The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-25

"They invited as their guests Masas
soft and ninety of his people, and as
their contribution to the feast the In
dams brought with them five deer. For
three days they Toasted and entertain
ed their guests and thus was kept the
first Thanksgiving in the new colony"
Every hostess should warn her guests
to read up on American history before
they come to her Thanksgiving party.
Write this story, leaving blanks in
place of words in parenthesis and ask
erly: "A colony of (pilgrims), consist
ing of zone hundred and one) persons.
arrived from (England) and after ex-
ploring the coast they landed (Decem-
Der 21) at the place we now call CFore-
fathers Rock) They began the first
settlement in CNew England) calling it
plymouth The persons comprising
the colony were from (England) They
were of the CProtestanD religion and
had been driven to (Holland) by per-
secution. They determined to found
colony in the new world to advance
(religion.) They procured two ships.
the (Mayfiower) and the (Speedwell)
The (SpeedwelD embarked from Delft
hayen) for Southampton where it
was joined by the (Mayfiower) Soon
the (SpeedwelD sprung a leak and all
the passengers were taken aboard the
iMay1ower) sailing from CPlymouth)
on september 49, In Gwo months)
they anchored in Cape (Cod) harbor
Before landing they gave (thanks) and
formed themselves into a (bOdy politlc>
with John Carver elected Governor
for one year. Armed (men) led by Cap
tain (Iiles Standish) sought a place for
settlement and saw several Ond1ans)
On December twenty-firsD which fell
on (Monday) they landed, this event
being called (''The Landing of the Pill
grims.)
An interesting little contest is for
each child or grown person to tell the
story of some historical person or place
connected with the early life of the
New England colonies, the others to
name the person or place correctly. To
the one giving the name first is given
Take, for example, Roger Williams.
King Phillip, Miles Standish Masas- ,
soft, Governor Bradford, John Win
throp. William Blackstone, Richard
Nather, John Cotton, Sir William
Philips
All Thanksgiving games should be
those in which the entire family from
grandfather and grandmother down to
Baby Nell can join, for this Is preemi- 4,
nentIy the family feast. 1t is always !
interesting and sometimes amusing,
after dinner is over, to gather around
a, blazing fire and ask each member to !
tell what he has to be thankful for. ,
This can be arranged to go straight +,
around the ring. or ask each alphabet /
icalIy. or let them draw numbers. A ,
vote can be taken on the best answer ,
and a toy turkey given as u favor
Another pleasant feature is to ask each
one to give some sentiment or quota
ton suitable to the day or to pay |
forfeit. Thanksgiving can be used IN
many ways to strengthen our patr1ot- |
ism. One housewife who is trying her
utmost to be good, all-around
mother" as she expresses it, arranged
a little program for four o'clock
Thanksgiving afternoon, allowing a
to clear a little. She arranged a plat
form of empty boxes covered across
the end of the room. The boys of the
family and the boy cousins were dress &
ed in Indian costumes made of yellow
canton flannel at little cost and the
girls were dressed as little Puritans. |
The stage was set with plain wooden !
chairs spinning wheel and a few |
pieces of old china and pewter. Then ,
the children appeared and gave this
little program, each child having pre- ,
pared his own part without aid: In
dian Life STORY of the Pilgrims"
The First Thanksgiving, Our Har-
vest" The Presidents Proclamation"
"Our Thanksgiving
The Iast-named subject proved excep-
tionally interesting. 1t was a joke on
the mother one girl initiated the
mother wondering what she should
have for the Thanksgiving dinner.
other children represented the different
members of the family and brought in
many of the funny incidents which
happened during the preparation of the
dinner The oldest boy was the
father" and gave the imitation in
manner that made guests roar with
laughter Mother and father both for
gave the surprise number on the pro-
gram for the sake of the day. After
this each guest was handed a slip OF
paper and was told that he would find
his materials on the study table. These
slips read: Cut an Indian out of pa
per; paint the dress of an outlined Phi
grim man and woman; cut the May
flower out of paper; draw pumpkin
and color. color the blanket and era