalls and a jumper, appeared to be very much disgusted, but announced that he would do the job alone. As nearly as could be learned he began operations on the fifth floor. He went into an office there and removed the awning rods from several windows and then he went to the floor above and went into the office of Robert B. Livingston. Mr. Livingston asked what he wanted and he said that he had come to remove the awnings. "But they were removed two days ago," Mr. Livingston said. "I know they were, but I want the rods," the industrious one responded. Mr. Livingston thought it was so unusual that he called up the super

intendent of the building and the latter said he supposed it was all right.

By the time Mr. Livingston finished his conversation the man had removed

the rods from two windows, working rapidly.

Then he went to the general offices of the insurance company. On the plea that he wanted to take down the awnings he was permitted to enter the

private office of Mr. Hegeman. There he also worked swiftly, but removed

the rods, leaving the awnings flapping about over the windows. From Mr.

Hegeman's office he went to the offices of several of the vice presidents of the

company and did the same thing. Two days later Mr. Livingston met the building superintendent. "Why did you go to the trouble to remove the awning rods the other -day?" Mr.

Livingston asked him.

"We didn't go to the trouble, someone else did," was the reply. "Why on earth wTould anyone want to remove awning rods?" Mr. Livingston persisted. "Because the awning rods in this building are made of bronze and not of, iron," the superintendent said. "They are quite valuable and that stranger, garbed as a laborer, knew it. He took about .$50 worth of rods out during the

course of an hour and some of them from Mr. Hegeman's private oilice. That

man nau more nerve uum any suiuiei- m mi; ucuuiw,

Testing the Brightness of Chicago Freshmen

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HICAGO. Freshmen in the University of Chicago must undergo mental tests to determine just how bright they are. After that has been ascer

tained they are expected to maintain the same standard throughout their

entire college course. Stopwatch in hand, Dr. Henry B. Kltson stands over each student and reads a passage from a book. The student must repeat it. Then the student must read a passage from a book and repeat it without looking at the book again. A number of letters with different addresses are given him and he must arrange them alphabetically. The time required for these and other tests fix his mental powers.

Here is the crowning test of all, however. A number of short sentences are read to the student. Within one second he is expected to indicate hy "yes" or "no" whether the statements made in the sentences are logically correct or not. Here are a few samples: "He was seventy and looked twice that age."

"He lit his cigar with these words." "With one hand he caressed her, with the other he spoke." "On his helmet waved the missing plume."

"Two adversaries were placed at equal distance from each other.'

"Freshmen are not allowed to wear soft collars or cuffs on their trousers." "I have never had any children and my mother was afflicted in the same

way." "The woman finished dressing in her evening clothes and came down to breakfast." Doctor Kitson said ho had found one-half of the students judge such matters correctly. It is intended by this plan to ascertain the mental horse power of each student so that the quick ones may not get off with too little work and the slow ones may not be overburdened.

About birds. To make a short story long, Cholly should have hocked his overcoat and all of his

Proper Spirit of the Season. The proclamations of those who hold high station as the representatives of the people very properly bespeak the spirit the nation should manifest. The manifestation of that spirit is, however, not alone in feasting and the joyous acclaim of thousands on the field of sport. The consciousness of blessing and the returning of thanks therefor by every

j man according as he is blessed, no ' less than the voicing of a prayer that ! he be made ever more sensible of all i his blessings, will make the day for

all the holy day It should be. Gratitude for the guidance thus far; strength to meet the trials still to come.

Jewelry and gone like a man and bought a. turkey just like you did, gentle reader. Moral Turkeys Is hiffh.

A Thanksgiving. For days of health, for nights of quiet sleep; for seasons of bounty and of beauty, for all earth's contributions to our need through this past year: good Lord, we thank thee.Willianr Gannett.

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Philadelphia Lobster Puts on His Own Cabaret PHILADELPHIA . The pot cat was in the kitchen of Imfeld's restaurant shortly after four o'clock the other afternoon, when the cook's helper placed on' the floor a basket of lobsters ho had just taken from the storeroom. A lobster crawled out of the basket

and the cat jumped for it. The lobster became indignant when a paw struck his shell. The big claw was landed on the cat's tail. Emitting ear-splitting wails, the cat raced upstairs and into the dining room. Miss Eva Seidler had brought her Boston terrier, Gus, into the restaurant with her. He was tied to her chair. When the terrier saw the cat and the lobster he got busy. So did the lobster. The dog made for the cat,

The lobster grabbed him by a hind leg. Howling, the dog made a jump aud pulled the chair from under Miss Soldier. Miss Seidler fainted. William Mullen, the head waiter, ran upstairs when he heard the screams. Cat, dog and lobster got tangled with Mullen's feet and threw him. Then the dog got to snapping and the cat to scratching, while the lobster just hung on. The restaurant was in an uproar. Every person had somethmg to suggest No two suggestions were alike. One man thought the reserves should be called, out. Manager Louis Bernard got a club and when he got a chance to use it persuaded the lobster to let go. A physician revived Miss Soldier and the cut went downstairs. Gotham Office Boy Falls Victim to Efficiency fVTEW YORK. The New York ofllce boy, being, after all, only a human inIN qtltutlon, is about to increase his efllciency. He has yielded at last to tho effleieney man, who, starting with the j)OSS, ha succeeded In reforming every

thing in the shop down to the omce cat. With 5,000 office-boy jobs going begging, you might think that the boys that are now holding down jobs would feel pretty secure but that's just where you are mistaken. They have read the signs of the times, and know that whenever there is a shortage in anything nowadays people promptly devise ways and means to go without that thing vr get a substitute.

Therefore, the , boys' division of the West Side Y. M. C. A. has arranged a training class for New York city office boys, to meet every Tuesday and Thursday mornings from eight to nine, to the end that tho race of office boys shall not perish from the earth. The course, given free, consists of 25 lectures by a faculty that presumably knows what an office boy' needs to become ef.'.clent, and all the boy has to do is to sit back and absorb knowledge.