Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-23
Written for The Dispatch by c.
MitchCli.)

Mitchcll)
The annual appointment of q day OF
Thanksgiving, along with many other
customs Of sterling worth and stability.
originated with our pious New England
brethren: and although Thanksgiving
DAY has been for many years a national
institution. even now It is more strictly
observed in the North than in the South
Not that the South is less thankful or
less willing TO render thanks. but there
has never been in the South exactly that
same fervor OF conscientious thanksgfv-
ing peculiar 10 the North. Ftrhaps. alter
all, the difference in the manner OF cele-
brating the day is a difference Of kind
rather than degree arising. il may be.
from Inherited Puritanical traits on one
side and the influence OF a Cavalier ances-
Try on the other.
Whatever bent our ancestry. or en-
vircnment. or our education may have
giNFn our observance Of this day. in gin
Eleness of purpose let North and South
East and Wet unite in one mighty psalm
Of thanksgiving TO the Giver of all good
For His mercifui Kindness is great TO-
ward US; and the truth Of the Lord en-
dUItth forever. Praise ye the Lord
HOLY DAY AND HOLIDAY.
Thanksgiving is. or should be. both a
holy day and a holiday. Ingratitude is
the Ineauest. the most ignob,e Of all the
negative sins of mankind: bad enough
when the kindness received from fr.Tnds
0r loved ones is forgotten. bat infinitely
worse when the obligation TO Him. who
fiveth li~ht and life and love. is ig-
nored Tx refore let as be thankful
Gratitude. like love may be shown in
many ways II is neither necessary nor
expected that we spend THANKSGIVING as
VIC do the Sabbath. but ather n US be
merry as wei as thankful. being sure
that contented life. a loving heart and
4 thorough endowment of the blessings.
mary or few. which God has bestowed
upon us. is oftentines indicative Of more
gratitude than an excess OF psalm sing
INK
Mary ?rd varied will be the thanks re-
turned o. this Thanksgiving day of nine
teen HUNDRED and two. Let US. with pro-
fhr'ic vision look into some hearts -
read few of their Thanksgiving
thourhrs
'"Thaass wc give and alteration" soft
II whispers the man of Gnd as with
shir!-E fare r. Goes to speak to those
foc who-7 he dolly pravs. md his heart
Is s'0-ir~ e1oud the manifold goodness
81 Cold With words Of burning e'oqrence
lent ny the glowing love. he bears them.
he shows them the u-fathonn be mercy
ard love cf our Father which art In
heaven" Then, when at last from fer
vent hearts
Praise COO from whom ali blessings
H1w-"
Es< bcr7 waited Ire incense 10 the great
wrt'+ thro~e priest and peop'e separate
lea0f-sciving day-oh. glorious foot
ball sings out the society girl. holding
c1Tyra ~thcIn.'~7s orr of white the other
q Yellow whiIe WITH Sparkling eyes aid
charming pe-p'e~itv Of manner she
E'aueoS f-~r>o 90 to the other as "hur-
RI Scr Nt~~t-fa = tic s-->e fer Nrr.Ii
Ca-r"~a Tat- nay for TarHeel lover
a-1 T.-rin'a hoau.
Dance a~d h're he t--e. be f-uA. j.
tzr,,', AND white DO ri~'1t. DO ri9ht.
~ gown is vision. my hat a dream:
,a'"-~ h7s f-c-ea-ed NY allowance AND
~r'"r~ hae 11r7r42i-nT r7e rew frrs. And
VIZ ~ Chapel FEiu STUDENT be Jealous
Low the massacre with my Chr
!hf'er~i'" yc,-th or vice vera. really
th'0al aho1'd he +l7e-rfut. I4dn1ift not.
fn'H ''rs'lcynf deIi~ht f. the GOOD things
~ re 50 afre-ou~lv rhcwered upo-1 nc
- t--7 1hc ct~re-e ~~atit,,S> # a perfectly
nam" r-i-4 Those .Gil'io~ !hat toll
~. ~ srp'~ ''davc-N-o-- 90 Messed n this
"o''z rhofs. so ehrl'errd from n" fierce
%l0@S tha' S'rw tht-k YOU that they are
h' 7''lH-a"Ff'7iL tIcW- TOT AVE-
VIZ he i'"a. held hv mary OF cur FOOD
IEeH3e tAat those whom we cell society
,S'me7 IN lev Ct better ran". are
'e~deT. lrss true or rsss hn-'ane
,'sA o1hor women. Nay. 7 do believe
tasl ne co0tra~v IS t,ue. Human nature
- however. ah~ut the 50 me ~" world
h-~o"" all c'a-res we find great
'na7'l na'flrrs. Kind hnnrts ard cruel.
nee blessed is the maiden who. with
rare criTf trc,h'e or perpleS!tE.
7rr2""" her holiday as her fancy
God Grant that many GIRL IN
iair city may have sich thanks
ifr Is not m" youth the time OF
raVal good times.
a, nam giving holiday another nan"
'' lha fired business woman. rs with
nm - cnntentment sir, closes her
- %hi'e she rnarvels that last night
- fntmed nothing for which to be
E. ans this morning many nn-
S.f'1aTef bie~rinps crowd into her
10y mind. Only those who must arise
,t. Certain timc can tnow the exquisite
81 Of that generally forbidden RAD
~ before Midnight may be beauty
=. nVt snre'y the morning sleep. which
,,..S not have. IS t.v asleep: ard thA
/ hs.ri'v OF cs sre willing to rerien tbs.
u. '0 70, OF IN. former for t,s 4nieasrre OF
n. .s,ees The morning elprabSr 81 mt
y pleasure that q holiday a6ords