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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-12-02
WIN the 'TIIrkeY.

TURKEYS are cheap this year.
There's one thing to be thankful for. =
Boston News
THE Thanksgiving bird only lacks
the bristles TO b. as proud a being as
the American porker Philadelphia
Record.
THANKSGIVING is no longer fast:
it is feast. The average American
likes to-express his gratitude from the
iullness of his blessings Baltimore
American
THE best sauce for the great feast Is
a consciousness that you have given
some poor fellow or forlorn family
special occasion to be thankful New
York World
LET'S see. Isn't there a Bob
Cratchit" or a Tiny Tim somewhere
in our ueighborhood this Thanksgiv-
ing timer The little prize Turkey will
carry out the principle beautifully IL
the big fellow IS TOO weighty for our
purse and some dear little "Iiny Tim
or some auuest, hard-workiug Bob
Cratchit wilI f6 nre 90 oh crve I'm re-
payal for af tbe much on little ex-
panse and trouble. Cod bless ms.
every one. That Is true Tbank-eiy.
ing Boston Globe
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ing scarcely native-born American
grandmother among millions Of people.
That region includes more than one
half of the land over which the flag of
the Republic floats ON Thanksgiving
Day, yet a native grandmother eau
scarcely be found Thanksgiving with
out grandmotherS Is dreary indeed, but
the Western grandchildren forget them
not. The grandmothers in the East,
in far-away New England and in the
Southern land, may rest assured that
the hearts of their Western grandchil-
dren 90 out to them as tenderlv "a II
they had known them and been rocked
by them in the cradle Ii is a kind OF
desert spot in children's lives not to
have cen a grandmother and felt her
tender caresses.
The birthplace of some OF those
earlier grandchildren was, in the
pioneer days of the far West, in the
old freight wagons and prairie schoon-
ers. On the Oregon, California and
Pixies Peak trails many a baby was
born IN an old canvas-covered wagon,
and all honor to the mothers of the ma
tlon who centuries ago braved the
N'tfA' Va 2 VA VIC aitAANiSt uAiNlNNii NGdS W
establish American homes from the
New England coast to the Georgia
shore. Then over the AAeghanies
they came, and then across the Mis-
sissippi River But American women
stopped not There. They, too, braved
the wilderness Of plain and desert, and
the storm and dangers Of unknown
mountain passes, The childlen whose
first sight of the world was from a
canvas wagon train and who arc now
grown TO manhood and wCmanhood.
cannot look back TO a mansion or
a vine.cad cottage as their birth
place. There is no such sacred
homo for them - meet in for the happy
reunion on Thanksgiving. But they
are proud of thCir birthplace on the
ileetlng trails of western empire, at Il
time whom brave men were blazing u
pathway FOR now commemorative TO tho
Pacific, and still moe heroic wives
went with them. Sometimes this story
was sad one. a grave was dug: a
coffin was made from few pine boards
torn from the wagon bed Her sisters
for at such times all women are sis
ters made what preparations they
N'ulu' HiVtHeI dtu tllltV were buried
in the same grave, and the caravan
moved ON. Neither minister nor priest
was there: the bard, with the name
rudely carved thereon, has rotted
away, and the drifting sands have long
since obliterated what else could have
marked the spot
No wonder, then, children born amid
such surroundings have grown up into
strong, self-reliant and courageous men
and women. Their hearts go out in
this Thanksgiving season to their
grandmothers of the East and South,
with whom they claim kinship. Who
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recollection. Yet between the Rocky
Mountains and the Pacific coast there
are hundreds of thousands of homes
where children are growing up without
a glimpse of their own or any other
child's grandmother. They know moth
ing of the dear old face, the soft gray
hair, the quaint figure Of that patient
little woman who, day after day, sits
IN the quiet corner Of the old home
knitting, knitting. and still knitting.
while her thoughts are wandering far
away into the long ago of her child
hood. They know nothing of her gen
Tie chldings, nor can they appreciate
the quiet and kindly amusement in the
household at grandmother's expense
when, after searching the house for
her specs, she is reminded, in re-
spons3 to her anxious inquiry, that
they are under the frills of her cap.
Think of Thanksgiving without grand
mothers. Why in the land of granu-
mothers it is she who on that day has
drst claim upon all our galantry and
ehivalry. A white-haired belle, on
that day at least, with gray-haired sons
and daughters and troops of happy
children around to do her honor and
bring her comfort and cheer. Thou
sands Of Western boys and girls know
nothing of this. A grandmother is to
them almost as much of a myth as the
heroine Of fairy story. A little boy
in the Rocky Mountains on being told
some events about bis grandmother in
the far East actually asked what kind
Of being grandmother was. 1T is
true there are some grandmothers in
the far Wost, bat they are imported
from the East and South. For most Of
them the West is too far away. No
doubt their hearts often reach out ten
derly toward their grandchildren in
and beyond the Rocky Mountains.
