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I ROM Washington every
year goes forth a presi
dential proclamation call
ing on the people of tho
United States to give
thanks on the last Thurs
day in November for the
blessings of prosperity
and progress, and if there
have been no prosperity
and progress, to glva
thanks that things havo
been uo worse, and that
matters probably will be better In the
future.
While the capital is the headquar
ters, so to speak, of theso Thanksgiv
ing proclamations, Thanksgiving day
Itself is not ono of the great holidays
of the year on the banks of the l'o
tomac, although Jt Is recognized aiVi
celebrated where recognition and cy.e
bratlon are given it at all, in a n? un
ner that docs not hold in other sec
tions of tho country.
The foreigners connected wFth the
different logatiens look, on Thanksgiv
ing as being pcculiajfy an American holiday,
and it Is tho, truth, that j some of the em
bassles there- is a more ir.ua ked reccgnition of
the day thaytboro la ln tUe households of
Washiietejv, Americans vhoSe Pilgrim Tore
fathers setYthe tparuple of giving thanks, for
the harvestlThary,
PresldentTiA,ls ai Ne England ancestry,
nnd the cefcfcfcon 0f Thanksgiving In the R
and apprff.tyio ol rJW England is to hliu
not only w.atter of iileasure, "but of duty.
The prcatvjrit goes to church o'.i Thanksgiving,
day ni jflJr.g U8t as.U other, presidents before
him ' !' gone to church or. tlio fcallday sinco
tus' establish! it that to tef executive
eh' (lifc urge the people In fwblte proclamation
t'i'ye'c together for praise, fftrlngs. It would
0M do for a president to, feline to follow the
hdfvice that he has given tho people,
i For a great many y?ars presidential fami
lies have eaten Rhode, Island turkeys for their
Thanksgiving dinner. The Taft family follow
j precedent in most, things. It Isn't, perhaps,
tthat Rhode Island turkeys are better than In-
diana turkeys, or Oklahoma turkeys, or the
turkeys of any other state, but a gentleman
j named Vcse, ho lives down In Rhode Island,
' has mde It a practice for years to fatten a
Fpcclnl turlwy for White House consumption.
The hdr4 that goes to the president's table
never .weighs less than 23 pounds.
Ak-jat five years ago tho Rhode Island tur
key Sift to the White House caused something
Int a sensation. It was not the bird's fault,
Eiowever. Refore the turkey is shipped from tho
JRhode Island breeding ground to the White
JHouso, It Is killed and plucked. This fact did
?not prevent the publication of a story In a cer
itain newspaper, a story which aroused tho ire
of President Roosevelt to such an extent that
!he Issued a warm statement that could in no
wise bo called a second Thanksgiving procla
mation. An eastern newspaper declared in its col
umns that tho Rhode Island turkey arrived at
the White House, alive and kicking, and that
Theodore Roosevelt turned it loose in the lot
hack of the executive mansion and allowed hi
cli&iren to run tho bird to death, catching It
pant and then, and plucking from It, wing and
nail feathers, only to loose the bird once more,
wnd to go on again with tho chase.
This story of cruelty to animals charged
mgalnst himself and KermJt, Archibald and
iQuentin made the president mad. There is no
other word to be used. He forbade access to
'the White House offices and to the various de
partments of government to the correspond
ents of the offending paper. How tho story
originated, no ono ever knew, for the turkey
was dead and cold long before it left its native
turkey yard. It Is supposed that some one told
It as a joke and that the newspaper corre
spondent took it seriously. At any rate, one
Thanksgiving turkey some days after It had
passed from life gave the country something to
talk about for a week.
The White House Thanksgiving dinner Is
like the Thanksgiving dinner in the homes of
most good Americans who are able to buy a
dinner of holiday proportions. Tho president,
his wife and children, eat roast turkey with
stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and
other vegetables, and wind up with pumpkin
plo.
It Is entirely probable that the president's
wife has to watch the cook when tho pumpkin
pie making Is in progress, and be especially
watchful If the cook was born and raised In
Washingtou. There Is a firm conviction In the
minds of all District of Columbia people that a
squash and a pumpkin are tho same thing
Ask for pumpkin pie In a Washington restau
rant and they give you squash pie, and if you
are courageous enough to protest, you will be
told that thero Is ro difference between squash
and pumpkin, and tho Information will be giv
en you with an air of pity for benighted igno
rance. Tho wise Washingtonlan who has gone
to tho capital from other sections, Invariably
Imports his own pumpkins, for if one Is or
dered from the mnrkot man a squash Invari
ably turns up in tho kitchen. The New Eng
ender holds that no Thanksgiving dinner Is
completo without the pumpkin plo. President
Taft knows a pumpkin when he sees It.
