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IIANKSGIVING U an InHllHIiion
nf hoai'v nnflmtltv lint ua ti im.
" M ' I ciillarly American national tea
I I tlval it dates only from Thurs-
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flint national Thanksgiving tiny
DGS. I was perhaps the most exciting
r&Q&r I ever celebrated on thin contin
ent and owes 4l8 historic inter
est to a bottle, a bird, a broken
noBe and an angry , president
who rounded out the expression
of bin wrath with it few well-
and forcible "cuss
all these things
nil to the main fact
that we raine near losing Thanksgiving after
ill, and that all the famous men of the day got
luto a very hitter quarrel over It and ate a
tut key dinner at daggers drawn, so to apeak.
The idea of Thanksgiving day originated
With Alexander Hamilton, Washington'! serre.
lary of the treasury, who, In August, 17NU,
broached the subject at a cabinet meeting. In
September, 178!), Kilns Iloudlnot, a New Hng
land member of the house of representatives,
Introduced a resolution requesting the presi
dent to set aside a day of thanksgiving and
moved Kb adoption. The motion was seconded
by Roger Sherman of Connecticut. The reso
lution at once met with opposition. Many
members of congress denounced the custom of
such observances us effete and monarchical
and some members became so personal in
their discussions that blows wero struck over
the matter in the streets of New York, which
then was the national capital, the sessions of
congress being held In Federal hall.
Jefferson opposed the passage of the resolu
tion as an encroachment upon the boundary
line which had been fixed between religion
and Btate, but tho resolution passed both
houses of congress, and on October 3, 1789,
Washington Issued the first Thanksgiving proc
lamation. It recommended that "Thursday, the
2Cth day of November next, bo
devoted by tho people of these
United States to the servlco of
that great and glorious Iking
who Is the beneficent Author of
all the good that was, that Is, or
that will be." It recommended
that the people "return thanks
for bis care and protection of
the people of this country pre
vious to their becoming a na
tion;" agnln for, "the favorable
Interposition of his providence
In the course and conclusion of
the late war;" for "the tran
quillity, union and plenty which
we have since enjoyed;" for
"the peaceable and rational
manner in which we have been
enabled to establish a form of
government for our safety and
happiness," and for "tho civil
and religious liberty with which
we are blessed and tho means
we have of acquiring and devis
ing useful knowledge."
The proclamation Issued, tho
burning question arose as tc ' .
how the day should be celebrated, and over it
arose an acrimonious contest. Hamilton pro
posed a monster procession of dignitaries nnd
military headed by Washington himself. Jef
ferson's opposition prevented this spectacular
exhibition and it Anally was determined that
the day was a domestic holiday and should .
be observed In tho privacy of the home after
the good old New England manner.
This settlement was gratifying to Mrs. Wash
ington, who at onco made arrangements to
hold a levee in true colonial fashion at tho
executive mansion on Franklin square. Every
one of prominence In tho now government was
Invited, from the chief Justice of the supreme
court down, and they all came; for In addition
to being president, (leorgo Washington was a
gentleman, and to bo asked to his bouse was a
social distinction.
Hamilton, however, eager to do anything cal
culated to put Jefferson to confusion, proceed
ed to organize all manner of festivities and ob
servances likely to make Thanksgiving a noisy
holiday. Jefferson, on the contrary, held some
what aloof from the whole, thing and looked
upon Thanksgiving as a religious contrivance
only. Uy tho time the day arrived much un
pleasant feeling had been engendered between
cabinet factions, and tho friction in that quar
ter also extended Itself to the partisans of the
cabinet leaders. Jefferson and his friends did
what they decently could to ignore Thanksgiv
ing altogether. Hamilton and his partisans did
all they could to make the day a "howling suc
cess." When the Btate of affairs became known
in Iloston nnd Philadelphia the battle' was
.heartily entered into, and Washington had tho
mortification of seeing that his day of Thanks
giving lor the blessings of Almighty (lod had
become a source of no end of contention.