As to natiye-born grandmothcrs they
are very hard to find west of the Rocky
Mountains. With the exception Of the
early settlements in the Oregon coun-
try, the Mormons of Utah and the oc-
casional home Of the earlier trapper in
the mountains or ranchman in Califor-
MIA, the civilization is too young for
native-born grandmothers.
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nacles, or feast Of ingathering at the
end OF the year. As early as the reign
of Elizabeth of England il was express
~ ordered that on Thanksgiving Dav
no seryile work should be performed.
while severe penalties were attached
TO violations of the orte. In Holland
the first anniversary OF the deliverance
OF the city of Leyden from the siege,
Oct 3, 1915, was kept as a religious fes-
tiral OF Thanksgiving and praise,
The earnest account we have of
regular Thanksgiving Day in this
country locates tho celebration at
Mohegan near the kennehec River,
Me, where on Aug y, 1907, old style,
II Is stated in an old chronicle, Chap
lam seymour, a minister Of the Church
OF England, delivered sermon ION
gyving God thanks for happie meet
ynge and safle ARRIVAL into the coun-
trie. The example here set was fol-
lowed by the Plymouth brethren in
the autumn of 1921, when they had coll
lected their first harvest, which con-
sisted of twenty acres of corn and six
of barley, oats and peas, enough TO
keep them supplied with food Tor the
coming year. Governor Bradford ap-
occasion shtuId be observed with rood
cheer sent hunters ont to forage the
country to procure a plentiful supply
Of good things needful for II dinner.
The men returned with water fowl,
Wild turkey and venison. The great
Indian chief, Massasoit, and ninety Of
his warriors were invited to the feast,
which lasted three days
The next Thanksgiving celebration
OF which we have any authentic record
was celebrated two years afterward,
when, however, it was Ob erved not in
autumn but in July, and tho occasion
was manifestly furnished by tho timely
arrival Of a ship from England laden
with provisions, whom the settlers were
ON the verge Of starvation During
the same year day of fasting and
prayer in the midst of drought was
changed to day of Thanksgiving by
the coming Of rain during the prayers
In 1852 GOV. Winthrop, Of the Massa-
chusetts Bay Colony. recommended "a
day of thanksgiving ON account Of the
favorable action toward the colonies Of
the British Priyy Council. During the
revolution day of national thanksgiv-
Ing was annually recommended TO Con-
gress. and at the adoption Of the Com
stitution, 1859, Washington was strong
" urged by Congress to appoint day
for Thanksgiving. In 1926 proclama-
tlon OF thanksgiving was issued for tho
suppression Of insurrection. Presi-
dent Madison in 1915 appointed II day
FOR national Thanksgiving.
1t is only within the last thirty years
that Thanksgiving Day has assumed
the character of fixed annual occur
renee. its origin being traced TO the
proclamation Of President Lincoln,
dated July Is, 1863. Tho day chosen
by President Lincoln on this oc-
casion for national Thanksgiving,
praise, and prayer" was August Of
that year. In the two following years
the date Of the observance was left to
the discretion Of the President, but
during the past twenty-five years the
last Thursday in November has been set
apart for the holiday
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quite spell, back on the other side OF
Bald Top. You can smell the smoke
most OF the time. Seems to me its
stronger than usual, to-day"
~ ou don't think there is any dan.
ger of it's coming this way, do y0u?"
oh no." contentedly Il don't sup
pose it could come 50 far as this"
But why not:" thought Elsie to her.
self as she drove rapidly back. IF the
wind were right for it, why shouldn't
it come this way? Fires travel much
farther than that on the prairies- -and
they go very fast, too. | never did
like having Nursey all alone by herself
| on that farm.
She reached home to find things in
unexpected confusion. Her father had
been called away for the night by a
telegram, and her mother on this OF
| all days-had gone to bed disabled with
bad headache. There was much tc
be done, and Elsie was into it, too busy
to think again of Nurse Sparrow and
the fire, until, toward nightfall, she
noted that the wind had changed and
was blowing straight from Bald Top,
bringing with it an increase of smoke.
She ran out to consult the hired man
before he went home for the night. and
to ask if he thought there was any dan
ger OF the fire reaching the Long
Woods He guessed" not.
