Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 64, Number 28, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 November 1921 — Page 7

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1 '4 J ' ' DAY EXPRESSIVE OF A NATION'S GRATITUDE Turkey und crnnhrry sauce, crisp weather, a' geiHTnl sense of well-beins nml fHtlall nre in the air at the very mention of Tlianksivln, writes Marguerite Samuels in the New Orleans Times -ricayur.e. Hut foothall nml tto much dinner are not, in the final analysis, all of Thanksgiving. There is a deeper, inspirational side to the day set aside through three hundred years of American history as the great natiouul celebration of gratitude. Do you remember the simple story of that first Thanksgiving day as you reud It in your primary reader? And the thrill of thankfulness for national greatness and goodness that came to you as your chubby fingers drew deformed turkeys and round-eyed Pilgrim fathers on the school blackboard? It was In KVJl, the fall foUouing the landing at Plymouth, that the Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving day. The little colony, one hundred and two souls who had fared westward from Kngland for their conFclence's sake, had weathered the storms of the Atlantic and the worse hardships of a New England winter, and they had won throuch at last to a sort of tranquility comparatively specking. l'aek from the rocky coastline of Massachusetts, with Its thunder of limitless waves, a little group of Jog houses crowded together behind the tall stockade, feeling safe In their nearness to each other. Garnered corn filled the barns and the storerooms of the houses were pr.n-T'rit with ripe apples. The colony feJt firmly established In the New World of its seeking. Even the clientfooted Indians had begun to understand that there was room for them nml for the pale faces too. The deOh, Boys Stuffing! v . i X f. WW-'' i s;

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f A ND THOU skalt keep the feast of weeks unto VV the Lord trvj God witk a tribute of a free-will A offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the Lord trvy4 God, according as the Lord th God hath blessed thee. And thcu shalt rejoice before the Lord thp God, thou, and trr? son, end trry4 daughter, and trr? manservant, and trvp maidservant, end the Levite that is within trr? gates, end the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that ere emcng you, in the place which the Lord trr? God has chosen to place his name there. A.ND thcu shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt; and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. THOU shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in th corn and trr? wine; And thou shalt rejoice in tlv? feast, thou, and trr? son, and trry1 daughter, and tlr? manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that ere within tlv? gate. SpVPXI rJnv hnlt thou keen a solemn feast unto the

' Lord trrj God, in the place which the Lord shall choose; because the Lord th God shall bless thee in all thy increase, and in all the works cf tliine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

DEUTERONOMY. vout Puritan spirit of the travelers in the Mayflower felt that there was sufficient caue for thanking Ood. The First Thanksgiving. And so it was that the first day of organized thanksgiving was set. The whoJe little colony. In its best buckled shoes and high hats, with blunderbusses across square shoulders, sallied forth from the stockaded homes through snow to the log church, there to give community thanks for the freedom of their stern lives. Outside, the Indians crouched behind the firs and beeches, watching and wondering. From the Pilgrim colony, the custom spread to others In the New England states. In the Massachusetts Pay colony set aside a day for thanksgiving, and frequently thereafter, until lflsO, when it became an annual festival In the coJony. Connecticut appointed a day In 1030, and annually after 1G17, except In Km,". The Dutch in New Netherlands set aside a day In 1044 and occasionally thereafter. During the War of Independence the Continental congress appointed one or more thanksgiving days each year, except In 1777. President Washington set aside Thursday, Nov. IK, 1780, as a day of national thanks, and again in 1705 he called the country together for such a celebration. President Madison, at the close of the War of 1S12, appointed a day. In New York state, from 1S17 on, the festival was annual. In some of the southern states a national Thanksgiving day met with opposition as a relic of Puritanic bigotry, so utterly at variance with the Cavalier Ideals of the southern colonists; but by lsöS proclamations were Issued by the governors of '25 states and two territories. Is New England Festival. Perhaps it is natural that the South, so far in thought and experience from the colonizers of New England, should, even yet, be Jess whole-hearted in Its celebration of Thanksgiving than Is the eastern section of the United States. With Its commemoration of hardships of 1020. with Its ceremonies of the harvest. Thanksgiving is essentially a New England festival. And to see it truly carried out, you must see it there. In Massachusetts. It Is the signal for great family reunions. From California, fro: a the high seas, from the neighboring town, the sons and daughters and cousins and aunts and uncles foregather at the old homestead on Thanksgiving day. With the first snowfall of the season, generally Nchedulcd fr the Jast week In November, tlu- ro-my sleighs and the vast bearskin njgs are hauled out of their summer mothballs; and from early morning until inon. there Is a gay jingle of sleigh bells going and coming b.-tween the railroad station and the farmhouse. After the dinner a tremendous aft'alr the M people sit half dozing about the open fires, telling stories of ! the NVw I'r.gland that Is gone. "I. vou remember?" savs one: nnd I l,.n- r-. k . v fy 1 ? ! .11.- m n gionous revel or reeeJb-cTior. of their own ywjth. when ' automobil- wer unknown, and Postal mL'ht have been l.'uO instead of I." :ni!e away. The young people of the family.