The day dawned fair and warm for New
York. The bells of Trinity rang lor an hour,
and there was a parade of one regiment, re
viewed by Hamilton from Faunce's tavern, the
Waldorf-Astoria of New York city in that day.
Then the cheering part of tho day began, by
Indulgence In various tonus of stimulants, and
;everyoue was no doubt very thankful. Wash
ington went to church in the morning, and ut
high noon began to receive his visitors at tho
executive residence.
' Hamilton had also arranged a dinner at
Faunce's tavern, which Is distinguished as be
ing the first official Thanksgiving banquet in
our history. Hamilton wus to respond to a
toast and then go off to tho president's man
sion, but he was lato and tho guests sat down
to the tables without him. In the course of
this dinner a disagreement arose among the
gentlemen. A certain Lieut. St. Clair took oc
casion to assert, upon his honor as a gentle
man, that he was entirely sober. An unbls
torle personage of whom we know no more
than that his name was Tlsdal, and that ho
was a New York alderman and notary, im
peached the veracity of St. Clair's assertion
nnd defied him to prove It. The lieutenant
threw a bottlo at nobody In partlculur and
mlsBed his aim. In an instant all was confu
sion. And then In walked Alexander Hamil
ton. The scene that met his gaze, according to
John Adams' account, was shameful.. Viands
, -A. IBlROJKEM
WHO CUaXf JED
principal dish to the guest of honor, so
when the fish was brought on Miss Pacien
cia changed her seat to one at the
colonel's side and carefully selecting the
choicest morsels and freeing thein from
bones and skin popped them into the
colonel's mouth. To have demurred would
have been a deadly Insult to the host, so
the colonel was obliged to submit with the
best grace he could muster, though the
I spectacle of a husky American soldier be
ing fed like a baby was almost too much
for the self-control of his compatriots,
especially when somebody said very soft
ly and distinctly: "Lovey, dovey."
The gallant colonel's ordeal came to an
end after a time, but It left him very red
and uncomfortable and nursing a firm re
solve to accept no more invitations to dine
out In the Philippines. . It Is only fair to
the senorita to explain that beforo sho
took her place at the colonel's sldo a
knifeboy appeared bearing a bowl of per
fumed water and a clean towel, and that
she carefully washed and dried her hands.
and glassware and gen- . Illlll M&t-
tlemen were "ull In a iv. . fVlllll
heap." However, they y$P ' UW (' V W&M il
were separated and C j j j ?
Hamilton, dreading the V&jzs' W I 17 V- JS7llM
effect of the scandal if JSJ J ' , 3C
the episode becamo PSfhSS7 l' il frf tfafs
public property, did his , SStTxAf I lh XM,t I M
dermaapjuirs Whave P
shouts for turkey, but H A
none was forthcoming. I. A I ' 1 Wiall P VWfcM
A proposition to dU-' I'' 'A U I tJ 1 II WjM Xu
pense with the fowl . U W I f ' Iflffi l,
was booted down nnd Vf J M Is' 1 1 1 III, Vf '
Hamilton swore his V ' BW W I I fl
letters say he swore-1- frf. V, ' B Vh j l I I ' 7,
that no citizen of the t S L g . 1 J, '
1'nlteo States should.: iZC , I1 U VI
abstain from turkey on..u Vr2f .hS Jl
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Gift Pies for Thanksgiving
Toy makers are planning a host of de
lightful surprises for Thursday's celebra
tions. One need not delvo among old
books to learn the traditions and amuse
ments of the originators of this feast day.
Plenty of entertainment is provided by
these favor designers, whose work It is
to know how to utilize Thanksgiving tra
ditions In modern surroundings. Pie?
arc always a successful piece de resist
ance for the dinner or party. Old as well
as young find entertainment In hunting
for tho prizes concealed between ample
crusts of crepe paper, and its appearance
Is a never ending source of joy to the
guests. The favorite pie this year is in
the shape of a huge basket, large In cir
cumference, deep enough to hold a host of
ate it. Then they
drank and cheered
and sang songs, and
sang songs, and
cheered and drank,'
This little matter at-'
tended to, Hamilton,
made a speech and
hied himself to thei
president's - house.
