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Thanksgiving
MR. BRYAN IN JAP AX
as they ought None of UB are ton
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Every dny's Thanksgiving if you live your lite aright.
Every day's Thanksgiving if you look up to the, light.
, Every day's Thanksgiving but today we celebrate , f
Around the family altar with enough on every-plate.
So, father, carve the turkey; ,;.'
And, mother, cut the pie.
The light of glad thanksgiving
Brings a sparkle to the eye. -
Thanksgiving for the harvest kneel and happy tribute pay
To the Lord of Hosts who blesses with a glad Thanksgiving Day.
Every day's Thanksgiving when the heart is full of hope.
' Every day's Thanksgiving if still up and on we grope.
Every day's Thanksgiving but today we gather 'round
Where the laughter of the children is the sweetest music found.
So, father, wield the carver,
And mother, pass the cake.
Thanksgiving songs are ringing
Till the very rafters shake.
Thanksgiving for God's mercies that are shed upon our way,
And praise the God of Harvests for this glad Thanksgiving Day.
Every day's Thanksgiving, for we've blessings and to spare.
Every day's Thanksgiving if we live life on the square.
Every day's Thanksgiving but today the kindred ties.
Gently draw us close together where the old-time homstead lies.
So, father, ask the blessing,
And, mother, say "Amen!" '
Thanksgiving day is dawning '- '
With the children home again. M
Thanksgiving for the blessings as along life's road we stray,
And sing our songs of gladness on this good Thanksgiving Day.
Every day's Thanksgiving, let the skies be gray or blue.
Every day's Thanksgiving if our hearts beat strong and true.
Every day's Thanksgiving but today is best of all,
For we gather 'round the table in response to mother's' call.
So, father, lead the singing
With your strong and lusty bass;' v ."''
And,' mother, head the. column " "V
With a smile upon your face. - - . '
Thanksgiving, heartfelt, ,h.onest; and we sing along the way
, Songs of praise unto the Master for this blest Thanksgiving Day.
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A Recipe for Thanksgiving
Secure either one large turkey, or
three or four average sized chickens,
a peck of potatoes, two or three cans
of corn, a couple of cans of toma
toes, about two quarts of cranberry
sauce, four bunches of celery, some
maccaronl and cheese, several "kinds
with one hand and turning the old
newspaper with the other.
"I t'ink not," exclaimed Ragson
Taggs.
"Of course it is, pal," said Walker
Rounde. "Don't it decrease de wis
ible supply o' water by lettin' it soak
into de ground?"
"O, yes, dat's true 'nough," yawned
of jelly and some canned peaches. Ragson Taggs, "but just t'ink of how
Bake four fat mince pies and make
where dere ain't been any before."
Brain Leaks
a bread pudding with plenty of sauce.
Prepare the aforesaid articles as
nicely as possible, and then set upon
. a table covered with a clean cloth,
and have plenty of elbow room at A smiling face is a great road mak
eacn piate. 11 you nave nve in your er through life.
mimiy iuii&H luo tuuitj iuus uuuusu jasc summer's pleasures are al
to seat about ten people. ways brightest when the winter is
Having prepared the dinner go into coldest.
me irout luum anu invito yuur fcuubuj TniS WONd is EOOd enmieh fli
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much moisture it spreads aroun
to "walk in to dinner."
Now comes the important part. If
you have invited the right kind of
guests the dinner will be a magnificent
success.
The guests should be some poor
widow and her little brood.
Try it once, and see what a good
dinner it will be. '
A Discussion
; "Dis irrigation business is a good
" ' t'lng," remarked Walker Rounde, re-
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moving the tomato can from the fire the corners
trouble is that so inanypeople are not
living up to it.
A lot of men claim credit for be
ing good when they are only afraid
of doing wrong.
Some people look on joinine- t.hfi
church as a sort of vaccination against
oternal punishment
The love of labor lightens the load.
When the congregation yawns the
preacher needs awakening.
There are housewives s.o awfully
neat that they will not be content in
noaven unless they can peer into all
The Japan Times, referring to Mr.
Bryan's speech at Waseda, says:
This morning, W. J. Bryan, the dis
tinguished leader of tho democrat
party in the United States, addressed
a very large gathering of all college
students, assembled at Waseda' uni
versity, by Invitation of Count Okuma,
whose guest Mr. Bryan Is. Though
the weather was slightly rainy, there
was a very large assemblage in the
university grounds, as the proceed
ings had to be in tho open air on ac
count of the large number of people.
The grounds were appropriately deco
rated, and the students showed no im
patience or fear of tho wet weather,
but undoubted enthusiasm. When
Count Okuma appeared, with Mr.
Bryan, the cheering was prodigious.
