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The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20

(made over an ordinary one. Figs. 8.
and 81 and low shoes.
The properties for the Thanksgiving
dinner scene are a long narrow table
spread for dinner, ard chairs enough
for the actors. six or eight taking part.
Before showing her picture Madam
Moselle should stand before the scene
and say Few words extolling the
scene she is about to present.
The girl who represents Madam Mo-
selle can make a hit by presenting a
foreigners idea of our first Thanksgiv-
ing night. 1t can be made very funny
with ludicrous mistakes.
At the close of her address the lights
must be put out and the scene quick
ly arranged close to the screen, all the
actors except two being seated ait the
table Thus remain two empty chairs
AS quickly as possible the light should
be turned on and at the same time the
actors must begin a pantomime of eat
ing, drinking and talking.
They should express anxiety for the
safety of the tardy guests, some of
them leaving the table to appear to
look out of a door or window.
All the while (this is the great pointI
the actors must shake and culver in
imitation of the queer trembling and
quivering always seen in the moving
pictures, and their movements must
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20
Grandmother and the Gobb1er
Did She Save Him or Did He Save Her?
By TEMPLE BAILEY.
Illustrated by Noble Ives.

'T shall kill him for Thanksgiving, -
said Grandmother regretfully. as she
and Billee and Baby stood watching
the great turkey spread his wings and
strut around the little poultry yard
The gobbler perched his head on one
side and looked at her out of his bead
like eyes. Then he pulled himself out
grandly.
"Gobble. gobble, gobble," he uttered
hoarsely.
Hes company for me-" she said,
land I hate to lose him. but it would
be foolish for me to keep him-and you
children coming here to Thanksgiving
dinner, too"
But the children didn't go to Grand
mother; for the day before Thanksgiv-
ing, Mother was taken sick, and Faith
err wrote TO Grandmother to come to
the big farm.
much" he said, "for our turkeys all
died in the spring. and Mary won't be
able to get up a big dinner, now that
she is SICK
So when Grandmother got the note,
she baked twelve pumpkin pies and IL
great pot of beans, and when she
climbed that evening into the sleigh,
there was the gobbler in a great ham
per, with quilt tied over him to keep
him from freezing.
Il might have killed and carried him
easier she said to Seth Mills, who
drove, but somehow l couldn't do it,
he's so tame, and Tom won't mind do
ing 1t, and those children are going to
have a Thanksgiving dinner, if they
couldn't come to my house." and she
tucked hot soapstone down under
her feet, pulled her hood around her
apple-red cheeks, and Struggled down
under the robes.
How it showed! The wind blew
and the horses waded through deer
drifts, and it grew darker and darker
and all the while little grandmother
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20
THE PUMPKIN WITH
THE GOLDEN SEEDS
A General, a Captain, Pair of Twins
and Thanksgiving.

A General, Captain, a Pair of Twins
and Thanksgiving.
The little Captain was very poor. But
that did not make him unhappy. No,
indeed. Every morning he went whist
ling to his work, and every evening,
after he had eaten his supper of soup
and bread. he sat in the door Of his
cottage and smiled at the people who
went down the long white road.
Even the great General who rode by
on his great war-horse would come out
of his stern meiitations when the Cap
tain called "a pleasant ride, General"
and would reply: THANK you, COM
rade," so that after a time the poor peo-
pie of the village began to grow proud
of the little Captain who was greeted
every day by the General, for surely
that was a great honor.
Thus the little man lived peacefully
until one day there came down the road
two little children. They were twins
very small and very pretty, and nobody
knew whence they came; but when
they reached the Captains doorstep
they sat down and began to cry.
The little Captain rushed out from
his tiny kitchen where he was heating
his soup, and knelt beside them and
wiped the dirty, heated faces.
What is the matter, my children ~
he asked.
But the twins cried on, and at last
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20
HOW TO LIVE RIGHT.