These fires get going quite often on
TO the other side of Bald Top. but there
amt none OF em come over this way.
and tain't likely they ever will.
guess Mis- Sparrows safe enough. You
needn't worry, Miss Elsie.
In spite Of this comforting assurance.
Elsie did worry. and when. at > In the
morning, she woke with a sudden start.
her tr.t impulse was % run 70 the
window. Then she gave an exclama-
ti0n, aud her heart stood -till with
fears forthe southern slopes 0f Bald Ton
were riBged with flames which cleaned
dim and nrid through tine smoke. and
showers 0t sparks thrown high I'M air
showed that the edges of the woods be.
yuud Nurseys farm we're already buru-
ING -She'll be frightened ~ death.
Thought Elsie. 0h pl & dear ana ~
une tA help her
What shaHld sha dnt Tu go ahar
tHe man and HAkaH hfm meant 4 i0af
HelAE tia Hae A#atk aleeHar. arU
HiH Hw WHH HHHr trr uf aWfN fFt
E9Ht EIAt tHHHH #Hs taH& la fhe sta
h MH faa AaH# AeA #A# iH kaa HaH
tnH tH aHH aE 6Ho Ie Hsi
H# tHas ran tH tfn
H# tH H8GH
HaA
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and the western sky was all aAame,
while over against it in the east
burned the first yellow beams Of dawn.
People were astir by this time, and
men ON foot and horseback were hurry
ing toward the burning woods. They
stared curiously at the oddly laden cart.
Why, you didn't ever come over for
me all alone" cried Nurse sparrow.
rousing suddenly to a sense of the situ-
alton. Il We ben that hustered that |
never took thought of how Won got
across, or anything about it. Where
was your pa, Missy and Hiram"
Elsie explained.
"Oh, you blessed child: and if vou
hadn't come I'd have been burned in
my bed as like as not" cried tho old
woman, quite overpowered.
Perhaps the fire won't reach your
house, after all. But, anyway, / am
glad you are here and not there. We
cannot be too careful Of such dear old
Nursey as you are. And one thing,
think, you'll confess Elsie's tone was
a little mischievous- and that is, that
Harvesting classes have their uses. If
hadn't known how to put Jack in the
cart. might at this moment be ham
mering on the door of that stupid Hi
ram who, you know, sleeps like log!
trying to wake him, and you on tho
clearing alone, scared to death Now,
Nursey, own up; Mrs Thanet wasn't 50
Tar wrong now was she;
Nurseys house did not burn down.
a change of wind came just in time to
save IL: and after eating her own
Thanksgiving turkey in her old home.
and being petted and made much of for
a few days, she went back none the
worse for her adventure. to find her
goods and chattels In theirusual places
and all safe Susan Coolidge, In S.
NichnIa.
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CHICAGO. SATURDAY, DECEMBER l89S-TWELVE PAGES-THAN

OF the useful things that l learned to
do at my school.
The master is very kind, Missy; and
so Is your mother: and I'm thankful to
you all. But that's a queer school of
yours, 1t seems to me. For my part, |
never heard of young ladies learning
such things rs cooking .and Harvesting
at boarding-schools."
oh, We learn arts and languages.
too, that part of our education isn't
neglected. Now, Nursey, well put
these things in your buttery, and you
shall give me a glass of nice cold milk,
and while l drink it I'll tell YOU about
Rosemary Hall-that's the name of the
school. you know: and it's the dearest,
incest place you can think of"
Very likely, Miss Elsse, in an un-
convinced tone: but still | don't see
any reason why they should set you to
making pies and harnessing horses.
"Oh, that's just at odd times, by way
of fun and pleasure; it isn't lessons, you
know. Oh see, Mrs Thanet-that's a
rich lady who lives close by. and is a
sort of fairy godmother to us girls
has great notion about practical edu-
cation. 1t was she who got up the
Harvesting Glass and the Model
Kitchen.
Missy, dear, won't deny but cook
ing may be well for you to know: but
for that other-the harnessing class.
as you call it, don't see the sense of
that at all, Missy
oh, Nursey, indeed there is a great
deal of sense in it. Mrs. Thanet says
it might easily happen, in the country
especially, if any one was hurt or
taken very i'll, you know, that life
might depend upon a girls knowing
how to harness."
1T don't seem ladylke for you to be
knowing about harnesses and such
things"
"Oh, Nursey, dear, what nonsense,
| must go" she cried Come out and
see me harness up, Nursey.