Dr. Hatoyama briefly introduced
Mr. Bryan to the audience, and said:
Mr. Bryan is Americanthat is in
itself an introduction to Japanese; for
ever since the days or Commodore
Perry, the friendship of the United
States has-made a deep impression on
the hearts of the Japanese. (Ap
plause.) This was shown in the re
imbursement of the Shimonoseki in
demnity and the promptness in acced
ing to Japan's efforts to shake off
tne yoke of ex-territoriality and re
cover her tariff autonomy. In fact,
whenever any question of justice was
involved in our international rela
tions we could always count on the
United States to be on the side of
right. (Applause.) In the second
place, our guest belongs to the demo
crat party, whose influence has al
ways been in the interests of equal
rights for all. (Applause.) In the third
place, bur guest is Mr. Bryan, leader
of the opposition in America. In fact,
-today we are here nonored by the
presence of two leaders .of opposi
tion, Mr. Bryan and Count Okuma.
(Loud applause.) The last few weeks
haye witnessed in Japan the welcom
ing of two distinguished nersonaeres-
from England and America: T rfifr
05 to Secretary Taft and Admiral Noel.
t? rney are certainlv ennnnnf nafonn.
ages, and deserve the enthusiastic
welcome they received. But these are
gentlemen in the service of their re
spective governments, and it is slight
ly possible to imagine a fraction of
policy in tho courtesies extended to
them. At least, it is generally so be
lieved in these official functions. But
here we have Mr. Bryan who has no
official passport. He is a private gen
tleman, a typical and representative
American, imbued with high ideals
both in public and nrivntn Ufa wia
influence in the political party which
he leads is very great, and hin nnnai.
bilitles in the future are still greater.
(Applause.) I believe I express the
sentiment of all here when I say that
we welcome him most heartily and
sincerely. (Applause.)
Mr. Bryan said:
Fellow-students: It gives me very
great pleasure to meet you, to look
mio your laces, and to learn from you
the cordial sentiments which you en
tertain towards the land of my birth.
I have looked forward for a great
uiuuy years to tnib visit to Japan.
The days that I have had to wait
have dragged, and I am now here to
enjoy that which I nave heretofore
beheld only in anticipation. And I
know of no opportunity that I appre
ciate and utilize with more gratifica
tion than the opportunity to speak
to the students here assembled. I ad
dress you as fellow-students, for I also
am a student. (Hear! hear!) I began
studying when I was young younger
than any of you here. I have studied
ever since, and I hope that I will not
graduate from study until my life
closes. (Hear! hear!1 All Ufa is n.
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that can be known, and no one is so
iUatnil cnot.. others
something. The recentiv ,i.i .
characteristic of the student. and I
would rather talk to students than
to any other class of peoplo 1 talk
to them in my own country, and t
am glad to talk to them in every
country which I have the good for.
tune to visit The student I passing
through the springtime of life in
the spring we sow the seedit is tho
time of year when the sowing gives
the greatest promise of a crop' so
that when you leave a thought with
a student It grows and develops.
Then I like to speak to students
because the student exercises more
than an average influence upon tho
life of his. country. The more tho
student develops himself the stronger
he becomes; the more he can mul
tiply, any good thing that is given to
him. I like to talk to students, and
I like especially to talk to those stu
dents who have had as their inspira
tion and as their example the dis
tinguished statesman of Japan, Count
Okuma, whose guest I am today.
(Loud applause.)
It is impossible to calculate the in
fluence of one human life upon tho
lives of others, because the influences
that touch the heart go on and on.
We speak to those about, but if wo
speak through an example that im
presses Itself then we speak not only
to those whom we know today, but to
their children and their children's
children to the. remotest generations
of time. And so I am glad today
to be the guest of thist great man
whose name has reached our own
country and whose face I longed to
see. (Applause.)
As you approach the mountain range
you find that a few poaks reach up
above the rest of the range, and tho
eye rests upon them. So in approach
ing any land there are national char
acters that reach aaove the rest.
Foreigners see these mountain peaks
of humanity, so to speak, and learn
to know them even though ignorant
of the foot-hills and of the land in
general. And so I, even in distant
America, learned 'to know the great
men of Japan and learned to count
among them Count Okuma. (Ap
plause.) I am glad therefore to he
here as his guest, and as the guest
of this school, and if you will hear
with me I will make a few sugges
tions that occur to me as timely in
speaking to students.
In the first place let me say to you
that while things seem strange to a
visitor, whether he visits this land or
any other land while these differ
ences first attract attention yet after
all we are much alike. If you look
at the eye of a human being you
find that it may have a color that
is distinctly its own, and you begin
to classify eyes. Some will have blue
eyes, some will have brown eyes, some
will have black eyes, but no matter
what color the eye is, it looks out
upon the same landscape and sees
the same thincs. And so we may
differ in appearance or in fefllu,res'
we may differ in size, we may differ
in dress, but after all we are human
beings and we have the same im
pulses and the same purposes. Ana
this to my mind is an Important les
son for us all to learn. We, of course,
coming from our own country recog
nize that the people we see upon uu
street are not quite so tall, not qui -xo
so heavy, as those we meet upon tne
street at home, but I never have ten
that I could, hold one in contempt uo
cause he was not so large as otneib
I remember hearing years ago
phrase like this: "That Nature dooa
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