Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-24
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much more girls day. Arbor. day is be-
coming a day of school celebrations.
The old New England Fast day, which
is now feast day, is also the spring
inaugural of outdoor games.
Memorial day, as time takes tho
poignancy from its memories, leaving
only the beauty, the recognition and
the high appeal, becomes, far more
than the noisy and the explosive
Fourth, the day of serious patriotic
feeling.
Christmas. of all days the best. il
every body's day; but it. too. has its
special delights for lovers of imposing
church ceremonial, and for little chill
dren not yet too old for Santa Claus.
Thanksgiving. like Christmas, is for
all; but if Christmas is dearest to chill
dren, Thanksgiving may almost b
called Old Folks day.
At Christmas childhood rules the
hour, and the youngest is first. The
tall fir, blazing with candles and gay
with gifts, is the childrens Liberty
tree. and beneath its magic boughs
following their fancies, sharing their
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finding their own best JOY in doing SO.
But at Thanksgiving there is no such
fairy-like pageantry, no such bewilder-
ing reversal of the usual order, as this
The elders rule with no one to divide
their supremacy, unless possibly the
youngest baby of the family. with the
serene dignity of infancy still upon
him. He, perhaps, may share the
honors of the day on grandmother's
knee, with grandfather opposite. meet
ing his solemn eyes with q smile, and
remembering the time when his father
was just as little and As dimpled and -
wonderful and az charming.
Children often do not appreciate
Thanksgiving? How should they,
when they are themselves its chief of
fering and delight. If it means .
journey to the old Homestead. and
games in ancient garrets, and explor-
ing old trunks, and having hosts Of
cousins to play hide-and-seek with
through long halls and in mysterious
closets, they can understand its charm;
that is great fun.
But children who have their Thanks
giving at home with only the family
and perhaps one or two relatives some
times find it a little disappointing. II
is holiday. which of course they like.
and they like good dinner.
Nevertheless. one child no doubt ex-
pressed the feeling of good many
others when he said, half dolefully and
half laughingly, that people talked
about Thanksgiving months before
hand, Just as if it were Christmas; and
then, when it came, it was only no
school and turkey and cranberry sauce
and mince pie. and two great-aunts.
It was probably the great-aunts, and
the grandmother and grandfather, and
the proud parents of the unapprecia-
tive boy and his rosy little brothers
who found in it much more than the
turkey and mince pie.
They found family sentiment, and an
to talk over old times, old
and absent friends, to SYM
pathize with each others present ankle
ties, share each Others joys, and cheer
one another with mutual goodwill and
affection for the duties Of the coming
vear.
Where there are but few who can b
gathered together, the family festival
# New England, now widely observed
tho whole country, may b.
but a simple and quiet celebration.
Where large family come together
or the festal occasion beneath one
.oof, it is likely to be one of the merri-
,st as well as one of the best of days.
Few or many, gay or quiet, IL
is kept in its right spirit
# cordially and family affection-f It
5 the dinner where love is-there Is no
lay better worth the keeping It 10
he day when children should be most
'weet and 1ovable. and when the old
Ihould tell each other it Is good to have
ived SO long. YOUTHS Companion.
Jacky's Triumph.
Jacky-.We had . thirteen-pound
turkey 1t our house yesterday" Jim
oh, that's nawthin'. We had one that
weighed fifteen poundA" Jacky-T
lon't care 4 your old turkey was big.
.eE. I'll bet you didn't have no Doctor
,ome To see you twice IN the night the
ray did. boston Post
The man who lets his wife split all
he wood may mean we'll, but ho
houldn't be allowed TODD al the talk.
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