The Advice of n Great Physician.
Recently Sir Herman Weber, the
famous English physician, prepared
an article on long life. 1t was written
for scientists, but there were many
passages I'm II that are clear and USE
full TO the youngest persons.
Fresh air." said he, lat all times
and IN all places I'm the chief necessity
for maintaining good health and life.
A person Is only as old as his arteries.
Fresh air and sensible exercises make
fresh blood, and fresh blood keeps the
arteries and veins clean and healthy.
But great muscular power does not
mean long life. Athletes do not grow
old. as a rule. The most natural form
OF exercise is walking. Every per-
son should have a hobby even early
IN life IL will pull the brain and body
through the strain OF monotonOus
work. Envy. malice and avarice are
three faults that are not conducive 20
a healthful Old age A firm will IL
a. necessary 70 live long a. a strong
body"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20

looked over white drifts. The road
was blotted out, and only the tips of
the fence rails showed. A thin crust
had formed on top of the snow, how
ever, and the sun was shining.
Grandmother won't come" said
Billee forlornly.
"Danmother lost" piped Baby, and
tucked her small hand into fathers.
mo, she won't come to-day" said
4ather. She wouldn't start in the
storm"
But baby cooked her head on one
side.
L hears something" she announced
gravely.
loftily, what could you hear?'
Il hears a turkey, and he's says
'gobble, gobble, " said Baby. Doesn't
l, Father"
They all heard 1t now. loud. and
beating the air like gurgling waters
in the spring.
by George" said Father, 1T is a
turkey"
Whose turkev?" asked Billee.
"Oh, it's Danmother dobbler." cried
Baby. jumping up and down and clap
ping her hands. Look, look!"
Sure enough, across the thin crust
of snow came the great bird, shining
purple and green and gold in the sun
light, his crest flaming redly. and his
cry sounding forth triumphantly to
all the world.
"Gobble. gobble," he said, uncon-
scious that this was to be his last day
of life.
But where is Grandmother" asked
Billee, puzzled.
Fathers face was white with trou-
BILE.
/ Grandmother must have started"
| he said, with the turkey. We must
| find her at once
/ 1t was weary work to dig path, but
with horse and shovel Billee and his
Father broke their way through the
drifts, while all the while the white
world echoed with the cry of the great
/ gobbler.
! At last they came upon a heaped III
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20

heap OF company last night when
was AL alone in the storm"
"Oh, of course. we won't kill him, "
said Father, heartily. HE shall live
to good old age. and never be eaten
up BIZ greedy little children"
Nice old dobbler," said Baby ca
ressingly, and gave him another hand
full of corn.
But when Grandmother was warm
and cozV in a big chair by the fire,
she looked at the children anxiously.
You're sure you don't want that
turkey for dinner2" she asked.
mot a Bit" said Billee. staunchly.
''We'll have the beans"
And the pies said Baby. They're
the incest pies. Danmother. Me and
Billee had a TASTE
You see, he saved me-" said Grand
mother alphabetically
But Biilee shook his head. 81 think
you saved the gobbler, Grandmother"
he said.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20

ance is to be held. as you would for
magic lantern exhibition. Then get
your costumes ready. These may be
made UP very quickly from materials
at hand.
The woman's dress consists of a skirt
reaching to her ankles, and a waist of
the same color. A tightly-fitti black
cap (made of a black silk handker-
chief with a turned over edge of white)
wide white collar and cuffs (cut from
old muslin) and low shoes complete
the costume.
The mans costume consists of short
full trousers, long coat with wide white
collar and cuffs Gigs. 1 and %, a
high-crowned, broad brimmed hat
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20
How Th0masina
Earned The Turkey
When Bob Failed the Cat Furnished the Thanks
giving Dinner