1t was swiftly and skillfully done, but
still Nurse Sparrow shook her head.
i don't like it" she insisted. "a
horse shall be vain thing for safety
that's in Holy Writ
You are an obstinate old dear" said
Elsie, good-humoredly. Wait till
you're ill some day, and [ go for the
doctor. Then you'll realize the ad-
vantage of practical education. What
a queer smell of smoke there is, Nur-
sey." gathering up her reins
Yes; the woods has been ON fire for
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put on her clothes. I'm a-going to be
burned out. It's hard at my time OF
life. just when | had got things tidy
and comfortable.
perhaps the fire won't come so far
as this after all" said the practical
Elsie.
oh, yes, it will. It's most here
now"
WELL whether it does or not, I'm
going to carry you home with me,
where you will be safe"
Elsie coaXed and demonstrated, and
at last got Nursey into the seat, with
the cat and a bundle of her best
clothes in her lap, her teaspoons in her
pocket, a basket of specially beloved
baking-tins' under the seat, and
favorite feather-bed at the back,
among whose billowy folds were
tucked away an assortment of
treasures ending with the Thanksgiv-
ing goodies which had been brought
over that morning.
Il can't leave that turkey behind
Missy, dear really can't" pleaded
Nursey. I've been thinking of him,
and anticipating how good he was GO
ing to be, all day; and | haven't had
but one taste of your pie. They're so
little they'll go in anywhere .
The fire seemed startlingly near now,
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AT THE OLD HOME.

Like the patient moss to the r!fted hIlf
The wee brown house is clinging;
A last year nest that is lone and still
Though IL erst was filled with singing
Then fleet we're the children's PATTERN o
feet.
And their thrilling childish laughter.
And merry voices we're sweet, OH sweet.
Ringing from floor 20 rafter.
The beautiful darllngs one by one.
From the nests safe shelter living.
Went forth in the sheen Of the morning sun
Their fiutterlng pinions trying
But oft, as the reaping time is Ger,
And the hoar- frost Crisps the stubbic.
They haste TO the little home once more
From the great worlds toll and trouble.
And the mother herself is at the pane.
With hand the dim eyes shading.
And the flush Of glrlhood tints again
The cheek that IS thin and fading
For her boys and girls are coming home,
Tho mothers kiss their gucfdon.
as they came ere yet they had learned 10
roam,
or bowed TO the task and burden.
over the doors worn SIN they treoo.
The skies OF youth above them.
The blessing ~ God ON the happy rroun
Who have mother left to love then.
Ihey well may smile tu the face ~ care.
To whom such grace Is given.
mothers faith, and Il mothers praypr
Holding tbem close to heaven.
For her as she clasps hef boarded SON
Wlth ID heart THAT Is hrlmmIng over.
eHgs teu0eriy hiendlng two be- one.
Her boy, and her hoyish lover
Aud half % brf suul is feff muav.
to twlue che dead and the ligiHF.
10 the little home whofela to-day.
Wef hiidfca keep ThauksRIrins
There are tIuv hHHd# fh#tt aff b... ...
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the road, and, quiekening him to his
fastest pace, drove fearlessly into tho
dark woods. The main fire was still
far distant, bat before she reached
Nurses little clearing. she even drove
by one place where the woods were
afire.
She had expected to find Mrs Spar
row in an agitation of terror: but be-
hold, she was in her bed sound asleep.
Elsie at last shook her into conscious
ness, and pointed at the fiery glow ON
the horizon.
"Oh, dear, dear" she walled, as with
trembling, suddenly stiff fingers she
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A HARVESTING CLASS.

\ 1t was the day before Thanksgiving,
but the warmth of the late Indian sum-
mer lay over the world, and tempered
the autumn chill into mildness more
like early October than late November.
Elsie Thayer. driving her village cart
rapidly through the Long Woods, ;"
caught herself vaguely wondering why
the grass was not greener, and what
should set the leaves to trembling off
the trees in such an unsummer-like
fashion, then smiled at herself for
being so forgetful. The cart was
packed full; for, besides Elsie herself,
it held a bag of sweet potatoes, a siza-
BILE bundle or two and large market
basket from which protruded the un-
mistakable legs of a turkey, not to
A>lnention choice smaller basket COW
cred with napkin. All these were
going to the little farmstead in which
dwelt Mrs. Ann Sparrow, Elsie's nurse
in childhood, and the most faithful and
kindly of friends ever since. Elsie
always made sure that "Nursev" had
good Thanksgiving dinner, and gener-
ally carried it herself.
The day was so delightful that it
seemed almost a pity that the pony
should trot so fast. But the day before
Thanksgiving is sure to be a busy one
+, with New England folks; Elsie had
bother tasks awaiting her, and she knew
that Nursey would not be content with
short visit.