Here there had been
a dignllled observance
of the day, but it
seems that a rumor of
the little row at
Faunce's had already,
reached the president'
and when Hamilton arrived Washington ques
tioned him about it. The Father of His Coun
try was vexed and angered and Indulged In
some pointed remarks to the secretary. The
president was incensed that a young soldier
should have gotten his nose broken in a tav
ern brawl whllo professing to be giving thanks
for heaven's blessings.
Our first president went so far as to say that
it was disgraceful, "by , sir!" and the secre
tary of the treasury discreetly withdrew.
History is silent on the subject of the after
career of the lieutenant's broken nose, but
Thanksgiving day has come jlown to us intact.
Washington, however, apparently got enough
on tho first day to last him for five years, for
his- next Thanksgiving proclamation was not
issued until January 1, 1795.
A THANKSGIVING DINNER
IN THE PHILIPPINES
It was eaten in an old stone hacienda, over
whose walls the red, white and yellow roses
flung their rich embroidery, and from whose
decrepit balconies fragrant starry Jasmine
' waved sldo by side with the family wash. How
much of the excellence of tho meal was due to
the culinary skill of Jim, the colonel's muchu
cho, who went into the kitchen to help the
Chinese cook, and how much to that almond
eyed juggler with pots and pans, could not be
determined by the guests, but both claimed the
honor.
The table was set out of doors under the
shade of an Immense arbor del fuego, or fire
tree, which a few months hence would be a
blaze of flaming blossoms. The chickens
roamed about freely among t,he guests, and oc
casionally ono bolder than the rest would fly
up among the dishes. It was etiquette for tho
nearest guest to shoo it down, otherwise such
llttlo incidents passed without notice. The
first dish served was the strictly American one
of ham and eggs, but as ham Is 60 cents a
pound in Manila, it was a costly delicacy, and
had a better right to appear at the feast than
even the fried and roasted chickens which fol
lowed. These are no longer cooked In rancid
cocoanut.oll since the United States array
, brought canned butter over the Pacific. You
will nevet appreciate the yellow product of the
cow until you have eaten chicken fried In cp
coanut oil. The taste pf It stayg on the slate
for weeks. It Is a Samson
among flavors, for nothing
else Is strong enough to kill
it, not even sperm oil, which
Is Its first cousin.
After the fowls appeared a
huge baked fish stuffed with
onions and red peppers and
borne on a platter garlanded
with paper flowers. This was
what turkey Is to the Ameri
can or roast beef to the
Englishman the piece de re
sistance of the dinner. Amer
ican canned beef came next,
doled out in small portions to each guest, for
a Filipino will give you almost anything he
owns for a can of beef, and so highly does he
esteem it that he even saves the empty cans,
perhaps to cheat himself or his friends Into be
lieving be has a supply on hand, and therefore
is a man worth cultivating. A Spanish stew
was on the menu after the fish a genuine olla
podrida which, no doubt, was being cooked for
supper in Spain when Columbus was sailing
westward on his voyage of discovery. Rice,
potatoes, minced caribou steak, onions, dried
fish everything In the larder goes into the
olla podrida, which is very liberally seasoned
with red pepper, so liberally that all the
guests fell to weeping over the first mouthful,
and the appearance of a pot of jam was hailed
with delight. The jam was passed around by
a half-naked knifeboy, and everybody took a
spoonful, returning the spoon to the jam to be
used by the next person. It would be regarded
as a grave breach of manners to take a clean
spoon.
Then the American guests saw literally the
locusts and wild honey of John the Baptist.
With the excellent coffee small pieces of honey
in the comb were placed at each plate, and a
heaping basket of crisp, brown cakes, some
thing like the old-fashioned cookies of New
England, was carried around the table by the
knife-boy.