old shoes had never stepped on such
soft carpets, he had never seen such
glass and silver as shone in the din
ing room, or imagined such soft, easy
chairs as he found in the old gentle
mans room when at last he entered
! it.
oh" said the old gentleman peer
ing around at Bob from his seat in
front of the fire. $50 that's the cat,
is it?"
yes, sir" said Bob. and she's a
fine mouser"
He set Thomasina down on the floor.
and she crouched half frightened on
the rug. Then, suddenly, she began
to sniff, her tail dashed back and forth,
and she crept with stealthy tread to-
wards the shadows of dark corner.
The old gentleman watched her with
delight. 'She smells en-" he said.
Now, what will you sell her for?"
Sell Thomasina? ?" quavered Bob.
ooh, I couldn't.
why not?" fumed the old man, who
could not bear to be crossed.
"She belongs to Betty" said Bob,
land Betty loves her"
who's Betty?" demanded the old
gentleman. with great irritation.
My sister" said Bob, softly, "and
she is lame"
Then he told about his little sister,
and about Thomasina, and Toddlekins
and how the four lived happily in the
attic of the tenement across the way.
And when Bob finished, the old gen.
tleman held out his hand.
"Of course you couldn't sell Thorn
asina," he said. "I'll send her over
tomorrow morning, right side up,
with care"
The next morning Betty listened
with round eyes, while Bod told his
tale. 1t seemed so funny to have
Thomasina carried off on such an err
rand. Meanwhile. Toddlekins mourn
ed for his mother. and mewed plain
lively
''Well, she can have some of the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20

Bob had picked out the turkey he
wanted. 1t hung big and white and fat
IN Mrs. Bowles' window, and Mr.
Bowles had promised to keep him for
Bob until the very last minute.
81 haven't got but seventy cents, Mr..
Bowles." Bob had explained, but may
be 1 can make the rest tonight"
But he made only thirty cents on his
papers that evening, and the turkey
was a dollar and a half. So it was
sad Bob who greeted his family on the
top floor of the tall tenement.
There were four in Bob's family-lit
tie lame Betty, Thomasina. the big
gray cat, and Thomasina's kitten, Tod
dlekins.
Thomasina and Toddlekins met Bob
at the door, and gave him cordial
welcome with waving tails and soft
"purr-r-r-ups," while little lame Betty
called to him from her chair by the
window.
Dear brother Tom. did you get the
turkey?"
Not yet" he said. trying to speak
cheerfully but it looks like snow, and
if it does, I'll clear off pavements in the
morning. and that will help"
I've asked poor Mrs. McDougall and
all the little McDougalls to Thanks
giving dinner" said Betty, eagerly.
They're dreadfully poor, and never
have anything good to eat"
but if we shouldn't get the turkey,
Betty" said Bob, dismayed.
"Oh, you'll get it," said Betty, who
had wonderful faith in Bob.
But Bob was only twelve, and it
wasn't easy to make both ends meet
That night when Betty was asleep
in her tiny room, Bob sat in front of
the fire and thought it all out, while
Thomasina purred a lullaby to Toddle-
kins under the little stove.
Presently she jumped on the win
dow sill, and looked into the night.
You're good old thing" said Bob
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20

turkey when she comes back" said
Betty. comfortably.
I'm awfully afraid we can't have
the turkey. Betty, dear" said Bob. as
he picked up his shabby cap. TT
didn't snow after all, and so there are
no pavements to Clean"
"All right" said little Betty, trying
to be brave, though there were tears
in her patient eyes.
Just then the door opened and the
brass-buttoned boy dropped Thomasina
over the threshold.
The old cat came in with her head
in the air. her tail waving. Around
her neck was a red ribbon, and tied
in the ribbon was something green.
Its five dollar BILL" said Bob
wonderingly as he unfolded the note.
Scrubbed on a bit of paper was this
message:
''Thomasina caught five mice, and
they were worth a dollar apiece, for
l slept like king. Please bring lit
tie Betty to see me sometime, and
Thomasina and Toddlelxins, for am a
lonely old man."
Oh said Betty, breathlessly, her
little face aglow with delight: land
now we can have the turkey, and the
McDougalls, Bob. and n real Thanks
giving"
Yes" said Bob. with an affection
ate glance at the old cat, who had
gone straight 10 Toddlekins and was
fussing over him after her long alb
sence: land it was Thomasina who
earned At"
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20
be very rapid.

