Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-26
SOCIETY
DO|NCS
Help us Forget.

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Help Us Forget.
o God, most merciful and kind,
The principles that are behind,
Mere tunings, not thy keynotes set
For making manhood's perfect means
yet,
Help us forget, help us forget
The sins of youth, the unclean word.
The things that sudden anger stirred.
The jest unseemly, all the debt
And sin that thou hast promised to
forget,
Help us forget. help us rorges.
The words OF sland'rous men, the
taunt
That clings and stings as demons
haunt
The soul, and into fury fret
Things we forgave ere we could par
den get,
Help us forget help us forget
The good we've done, the kind words
said,
The men we've helped, the causes
plead
When none besides their souls have
set
To help-lest we vain. proud, and
boastful get.
Help us forget, help us forget.
Bishop Warren.
In n1arkni OF tn 70 fnraoNino
weeks the one Just passed has been
very quiet socially. However, it is
only the quiet of preparation and next
week will be busy one. though the
activity will be confined to small cir
cles and entertainments will consist
mostly of dinner parties, and the sort
OF dinner parties that are looked for
ward to for long time by every
member of the family.
Every housewife is deep in the mys-
teries of mincemeat and fruit cake
and at odd times tries to arrange a
bill of fare that will suit the whole
family, from the vegetarian number
to the small boy that thinks pie
fitting accompaniment for every
course as the following menu written
by small boy, SO Mr.. Box says, will
attest;
FIRST COURSE:
Mince Pie.
SECOND COURSE:
Pumpkin Pie and Turkey.
THIRD COURSE:
Lemon Pie. Turkey and Cranberries.
FOURTH COURSE:
Apple Pie, Custard Pie,
Chocolate Cake and Plum Pudding.
DESSERT:
Pie.
Mrs. l.. c. Jakway entertained the
Monday Whist club on Monday after
-1aoon. Those present were Mrs. Nc
Connell, Mrs. West Mrs. Hahn, Mrs.
Pickerill, Miss Harwood, Mrs. Nc
Closkey, Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Bal
ster.
The Sewing club met with Mrs W.
s. Pickerill on Wednesday afternoon
Those present were Mrs. Lloyd
Sheets. Mrs. Arthur Ayres, Mrs. Rowe
Pingrey. Miss Weightman and Miss
Newman.
Golfers Weekly publishes a yer,
good editorial on Thanksgiving under
the title of "Tbe Day we Give AT
ter telling the story of the pessimist
who won the prize for grinning
which he accomplished without
trace of cheerfulness, it says "The
ordinary citizen may be thankful in
an ordinary sort of way, for plain, do
nestle virtues and spiritual, graces;
Andrew Carnegie may be thankful for
gifts delivered and Joe Common for
presents received, but may not The
prize. after all, go to some chronic
pessimist who, counting his dimin-
ished blessings. exclaims like Mr..
Blossoms old lady: I've got only two
Jeeth, but thank the Lord they bite?'
tBy Jane Calhoun)
1t is not in vain that times and sea
sons are set apart, that at an ap.
pointed day we turn our thoughts
from the commonplace eve .y-day life
and fix them on the ideals presented
to us. Most of our holidays we owe
to the Christian church, us, for in.
stance. Christmas, which keeps ever
fresh in our minds the birth of our
Saviour and Great Example; or Eas-
ter, with its promise of Immortality;
but Thanksgiving is more a civic than
a religious holiday. That has been
the case since in the early Colonial
days the date was set by the Cover
nor of the colony instead OF by the
minister. The services have always
partaken of this civic character. II
used to be said of an eminent divine
that he always took the occasion of
the long prayer" on Thanksgiving
day IN piye tho Almiphtv his nninion