"Maco oon ca a-pan, e dill mehlmo ca a panT"
("Do you eat locusts, or do you not care for
them") politely inquired the host. The cakes
were made of locusts stripped of their wings
and ground to a fine flour, which was mixed,
sweetened, raised the same as other pastry,
and baked a light, delicious brown. Anybody
who has ever had the curiosity and temerity
to taste a particularly brown, hard puppy
cake will have a good Idea of the flavor of the
Filipino locust cake, except, of course, it (a
sweetened. Only one American had courage
enough to nibble one, but all tho native guests
ate two or three. The omnipresent cigarette
or cigar arrived with the coffee, and soon the
remains of the feast were enveloped In a pale
blue haze.
Senorita Paclencla. the daughter of the
bouse, smoked, lolling hack carelessly In her
gown of rich black silk with a big cigar be
tween her rosy lips. This same Senorita Pa
clencla was the innocent cause of much em
barrassment to the colonel during the meal. It
la Filipino custom for the hostess to feed the
treasures, and with a gracefully arched high
handle which is elaborately ornamented with
paper chrysanthemums and wide satin rib
bons. The fruit pies are quite novel. In the cen
ter of the treasure pie rests a watermelon of
goodly proportions and most natural coloring,
and on the top of the striped green and white
fruit stands an exultant turkey, with real feath.
er covered body and a wide spread tail. Sur
rounding this feathered monarch, who is
perched on tho melon throne, are smaller
fruits of every description, all cleverly fash
ioned of papier mache and tinted In nature's
colors. There are luscious bananas, ripe, rosy
cheeked apples, golden oranges, deep red to
matoes, lemons, plums, pears; In fact, practic
ally every variety of fruit. Inside each is a
small box, whose center conceals a gift. The
guests take turns at choosing the fruit they
like best, nnd with the fruit goes the hidden
gltt and souvenir of the day. It may be that
the gift Is only a clever joko wrapped neatly
In cotton wool or tissue paper and lying hid
den Inside the bit of fruit, or It may be a gift
of real consequence and Intrinsic value. This
depends on the circumstances and Ideas of the
hostess, who may want her party to be mere
ly a merrymaking time or one that will be re
membered for other things. The outside of the
basket is trimmed with a row of crackers,
which never fall to add to the gnyety of the oc
casion, especially if it be composed of young
folk. Then above the stockade of fancy paper
crackers is a border of chrysanthemums, and
the basket or pie Is complete In every detail.
Rut the real Thanksgiving pie is the most
striking of all. Its foundation is, of course, a
round basket, but without a handle. Over the
top Is a covering of pumpkin colored paper,
frills and flirtings of tho same being used for
the edge finish. Then, like gigantic plums
decorating the top crust, are arranged several
pumpkin lantern favors, which can be lighted,
and which, when extricated from their Betting,
bring with them Thanksgiving glftB tied un
with yellow satin ribbons.
WHY?
I've noticed on Thauksglvlng day,
With strangers or my own folks,
That little boys can always eat
A great deal more than grown folks,
Of turkey or of pumpkin pie
Will some one please to tell me whyt
THANKSGIVING.
It takes one little girl or boy,
Two hands to work and play
And just one loving little heart
To make Thanksgiving day.
THANKSGIVING SUNSHINE.
Cheery hearts and smiling faces,
Gentle speech and ways,
Make a cloudy, dull Thanksgiving
Sunniest of days.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT VICTORY
FOR THE CARTER MEDICINE
COMPANY IN THE UNITED
STATES COURT.
The United States Circuit Court for
the Southern District of New York
sitting in New York City has just
awarded to the Carter Medicine Com
pany a decree which again sustains
the company's exclusive right to use
the red package for liver pills.