It has been said that the foreigners, tho am
bassadors, the envoys extraordinary, the min
isters plenipotentiary and all the attaches of
the different legations, give hoed to Thanksgiv
ing day. An American secretary of state who
hailed from New England once said that the
foreigners rejoiced in Thanksgiving because it
gave them a chance to eat all the turkey that
thoy wanted to without feeling that they were
called on to glvo an excuse for over-feeding.
Tho foreigners lovo turkey. It Is tho ono si-mon-puro
American Institution to which they
have sworn allegiance. Tho turkey Is an Amer
ican bird and while It Is found In Europe, it la
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vb - mm ma w , i -rxfla, a ' k'ubs2szx. 9 ...
there wily :M a child of
adoption. When, turkeys
were 'O.t liuroduced into
Biirct,! It, "was called In
Uhe laviguage of each
winty "the great bird."
Tho. word "great" had ref
erence only to tho bIzo of
1he species, but unques
tionably emrthcr signifi
cance attached to It .In
more modern times.
There are thousands
mid thousands of govern
ment employs In Wash
ington who came to the
capital to work, from oth
er sections of tho couu
tiy. Every New England
employe who cau, leaves
the city for tho old homo
'a day or two before th
Thanksgiving holiday.
They will tell you In Hob
ton, that during the fait
holiday miiison. all roads
lead to Jfcat city, the great"
listrlbelng point for New
England. All the govern
ment employes are given
one month 'ieavo each
year. Many af them try to
so arrange thing that the
Thanksgiving holiday will
he Infhidod in tho vnca
ion season. Those of
rhem who cannot t-.it
a-ay, and who la early
Iflfe wero tausht to make ,
much of That ksgiving, get
together i small com
panies vt ihe holiday to
dine, anC they call the
dlnntrs '"family affairs."
Thav are nearly 100,000 !
eoWwd people living in '
WIngton. With tho
swgro Taco Christmas Is
itihe sroat holiday of the
ycHi!. I)ut Thanksgiving Is
.lOEiIng more and more to
fle recognized by the race
iinembers. Their churches
are open for service in tho
morning, and the Thankn.
giving dinners follow, but wen among the
wcJ-to-do colore.1 peoplo the chicken seems to
bo preferred to the turkey, and not Infrequent
Ir Uje iionum is prefenvd to both.
rhankivlng time in Washington Is stlU ka
benutifBT I season. The leaves on many of the
-roes Mill ding, and tliey main their touch of
autumn color. Roses are In bloom In many
r,beUerpd places, and flowers of other kinds
arc not infrequent in the r'outor-doors." In
act thero is only about one month of tho
Washington year in which one cannot pick
Home species of flower in the open. In ordl
mary seasons tho last of the roses drop from
tc.ho stem about Cbjistmas day.
On Connecticut avenno on Thanksgiving day
:thcre is always a "parade" of tho notables of
the omeial circles. Connecticut avenue Is one
of the fashionable thoroughfares of the cap
Ita city, and on Sundays and holidays tho side
"walks are crowded with people. On Thanks
ghing day morning, if t 8 pleasant, ono can
get fairly adequate knowledge of the winter
fashions from a stroll down the avenue for
on that day the women of society put on for
tho first time, their cold weather garb The
Connecticut avenue "parade" s a Washington
Just about a week after Thanksgiving con
gress opens. Most of the member. tL-
home for the holiday, and then rnmo. ....
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io the capital. The president halls Thanksglv
tig day ns ono of rest from his message wri
ting labor. A president's message always Is
Jong and In some parts it is of necessity dull
for it must deal with things which confessed
ly have no live interest excepting to the stalls,
ticlan. President Taft Is not as fond of wrltine
messages as was President Roosevelt, and it ll
JJ,1' there l a real thanks"
Riving in the present president's heart over the
fact that on one day ho has ample excuse to
drop his-pen.
There nro a great many golf clubs In the
District of Columbia. They play golf all win
tor long In this lntitude, and President Taft
never misses an opportunity to go out on tho
Inks. Thanksgiving afternoon every Washing
Ionian who can, and who knows how to play
the game, starts for tho club house. The pros
ident Is a member of several golf clubs, but It
inny be of Interest to tho American people to
know that he seldom piny on the grounds of
the club which Is considered tho most fashion-
iU wutiivo in me country's capital.
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Out thing la certain, however, President Taft
A"es thanks lor golf.
Over at Fort Myer, across the Potomac, the
soldiers celebrate Thaks-glvlng with football
and a big dinner. The Tall festival la celebrat
ed at every army post in the United States,
and Is celebr.itod royally. The commissary
puts forth of Its best, and the dinner Is even
better than that given tho soldiers on Christ
inas day. Perhaps tho 'reason is that the prop
er observance of Thanksgiving day is regarded
an tho lighf of an 'order from the commander-tin-chief.
