The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-24
THANKFUL FOR THIS YEAR.
Heel Dow, d'Fimous Old People, 1hihkld
that Whisky Has Iat Killed Bin.
R. GLIDsroHE'S THANKSGIVING FRlsf
Rosa Bonnie or 10 Grateful That Her Lion 10
Spared for His New Picturs-Juiia
Ward Howe Gives Thanks For the
ssms Thing That the Qussn
Il Grateful For.
Copyright, 1896. for The rimes.)


No one can properly appreciate the
spirit OF Thanksgiving who has not lived
upon earth for the full three score
and ten OF his allotted time. BY virtue
of strength he is granted one year more
and I. is for this one year that ne gives
thanks-thanks such as no other can
possibly give ~
So many of the famous old people OF
the world have been removed during tno
past year that the remaining ones ieei
as IL the respite that Is theirs Is mos
precarious and uncertain one. fet' wn"e
thankful for this one more year, tnsy
look with bright eyes into what may 10
the Thanksgiving of next year.
NEAL BOWS STRENGTH Line
WINE.
The oldest OF nearly all the Thanks
giyingists il Neal Dow, that old prohi-
bitionst, whom whisky has neither kill
ed nor cured" during all these years.
81 look forward with certainty TO another
Thanksgiving" said Neal Dow at his
last birthday, FOR. though am ninety.
my strength is like young wine from the
vne-no, / mean, like fresh water from
the spring. sparkling. lively. fuli or puoy-
ancy.
what AM i specially lct
he queried looking with bright eyes INTO
the face OF his questoner. Il am thank
ful for thing that has come TO pass
Ia this last year of my life thankful for
the alliance of prohibition and practical
politics. You have the Sunday prohibl-
lion in New York this year. You viii
have II all the week next year. a man
should he thankful for this even though
he has to live ninety years 10 see IT,"
Like giad old brothers are those two
grand old men OF Europe-Gladstone and
Bismarck. They have been lifelong
friends. though their friendship has been
clouded by many n battle that leaves Its
scar yet During the last year Gladstone.
at eight-nve, has written a new book
and delivered several speeches. and Bis
marck has kept his health ana eaten
what he pleased.
Gladstone said last summer that he
would DO glad. and more than glad, II
he could live long enough TO complete
certain biographical work which he has
on hand and to fulfil the contract for
some writing that he wants to do I'm
81 Bismarck Is less ambitious. He
wants his pains to leave him and to
rest out long quiet old age at Fried
richsruh.
GLADsTONEs DINNER.
Neither OF these two old gentlemen
lives I'm tho land where Thanksgiving
Day is celebrated. for neither feels the
thrill OF the landing upon Plymouth Rock
and the Joy OF the Puritan fathers. But
each knows about the American Thanks
giving, and each has. Cor years given
thanks upon our national holiday one
year Gladstone gave a Thanksgiving din
ner for some American guests. and en-
toyed the sentiment OF the feast as much
as they.
Baroness rIrdett-Coutts has a husband
who Is half American. Mr. Burdett-Coutts
Is IN thorough sympathy with the land
ON the other side the water. Every
year the dear old Baroness. his wife,
gives Thanksgiving dinner for the peo
pie OF her country place, where she now
lives all the year around. and each year
she makes little speech for them. on
the day the Baroness was eighty she
made a little address 10 the assembled
multitude of country people around her
door IL am thankful" said she. mot
that am year older. but thankful that
| am so young" Out OF regard for hfr
idolized husbands preferences. the Baron
ess gives away a large fortune every
THANKSGIVING. Sometimes the gift takes
one form, sometimes another. One year
she gave every poor huckster In London
a new horse and cart, and last year she
presented every poor baby born Thanks
giving week with a trousseau. Even III
the Baroness should not give thanks on
Thanksgiving Day. her poor people would.
Julia Ward Howe IS the proudest old
girl OF all the famous old people She Is
proud, not so much of her own achieve
nrerts as of her daughters. Her
three girls have become almost as IA
nous as she. Last year Mrs. Howe was
more feeble than she is now, dear little
old lady. Her steps were lettering, and
she moved like woman Of eighty. In
stead Of a girl OF only seventy-five. II
am tired" she said one day. "and may
not see another holiday. Yet. II ! do
II dol shall give thanks. ! and the
Queen shall give thanks for the same
thing. We have good daughters" Vic
toria. like Mrs. Howe, is seventy-hve
years old. though the Queen Is much
| more feeble than our good old blueblood-
ed New Englander.
Harriet Beecher Stowe filckers between