be very rapid.
Soon the missing couple should ap-
pear, coming in hurriedly and by GEES
lures telling of an encounter with the
Indians.
Their clothes should be pierced with
arrows, and the Puritan's hat must be
bristling with them.
All this may be made very funny if
the acting is good, and absurd little
by-plays introduced; but remember the
whole thing will be spoiled unless the
constant quivering and shaking is kept
up by all of the actors.
The picture can be flashed off, the
screen by simply turning out the light,
and others may be shown giving varl-
Gus incidents in Puritan life or the
early history Of our country.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20
BoLIvIA'S TEEMINe FORESTS.

'Bolivia's forests" says traveller
who has just returned from a trip
into the rubber country there, differ
ent from many other South African
I'm wonderful numbers. Thick swarms
of the little green parrots few around
me almost continually. A beautiful
bird, the arara, lowered over Us every
where. some bright blue and others
perfectly red like IRE. Nearly every
tree had a wOodpecker IN bright plum
age working away at n. Every camp
that was made WAS visited az once BY
dozens OF humming birds. All this
wonderful color II added 10 by im-
mense clouds Of great butterflies Of all
kinds. one more gorgeous than NE
othsr."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20
Impromptu Moving Pictures
A Thanksgiving Entertainment.
BY ADELIA B. BEARD.
Illustrated b Y the Author.

This will be great fun. fun for the
audience and fun for the actors. and
a good hearty laugh after the Thanks
giving dinner is better than pepper
mint to aid digestion.
The entertainment is one that girls
can get up and carry out themselves,
though boys may take part of course.
First make the poster to be hung in
a conspicuous place in hall or parlor.
Print it in large black letters on a
good-sized sheet of wrapping paper:
There Will Be Tonight
An Exhibition of
The World Renowned
Moving Pictures.
Taken by Madam Moselle at
Great Risk of Life and
Property. No Ex-
pense or Effort
Being Spared to Obtain the Real
Characters and Settings
of a
Puritan Thanksgiving
And Other Scenes from the Life
of Our Forefathers.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20
Correct Sentences Hidden in Last
Sundays Concealed Sentences.

The right and wrong ways Of say
ing things are vastly different.
If at first you don't succeed, try
try again.
The sun. that brief December day
rose cherries over hills of gray.
Everything that is worth doing, is
worth doing we'll.
Go to the ant thou sluggard. Con-
slider its ways and be wise.
Fear makes towards of us all.
solution of Last Sundays WORD
Puzzle.
The two words hidden in last Sun
days numerical word puzzle were
Thanksgiving Day"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-20

Stretch a large sheet on the back
wall of the room where the perform-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-22
THE RUINS IN ARIZONA.
Eforts,to Preserve Them IN Interest
of ArchaeologiStS.

The footing OF ruins Of prehistoric villages located
IN the valleys OF the tributaries OF the Colorado
and ella rivers. in Arizona, has stirred up
archologists to urge their preservation by legls-
lative action for the benefit OF students Of eth
nology Vandals digging in the ruins find relies.
which they dispose of. and distribute articles
of great value in throwing light on the prehistoric
Inhabitants beyond the reach OF ethnolOgists.
Among the groups which the archeologists
particularly anxious 10 preserve in this way
several between Flagstaff and the Black Falls in
the Little Colorado River Valley. These consist OF
e citadel ana buildings evidently devoted TO a
Der Of different purposes. The structures a rule
small. with low walls. the largest not being
than three stories high. The stones 1T
closely together and show signs OF having been
dressed into shape. Apparently the rooms OF the
lower stories entered from the roof and never
from lateral doors. When widows were present
they We've mere lookouts small. rectangular
openings. which would admit scanty light The
roofs apparently, were fiat.
The most impressive of the masses Of aboriginal
masonry il this region is about five miles due west
from Black Falls and forty from Flagstaff The
ruin STANDS high above the plain and visible for
many miles. From distance. perched on a low
red sandstone mesa. the which is fifteen feet
above the plain it resembles old castle At its
highest point this ruin evidently three stories
high. or. at least, had three rooms one above the
other The walls are fine examples Of primitive
masonry Cue care having been taken TO bind the
corners and otherwise tie the walls together.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-22
THE DEATH SENTENCE IN ENGLAND