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t r . . wit. CH. 16. v. 10.15. deeply wrapped In fur coats and rugs, already had dashed off along tho slippery roads to Cambridge and "The Came." The Harvard stadium on Thanksgiving day was a view of serried rows of excitement never to be forgotten. Tho grey rhythmic curves of the coliseum all flamingly gay with banners and flowers and girls' holiday hats. Along the Harvard section, red rose:? and crimson sweaters bloomed In the menagerie of fur coats and rugs. Where the Yale contingent cheered for the bulldog, the blue of Parma violets was like a twilight mist along the rows of spectators. A whistle nnd the frame Is on. Tensely leaning forward, the SO.000 watch as If life and death were being decided In the arena below. At the first touchdown the winning side goes mad with joy. Flags wave, arms and hats are promiscuously pitched about, perfect strangers pat other perfect strangerson the back; and thrilled girls shake hands with boys they never saw before. Meanwhile the now comes down softly, in a powdery rain, and the final goal sees frozen bands and feet restively glad to race off to warm dormitory teas, where the victory Is celebrated in English breakfast, or the defeat drowned In orange pekoe, cakes and laughing chatter. In Posten Thanksgiving morning great crowds fill Trinity, or whatever church has been designated lor the union service. The pigeons In Copley square llutter over them tame friendly doves of "peace on earth, good will to men." Thanksgiving in New Orleans. Here in New Orleans several of the churches hold special union services, and the day is commemorated in typical New Orleans fashion thanking Clod by giving others something for which to be thankful. Magical basket dinners, containing everything from turkey to dessert, are given to the hungry poor of the city by the Elk?, the Shriners, the Salvation Army, Kingsley house and other benevolent organizations. School children remember, with fruit and nuts, the sufferers at the Home for Incurables. For the Great Day Coming. The pumpkin pte as it may De iter in its natural state.

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Marvelous Arc the Uplifting Effects Produced cn One With a New t Outfit of Clothes. It's wonderful what a brand new and exhilarating outlook on life comes to one with the possession of a new suit of clothes, new shoes, new linen, a new hat, new ties and a new appearance of one's self when he stands before the mirror and rellects, then, that after all the years are not telling on him so badly as he thought, and the casual observer may mistake him for a millionaire. Everybody knows how much finer the home atmosphere is, and how much better content seems to brood in It, when thc house cleaning is done in the spring, when the furniture is moved about into new positions, the old wall papers go down, new paint and brightness finds its way to kitchen and to tloorSj new rugs appear, new curtains and a new aspect of coziness which cheers the whole family. The new outfit for the individual has just this same sort of happy effect, says u writer in the New York World. We know It, but how long we so often stupidly postpone the blessing! How long we gloom unnecessarily in coats that feel so greasy to the touch, in trousers that shine, in shirts and neckwear that seem like an old home week whenever they are fastened together; in hats that are dingy and shoes that do not suggest statesmanship, urbanity, social standing or affluence- to any to whom they may be exhibited. 7 The most pardonable spendthrift In the world is he who after a proper generosity to his dependents puts money on his own back, finds pleasure In being an object of enviable admiration on the street and when he confronts his fellow man for business or pleasure looks as if optimism were Ids bosom companion and worry the last low thought of self-indulgence in his soul. SAW VALUE OF STEAM POWER Newspaper of 1821 Hailed With Joy the Passing of the Day of the Sailing Vessel. The clouds of prejudice and fear appear to recede at the test of experiment and reason, says the National Gazette of Oct. 4, 1S21. The steamship Robert Fulton was full of pas sengers from New Orleans and ; Charleston, and each trip which this i splendid vessel makes not only gives ample proof of safety and dispatch, but adds to the number of converts In favor of steam navigation on the ocean. What a gigantic improvement in science! Those who are in the habit of crossing the Atlantic who are compelled to pass days and weeks In a dead calm, when the unruflled surface of the ocean that rellects like a mirror, and when the sun pours down his tierce and intolerable rays and the sails flay to and fro, can imagine what their feelings must be at seeing the steamship pass them rapidly; the wheels in quick motion and the smoke rolling in curled volumes from the furnace ; to see myriads of w ell-dressed passengers walking the decks. The next improvement of value is to make steamships carry freight say lf0 tons of fine goods; and those which run from Montreal to Quebec may serve as models. There Is yet much to be done in this way and from the enterprise of our citizens there is no doubt it will be done In time. Beautiful Coconut Palm. The coconut palm Is a beautiful tree. The trunk seldom exceeds -0 Inches in diameter at the base, and rises in a slender, graceful column to a height of 80 or 100 feet, where it bursts into a canopy of dark green foliage. It has been likened to a rocket, rising to a hundred feet or more and bursting into a shower of fronds. The space beneath Is cool and inviting, partly and sometimes wholly shielded from the rays of the tropical sun. A coconut grove on a coral beach, washed ny the waves of a tropic sea and splashed by the filtered beams of a silvery moon, is an enchanted place, and that one on the island of (Julmaras across the strait from Iloilo, was a fairy land, well-fitted as the dwelling place of the entrancing Dolores in "Floradora." Better He Hadn't Insisted. The author of a few novels, meeting a literary friend, began talking with him about his, the author's latest, work. Presently he said: "You go about a good deal, Brown. Tell me what you hear about my book." "I assure you," answered the other, "that I've heard nothing but the most favorable and enthusiastic opinions of It." "Oh, that's good! Now tell me who has talked to you about it." "Urn well, I can't tell you that exactly." "Oh, yes, you can. I insist." "Well, then, since you Insist, you're the only one I've heard say anything about It." Boston Transcript. Art Is a Science. Whistler laid down the dictum that "art is a science the science by which the artist picks, choe and croups, that beauty may result." And he added, wisely "The anlst can leave no more to chance than can the chemist, the botanist or the biologist." This 0 applies quite as clearly to house decoration as to :tny other of thf :irts. It is only hy pickin', cliooing and grouping intelligently mid .'ccordinir to principles that an artistic Interior can Le built up.