The TtiankFglving proclamation has
the same lii)-!vng effect on the army and navy
as nu order for the two arms of the service to
ga forth fight.
It should not be forgotten, perhaps, that ono
great 'cause for Thanksgiving this year at tho
WfcSte House dinner table Is that William
toward Taft has returned unscathed from tho
longest presidential Journey ever undertaken.
A Lonely Thanksgiving
Some years ago a snlllng chip bound from
New York to SingapnY; tlih oil, took fire In
tho middle of the Indian ocean the day before
ThankFgivIng Realizing that It was impos
slide to extinguish, tho burning oil, the captain
ordered the men to tho boats, with such pro
vlhious ns they could carry at short notice.
The long-boat, containing the captain, second
mate and ten men, got away all right, but was
never heard of again. The cutter, with tho first
mate nrd the rest of the crew, after drifting
about In the darkness for several hours, went
broa.sldo against a coral reef and was
smashed like nn eggshell. The mate alono sue
wded in remhing lnnd, all the others being
Sashed to death on the Jngged reef-points or
drowned In the boiling surf.
Daylight ilioWed tho survivor that he wa
mnroonod on a llttlo Island that wn tw.t
much more than a cluster of rocks rising obove
the waves. It was a half mile wide at the wid
est part and about a mile In circumference,
nnd was surrounded by a bristling chevatu do
frlso of reefs, over which the billows Fpouted
In foam and thunder. Heyond the glittering
walls of spray wan the desolate expanse of the
Indian ocean, with not a tajl or a smudge of
smoke anywhere In eight The shipwrecked
man remembered It wus Tlus&'gtfV.
iiiK !hy. mid the thought of "Ml t'jb
good things thu folk at bwr ero tn
joying Increased thu ipMfa of linn
or and thirst. In "rtrf; f.trlnift hope
f llnding wattf W ''Jift.d wky ciev
leo ho Btartej. A yx'pTowi the Island,
nd, much.!. Tid'erTiiht, found n pool
"t ,V ! H"1 WH,1 collected In
;'i luf.ow on. Jbv'.op of -u rock which
ti: moulded n (he hop-j of descrying
, i i hip further, tin, hidden in the
M''-!- grasa hirh the sea Vln'd
'combed over U, he stumbled on a(8ea
fowl's nest, full of fggs, nd VgVnlHrt
by Rood luck ablw to, klll 'pji'n i the
MAls lth a wt.ll 'nii,ij iVl'.;-. Helng
"bit of a dunri 'lje'aS'-jed a silver
match hov, Vjilrb bad kept tho
mKw ,so .o was able to light
lpR''ary"t,russ and little sticks,
W e- iwhlr. io cooked the seafowl. lie
( :;ji'si"; the eggs In the hot embers,
v though of an oily flavor, they
a ere very palatable to a hungry man.
Salt and pepper would have been ,a
great Improvement vO this Thanksgiv
ing dinner alone on ft focky Islet in
tho lonely Indian hj-e.-iii, bii.t tV.e Vame
of a byftll1iV hpiiellt(o .hirf-lo up for
fet li!)At'tlc'e. ,.pie fiext day, as the
Mfrft,'rPCkfVii'HpV.'i Wns finishing the
'Vast 'it jhr roast eggs, a P. & O.
tea'm.r Ji,;hted his signal of distress
Mud 'int a boat to his rescue.
Thanksgiving of the World
Sixty years ngn there was some
thing called a world, In which some of
us were alive. It was a world of four
or live continents of jarring Interests;
a world parted by thre6 or four
oceans. If I Wrote to my brother on
the other utile of the world I might
expect art answer in six months, if in
the region where, he lived Jhe watc
fulled, or tho winds did not blow, tho
Voor iieople there lay down and died
of famine. I'ho bams of Ohio might
lie bursting, but the starving people
hod p die.
hut CO years have changed all that.
All that has been changed because
Cod has worked with his children,
and his children have worked with
hfru. Men have been working each for nil, and
all for each. When a botanist In Java made
gutta pen ha flow from a tree, and .when Alex
ander Agasslz and the rest compelled the Lake
Superior mines to deliver their copper, some
hundreds of thousands of (lod's children be
tween them drew the copper Into wire nnd
sheathed it with gutta percha ond laid their
cable beneath the oceans. The children worked
with their Father, phd the Father worked with
his children. It in not one man who has dona
this. It Is not a hundred men. It Is the union
of tho world. It Is this union of the children
with the Father, and the Father with the chil
dren. Tho great victories have been the vlc
torles which you and "I have prayed for every
morning when we have wished that the Fa
ther's will may be done on earth Just ns It ia
done In heaven.
All for each, and each for all! Edward Ev
erctt Hale, In Woman's Home Companion.
The Habit of Thankfulness
We are creatures of habit and our habits
express our characters.
