The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30
Dressing for the Turkey


giving asked Geraldine, aged sew
en-, of Gwendolin, aged ditto. It's
bully to have all you want to eat"
Eyes, it's fine to eat like grown
up folks once in while. What do
you suppose Thanksgiving is for.
anyway"
"Why to eat turkey and all sorts
of things, of course, you goose"
replied Geraldine, sententiously.
"Then It's for football games. l
heard Cousin Tom say So"
"Yes, but what about the poor peo-
pie. They haven't any rights, any
way. I heard papa tell Cousin Tom
so. Thanksgiving must be for people
in society,""
"Well, your papa ought to know
all about poor people. | heard I'm
Gle Howard say he's made more poor
people in the last year than any man
in the world. l wonder why. Isn't
that funny? Your papa's one of the
richest men in our church, isn't he?
! heard the minister say so to man.
ma. And so devout, too, he said.
wonder what devout means"
81 guess it's when you give lots OF
money to the church and ask the
minister to dinner every Sunday"
I'm glad Thanksgiving is just for
society folks, aren't you? Because we
couldn't have it if it was for every
body.
Eyes, it's nice to be in society.
But is must be awfully funny. They
have such queer things. Aren't you
dying to grow up so you can see
them all? ! never understand what
they are talking about, do you?"
NO Cousin Tom told papa the
other day that it had cost him
pretty penny to get in the swim, and
now that we belonged We could stay
right in the push. What ever does
he mean?"
ooh, | suppose the swim is where
all society people go. Sister Helena
has lots of pretty bathing suits, so
of course that's where she uses
them"
"Oh, you don't use your bathing
suits in the swim, I'm sure. For papa
told mamma he'd give a hundred
dollars to see her get one of hers
wet. And she told him he was fool
ish man. that they were not for that
purpose at all"
"Well, then, | can't imagine what
the swim is, but it must have some
thing to do with water, for Cousin
Tom says there's so many Holsters in
our set it makes him dippy. Lobsters
are nice, | think. When I grow up
I'm going to have all ! want"
your sister Bellies got one now.
heard Tom say so Anyway, he
says she's been fishing so long it was
time she was rewarded. Let's ask her
! what Tom means, will you?"
"All right. I'm not sure at all that
| ] know just what a lobster is Uncle
Howard says our minister is regu-
! lar one"
Then it must be something nice,
I'll tell you. Mamma SAYS the minis
ter is awfully we'll read Maybe that's
what it means to be a lobster"
Aren't they pretty and red,
thought"
Yes, but the minister isn't bit
pretty"
Il know it, but perhaps that's be-
cause he's a dead one. Tom says he
is. How can he be a dead one and
still be alive? I'd like to know,
wouldn't you?"
Some time let's get Tom to tell
us all about society He knows a
lot. Do you know what sort of a
thing a social lion is?"
Il believe I'd be afraid to meet
one, for Tom says they are some
thing fierce"
They must be nice, Gwendolin, or
they wouldn't have them in society,""
Well, | don't know, papa says
there are lots of things in society
that are not CONNIE il faut,
Don't YOU hate to talk French? ?"
Yes, but we have to learn it to be
proper. Mamma says it is awfully
common to bring up your children
with anything but a French maid"
Don't you wish Thanksgiving
came every day. It's lot of fun when
your mamma and papa are in So
ciety. Alice Robe.