The present agitation in England 10 abolish the
pronouncing Of the death sentence in cases where
It is patent that capital punishment will not follow
will probably meet with the approval Of most peo-
pie who desire that the law should lose nothing OF
Its dignity and at the time have nothing of
unnecessary horror added. The Lord Chancellor
pleads for the retention OF the form saying that
the passing Of the death sentence will act as a
deterrent James iuggled with death sentences
liked for II. over the plot IN which Raleigh Cob
ham, Grey and others were implicated he had the
less pulssant ones put 10 death and VERY bIoodiiv
handled Cobham's brother was beheaded '.l<e
a gentleman" The Bishop Of Chichester with he
bIood or the latter still upon him, went then TO
LORD Gotham Him the bishop exhorted to confess
sion other prelates were similarly engaged with
Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord Grey. Meantime
markham, another OF the conspirators had been
head 10 the axe when the sheriff was called away
by Scotch hireling and the prisoner left to con-
template the axe for hour Then he was led
away and told to prepare for death at the end of
Two hours. Greys turn was next. He prayed half
an hour before the block. then raised himself TO
die-and was led away. the King sending word
that the order Of execution had been changed So
forth came Gotham. and having made his last
declaration prepared TO take farewell OF the world
forth Markham and Grey-all three thinking that
the other two had been executed They were told
after having suffered the agony of all but death IT,
self that their lives would be spared Raleighs ex-
perience was similar That was how they used TO
make death sentences act "a deterrent In the
good old days. There would be danger for those
VINO tried a repetition to-day.-(St. James Gazette
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-22
ATuRAL WEATHER BUREAU.

Barr "a ridIand Nowack. the discoverer of the
weather plant" thus describes that queer object:
Twenty years ago. when travelling I'm Southeast
ern Europe. l bought from a hawker some pealike
seeds resembling round cOrals, with a small dark
spot on the top l planted the seeds. and for four
months waited for them to sprout. I
giving 1t up. when. inspecting OF the seeds.
l found the dark spots considerably enlarged. Two
months later a tiny green knob peeped out of the
mould. ! afterward recognized II as n tropical
plant Indigenous 10 India and parts OF South Amer
tea. To his surprise the twigs and leaflets OF the
plant kept in continuous movement At last he
changes accounted chiefly for the strange behavior
OF the plant. Gradually he learned to predict the
weather unerTingly three days in advances
The more the leaflets tend upward the finer the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-22
JUSTICE HARLAN KEEPS UP HIS COLE

One OF tire most enthusiastic O., all those WhD y.
low the elusive golf balls over the CHEVY -,
links near Washington is Justice Harlan o. -
United States Supreme Court RE has turned To-, -,
score and ten but he declines 10 agree that pc go
therefore passed what some have called tAe -
lire' Of active life. 81 am older thah -
twenty years ago he remarked the othes 49,
and while car keep up my golf Tn apt %
So
Justice Harlan. after his first lesson in ti5Hs, =
make the ball co things II apparently diG no. ~
to do. described golf rs "a cross between - 4,
winks ana a mile rum but to-day he pEtyss' ,ifh
or shine. summer winter. matenius vs.rrsloneI
generals or diplomats or. failing tscse'
BOgie himself - ana
Not so long ago in pause In a session tf,rian
supreme Court, the gallery saw Justice ,IIji,g a
write something on q bit OF paper an't s@a.srsral
page, send IL down TO former Attorney ~ ths
G-iggS, who, himself ardent golfer, va IN
time before the tribunal about to plead .ni1g
such a room. IN such q presence. every ti si)sar
comes impressive. but that note merely
GriSsS+ L was out before breakfast ms che red
and PLAYED q white ball against red 9 qsa von-
two up H"