The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-17

to procure the bird OF the season consultation is
held as TO the amount to be expended in the pur-
Cnase' committee OF one is sent out TO report
The report proving favorable a bargain is completed
after much haggng about price. punching of breast
bones, and pulling OF drum-stcks Then the bird is
rugged nome in triumph, tightly packed in medium
sheu marKet-basket, along with butter, eggs pota-
toes and other market produce Arrangements
oelng mus completed, the day begins much the same
as any other day. At the family breakfast, Mater
famias says to Paterfamilas;
"Are you going to church to-dav nv dear?u
mo, my love- returns Paterfamilias.
dearP" i''V i'"''' ny
yes returns p F., sarcastlcally "Went down
VoWn Onlce you know You see NV love- we are
a"luly Dusy Fact is, don't know whether we're on
heads or heels"
But you'll be home early tonight ?" asks NJ. r.
"You know our party tonight
"Ohl hang partiesl Why we-fact is forgot all
ABOUT party. Couldn't put it of, could you Very
lnconvenient to be here"
At this juncture NJ f. looks nm olarmad
Put 1t onP Why how come you to think Of such
q thing You know we have"
wen, well, my love, don't mention II" interrupts
T. f.; "only spoke of it you know; 'spect | can be
home; most awfully inconvenient thought and
with THESE mutual greetings the morning meal is
eaten
Church is next in order. Mother and daughters
are fully rigged and equipped, and start for the
sacred ediice. Kid gloves fine feathers, gilt-edge
DOCKS are the worthy accompanments of the day;
but they are all. The sumptuous and ease-proyok-
ing pews hold but a sorry number of wor-
shppers The organ peals its grandest noIes of joy,
but the sounds fall the ears of thankess hearers
Ihe nnest singers have taken the place of the
country choir, but the method of prasing is not
superior. The pastors shorter sermon is more
Weghty than the long Grafton, but the listeners are
lew. Ihe thanks necessary to the day given by
the men, by proxy, through their wives and daugh-
ters, and they by proxy refer to the paid pastor
organist, and choir. What mighty thank Offering
It'll
The Thanks giving dinner like the other, is inde-
scribabe, but only on account of its great similarity
to other dinners on other and commoner days. The
father comes home, and dimes at the fashionable
hour. There is no extra family gathering, no extra
jolhcations ensue for every one is saving up for the
evening.
In place Of the romps and games, and mighty
mirth Of the former time, we have a regular built
formal party. Jones is invited, Smith is invited,
Brown is invited as is also Green. Brown, Smith,
JONES' and Green all come
The Misses Smith are formidaby arrayed in satin
and lace, the Misses Jones in lace and satin. The
whte-gloved Miss Brown is formally introduced to
the white-gloved Mr.. Robinson and the much-friz-
zled Miss Robinson is treated in the manner to
hair-oil-bedewed Mr.. White. Miss Loypop waltzes
with Mr.. Poywog. Mr.. Polywog compliments Miss
Lolypop on her waltzing. Paterfamilias and mater
familias are on hand, and hold their positions with
great stateliness. p F. shakes hands with the
guests, one and all; NJ f. likewise. p. f. kindly
informs his next neghbor what the condition of the
weather has been all day. The next neghbor kindly
acquiesces. Both hem and haw, and then separate
The next man who comes in contact with the head
of the house receives the same information, and
makes the same answer; then they both hem and
haw, and separate. The M. f. tells everybody that
10 fin NV 10 On fnn
The refreshment tables are ample and do full JUS
tice to the reputation of the house Mr.. So-and-sC
takes wine with Mr.. So-and-so. Mrs. Somebody is
helped to cream by Mr. Somebody. Miss Anybody
spills the contents OF her saucer into her lap, and Mr.
Anybody mixes 1t up with his pocket-handkerChief.
Mr.. Hogg eats like pig Mr. Pigg drinks like hog.
In fact, all are uncommonly hungry and thirsty
With these and like amusements the evening is
SPENT until the fddles squeak out, the dancers re.
tire the gluttons are FULL carriages drive away the
lights are out and the house closed for the night.
The next morning finds late breakfast, feasters
with worn-out looks and disheveled toilet, pater
famias thinking OF the money, and the family gene
rally almost wishing that another Thanksgiving
would never come.
The Future.
The picture of the present is probably oyerdrawn
but it may answer its purpose. 1t may keep us from
initiating, to great extent the customs there sci
| down.
| Let us not do away with the good things Of the
old nor those Of the new order. But let US Danish
alike all barbarous and unworthy practices, whether
old or new. Let keep the day as Christian people
| in rational manner. Let US keep in mind its re.
gious character well as its secular; but let us
| make it sober fast-day, from which all pleasure
and amusement are banished Our reasons for thank
fulness is ample II we forget the thanks perhaps
the giver may foget the gifts.
The present national character OF the day, as
shown by the precedents Of several former years,
should never be allowed to fall into dsuse Thanks
giving to Americans should be as national as Inde
| pendence Day. Let no incumbent of the Presiden-
| tal chair through neglect, allow the custom to fall
| into disuse. Let it never again become sectional
but always distinctive American national institu-
tion