By the terms of the decree, It lsj
among other things:
Adjudged that the Carter Medicine
Company is the owner of the sole and
exclusive right to the use of red col
ored wrappers and labels upon said
small, round packages of liver pills of
the style described In the bill of com
plaint; said right having been ac
quired by the prior adoption of said
style and color of package for liver
pills by the complainant predecessors
more than thirty years ago, and es
tablished by the continuous and ex
clusive use of tho same in constantly
Increasing quantities by said prede
cessors nnd by the complainant, tho
Carter Medlclno Company, itself, from
the time of their said adoption until
the present day.
The decision just announced Is per
haps the most Important and far-reaching
of all, by reason of tho character
of the tribunal which rendered It No
Court In the country stands higher.
National Druggist, St. Louis, Aft
hasTts good points.
m
"One nice thing 'bout shootin pheas
ants durln' th' open season is that you
kin bring 'era home in brotd daylight,
and you don't have to divvy up with
no game constable so's he'll keep
his mouth shut."
ECZEMA COVERED" HIM.
Itching Torture Was Beyond Words
Slept Only from Sheer Exhaustion
Relieved in 24 Hours and
Cured by Cuticura In a Month.
"I am seventy-seven years old, and
tome years ago I was taken with ec
zema from head to foot. I was siclc
for six months and what I suffered
tongue could not tell. I could not
sleep day or night because of that
dreadful Itching; when I did sleep It
was from sheer exhaustion. I was
one mass of irritation; it was even la
my scalp. The doctor's medicine
eeemed to make me worse and I was
almost out of my mind. I got a
eet of the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Resolvent. I used them persistently
for twenty-four hours. That night I
slept like an Infant, the first solid
night's sleep I had had for six months.
In a month I was cured. W. Harrison
Smith, Mt. KIsco, N. Y Feb. 3, 1908.
Totter Prug ft Chom. Cgrp, Sola Prop, Boitoa.
Lost In Antiquity.
A little fellow who hnd just felt the
hard side of the slipper turned to
his mother for consolation.
"Mother," he asked, "did grandna
thrash father when he was a little
boyT"
"Yes," answered his mother, Im
pressively. "And did his father thrash him
when he was little?"
"Yes."
"And did his father thrash him!"
"Yes."
A pause.
"Well, who started this thing, any
way?" CasseH's Saturday Journal.
How's This?
Vf offer On Hundred Dollar Dewud tor tin
oat of Citarrh Uiat cannot bt cured by Hall?
CatarU cure.
, , F-i.niENF.YACO.,Tolf1o, O.
We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the but 1J yean, and believe him perfectly Don
orable In all biulnem trnnwrtlunt and DnanrlalM
able to carry out any ohllsratmna made by bia Una,
VtALUI.MO. IvINNAM A MaKVIN.
Wh"leMle UruralMa. Toledo. O.
Hall't Catarrh Cure la tolien Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and inucont surface of the
yatera. Tcatlmonlala wnt free. Price li cenu oat
bottle. Sold by all l)rui:slt,
lale Hair Family l'Ula for eonatlpatlon.
Ruled by Kindness.
Lucy Burd's success with boys at
the rnform school In Bucks county,
Pennsylvania, she thinks, is due sim
ply to klndncs3. She has reformed
more than 100 boys in her term of
Ave years as superintendent. Some of
her boys are in the navy some on
farms. Few have gone back to their
old ways after coming under her Influence.
Important to Mothers.
Examino carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safo and sure romedy for
Infants and children, and see that It
nears tho
Signature o
In Use For Over .'( Years.
lhe Kind You Have Always Bought.
A man will coax his wife till she
?ive in, and Is pleased with himself
when he succeeds, but when the chil
dren !onx her, and she yields, he is
ilsgusied with her. Atchison (Kan.)
'Kobe.
If a Jddy woman could hear what Is
tald about her giddiness behind her
back it vould knock some of the gld-,
dlness o.-t of her.
Mr. Vlnalnw'l Soothln; Ayrns.
For children teething, (often the num., reduce n
laounaUua.alMjapaln.oimawlailcoUu. UoabotU.
Many a &an suspects bis neighbor
as be suipt'ts himself.