Hurry up, little Jack" she said.
"4ou shall have a long rest presently,
If you are good boy, and some nice
fresh grass If ! can find any: anyway,
a little drink of water SO make
haste
Jack made haste. When the two
miles were achieved, and the little
clearing came into view, Elsie slacken-
ed her pace: she wanted to take Nursev
by surprise Driving straight to a
small open she'd, she deftly unharness-
ed the pony, and wheeled the cart away
from his heels all with the ease which
| Is born OF practice. She then gathered
] a lapful of brown but still nourishinr
4 grasses for Jack, and was about to lift
the parcels from the wagon when she
was espied by Mrs Sparrow. Out she
came, hurrying and flushed with pleas
ure, the dearest old woman, with
pink, wrinkle1 cheeks like perfectly
baked apple, and voice which still
retained its pleasant English tones,
after sixty long years in America.
We'll, Missy dear, so it s you.
made sure you d come, and had been
watching all the morning: but somehow
| missed you when you drove up, and it
was just by haccident like that | look
ed out of the window and see you in the
shed. You re looking well, Missy.
That school has MT hurt you a bit.
Just the same nice color in your cheeks
as ever. "Why."-her voice changing
to CONSERVATION, If you have MT un-
harnessed the horse Now. Missy, how
came you TO do that? You forgot there
was mt no one about but me. Who S
to put him in for you, | wonder?"
"Oh, don't want any one. can
. harness the pony myself
oh, Missy, dear you must MT do
that could MT let you. It S real
hard to harness a horse. You d make
some mistake, and then there d be
haccident."
Nonsense, Nursey I've harnessed
Jack once this morning already: it Is
just as easy to do it twice. IN mem
ber of Harvesting Glass, I'd have you
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Feast-Day ON the Plains.

Can you imagine, in these closing
days of the year with Thanksgiving
close upon us, n whole land without
grandmothers? That seems almost in-
credible in the long-settled communi-
ties of the East and South, where no
family reunion is complete without at
least one venerable figure, SO familiar
and SO dear to all in that household
from the days of childhosds earliest
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-12-02
THANKSGIVING DAY.

ANY rite + s
have sought to
make the observ-
ance of Thanks
giving Day an
American insti-
tuition, originat-
ing among the
early settlers of
New N e a n d
but historically
this opinion can
not be sustained,
for the idea was
formulated many
years before our
c O n I in ent was
d / $ c ov @ + q d.
Many think 1t is
simply a copy of
the old Hebrew
ordinance of tho
Feast of Taber-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-07

David Freshman who BIAS translated Dan
Eel pcronda" into Hebrew n Poland. says, In
the preface. that the knowledge ot details Of
Jewish life and other features ~ the book.
cuuf iucc him that George Eliot was Of.
VIneiy inspired In writing it
Caroline Shacks Brooks. who has attracted
attention 10y her modelling ia butter, Is en-
gagged on a memorial which includes medal
II 10 portraits OF the world fair direct ors
ana other persons prominently identified
with IT, The modelling is In butter. though
oleomarsarine would probably answer Just as
we'll
The car dislilSes German so much that he
recently declined TO answer Danish oficer
who addressed him in that tongue until the
remarks were repeated 10 him in English. 1t
might be supposed that 10 would be a relief
70 him 10 hear few sentences in German
after listening to his native language for a
time.
Senator Hale is able TO live in pretty good
style, thanks 10 the fortune he got with his
wife, who was a daughter Of lack Chandler.
He owns one Of the finest houses in the ma
tlonal capital. II must have cost S15O0o0
rev or the other senators own the houses
they live in. Some of them rent residences,
put most OF them live in hotels and boarding
houses ike the ordinary otlce-hOlder.
1t is said that Lord Hope spent $4,000 in
gaining the virgin affections of May Yohe.
The English newspapers, by the way, print
the young woman name with an accent over
the e-Yohe-a Frenchihed afectation which
the female barytone did not indulge in when
she was caVorting around Chicago to the
despair ana admiration OF the young men
whom steve Rowan used to chase out Of
Gamblers alley every night.
Count de Casa Miranda, the husband of
Christine Nilsson, the singer, is much older
than his wife and is said to be correspond
ingly jealous. He occupies a prominent posi-
ton in Spain and is often forced away from
nome On such occasions he leaves his
daughter by former wife to look after things
ana see that the countess does not ttirt with
the young cavaliers OF Madrid, pre- caution
which is entirely needless. from all accounts.