SHE DYED A SWEATER, SKIRT AND CHILD'S COAT Each package of "Diamond Dyre" contains directions t-o simple any woman c.oi dye or tint her wem, sbatby drc-ts, skirt, waist, coats, tteckin:, swe.x?i!. coverings, draperies, hanins. everything. even if she has never d eil before, lluy "Diamond Dyes" no other kind tint; perfect home dyeing is sure because Diamond Dyes are guaranteed not to fpot. fade, streak, or run. Tell your dmit whether the material you wish to dye is wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton or mixed goods. advertisement. Base Deceiver. Timothy," said Mrs. Toddlehury sternly, "you are hiding something from me." "Why, my dear" faltered her husband, "how c:m you say that?" "No evasions, Timothy. Out with it. What have you heen doing?" "Why, my dear. If ymi niut know, I the trolley cfir conductor neglected to collect my fare, and " "Yes, yes. What did you do with the money?" "I know I should have brought it straight home to you. dear, hut It was such a warm day. and I didn't think you'd know, so I I spent It for a glass of buttermilk."- New York Sun.

The v.-ar has made table linen very valuable. The use of Ked Cross Hall Rlue will add to its wearing qualities. Use it and see. All grocers. Advertisement. Got 'Em Guessing. Miss Alice ltohertson, the only woman member of congress a the records put it. was in conversation with a group of male members including Representative Towner f Iowa and several others. Soiiiolhii'g made Miss Alice peevish at the way part of the house was acting. "I'm not the only old woman in this house," she said as she looked around the group defiantly. Now the question that is agitating those present is exactly who Miss Alice looked at at the moment. There areas many different versions as there were members present. MOTHER! OPEN CHILD'S BOWELS WITH CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP lour little one will love the "fruity" taste of "California Tig Syrup" even if constipated, bilious, irritable, feverish, or full of cold. A teaspoonful never falls to cleanse the liver nnd bowels. In a few hours you can see for yourself how thoroughly It works all the sour bile, and undigested food out ot the bowels and you have a well, playful child again. Millions of mothers keep "California Fig Syrup" handy. They know a teaspoonful today saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask your druggist for genuine "California Fig Syrup," which has directions for babies and children ot all ages printed on bottle. Mother! You must say "California or you may get an imitation ög syrup. Advertisement. Very "Dead." Ignorance Is never shown more effectually than in an attempt to conceal it. A countryman, roaming about a cemetery, came upon a stone which bore this inscription: "Sic transit gloria mundi" (So passes earthly glory). "What does that mean?" he asked of the sexton, who was at work nearby. The sexton replied: "Well, It means that he was sick transiently and went to glory on a Monday morning." Diplomacy. A diplomat is a man who, when he arrives home late, gets into bed backwards so that if his wife wakes he can say he is just getting up. London Opinion. Keep Your Troubles to Yourself. "If you wastes too much time tellin' yon troubles," said Uncle Fben, "sooner or later yoh friends Is gineter lose patience an say dey serves you right." rr 1 1 are jrood Vr- - - . . 5?.. T TU-vij

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