Too many people have formed the habit of
chronic grumbling. Nothing suits them. No
matter how beautiful the weather, they could
Improve It. Thpy may be enjoying the very
beet of health, but they will not admit It. They
are eternally predicting disaster. They are
chronic grumblers:
They grumble at board, they grumble in bed,
From the toles of their feet to tho crown of
their head.
Such a spirit Is a crime In this world and
age. This Is a beautiful world. This Is the
best ago of history. Every 24 hours the sun
Is shining upon a better, brighter, happier
earth. "Wc are the heirs of all the nges la
the foremost files of times."
We are living, we are dwelling in a rand and
awful time
In an i.ge on ages telling, to be living is
sublime.
It Is Just as easy and Infinitely better to cul
tivate the cheerful, thankful spirit. Gratltudo
should be ihn habit of every life. To look on
tho bright tide, to carry sunshine in the
heart nnd reflect it In epeech and conduct h to
enjoy life aud make it a blessing to tb? iyp;-bi
t
"WliHt do yon ttitiH
Hint lli-nven'fr'dy
The liPuror an-
fcrcd with
mlli:
"A plnra wl'.rm folk
llko you nnd m
May hear sweat
I iiikIc nil tl
Willie,
When! it'n Mourn
Hint lill'ln Will
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ff litest. I know,
Kb II o a v c a
liiiule."
"Whut iId you think
Hmt Hrtivrn may
be?"
The Wiitbrt!, titv
wcrt'd: " 'Tl
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"Tiito ull my own may l with mo
Anil where. nv t Vn.iv linili.mlnnrt
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Tim IntiRini: tif tli', lllllo hcarlli
AiiJ tlnA fl.y liiipiiliicBs roin)lct
In mmiVf'.tt Villi n nmlher's arln
Tin wen y Utile lift lulu and teot."
"Nmt do Ve'i llilnk Hint Heaven may
lie?"
Tbn ohl man niiftwrrvri wllh a slgb:
"A int liPiiriitli it KirriullnK treo !
Tlmt towera ever Ktien Hmt high, ;
Ami never weurlueaa nor trlfi '
Hut Jiibt a loinfnit enlm anil Mont I
Him Ii ns wo inuy nut Imvo In life
A folding of the hands In tom,"
What da you think 'tiiM Heaven may
be?"
Why It wpiiUl'l.e of llttlo worth
Were It not clvon u lo ace j
Some proniUo of It here on enrth.
If thriniKli the moment anil the yeura '
. W e.itilil not lirlnd Itn nullum slow !
'IV ilfihl our Mullen, nnd dry the tcara
Vt ull the weary folk we know. '
QldManGiddi,e5 I
Another trouble
is that there re
Just us runny kinds
Vmjicca, of ure
Vent ion ruggested
as there will be
pounds of cure
later on.
Sometimes the
fellow who doesn't
talk do;n a great
deHl sometimes
he Is Just too tazv
to talk
' Hrnry ftlttsser claims it is Just as
?af;y to shoot rabbits as elephants, but
wants i'o know why ho one ever writes
Woks about rabbit shooting.
It was a lawyer who said that a man
who Is hli own lawyer 'has n fool for a
client.
The heroine in a hovel written by a
man never keeps the hero waiting
rwtille ihn does her hair all over. A
woman novelist sometimes gets as
Jeuloiu as her heroine that she will
tell about her powdering her nose.
Keonouiv Is how we would save our
money if we had It after we have
rpent It foolishly.
If you cannot afford to own an au
tomobile, at least you miy acquire
(Mstlnetlou by being run over by one.
An able-bodied man, with a Rood
digestion nnd a steady Job Is never
1 nown to do any talking about "affini
ties." The Boater and the Batter. ,
Said a Ixmter bltln butter '
To a biitter. hb a baiter,
"I'm a better biter, butter;
No one else than mo In greater."
Said the batter to the boater
Hltln butter, very bitter:
"I'm u butter biter beater
And I'll make yon be a quitter."
i
Then tho butter bit the boater
And the boater bit the batter-'
Hut the better butter biter i
Wiinn't the former or the lattert
Economical.
"I have a letter from your uncle,"
says the first young man. "There
must be something wrong with him.
He bus all his dates mixed. Have you
noticed peculiarities about him of
late?"
"It's all right." explains the other.
"You know uncle Is of a saving dlspo
sltlon. He found a 1905 calendar early
this year and said he would make It
do. because It really hadn't been used
at all." i
An Argument.
'Whot are those two men quarrel
,.g about?" wo ask, Indicating what
seems to be the beginning of a fight.
"Oh, that's nothing much," explains
our friend. "That's Hrald the hdl
man, claiming ho doesn't have to eat
oysters to-day, and Shells, the oyster
man, d'alirlng he can wear his straw
bat till tho ralddlo of th month."
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