The San Francisco call., 1908-11-15

miniature bite. 1t took three nuns and
two visitors to quen ths disturbance
and allow the young woman TO con-
tinue her anksgiving dinner unmo-
Tested. In spite Of the appetizer taken
without invitation. her digestion was
unimpaired. so she enjoyed royal tease
OF one banana and two spoonfuls OF
cranberry sauce.
The dinner menu is usually Al
follows:
Dinner Rolls
Turkey Dressing, Gravy.
Cranberry Sauce Mashed Potatoes
Sliced Ham Turkey stew
Mine Pie Bananas Apples Pears
At O'Clock all games stop in the
garden, the revelerS are marshaled
into line, the smaller ones leading. some
visitor musically inclined strikes up a
march and uncOnsciOusly keeping time
as they stare about them round eyed
with wonder. the children file into the
dining room two by two. Such a gay,
uneven procession they make as they
pass down the long hall between lines
of admiring grOwnups- When every
one Is standing behind his or her littls
chair, with the mattresses Just at the
hack and the carvers waiting to swOop
down on the big turkeys, grace-shorr
enough to please the hungriest-is said
and the fun begins.
very polite, and we can not vet de-
termine which virtue dominated the
dear little girl who sat down at place
minus everything from a dinner roll
10 spoon and ventured never a pro-
test until discOvered-when the dinner
was half overly one OF the nuns. The
prOverbial Patience on a monument
was wild eyed farce compared to this
young stole OF five summers who
watched her neighbOrs devOuring tur-
key without the least Outcry for her
own share of the feast. You may be
sure that We made up to her for lost
time.
OF course the little ones. because OF
their helplessness, and the boys, be-
cause OF their inexhaustible stomachs.
needed the most attention. One little
chap had never before tasted turkey.
We asked his opinion. Mum It's
gOodr' came the quick response. As
he finished off the third generous
helping" and patted his abdomen Wig
orously to make room for more. he dis
covered a little girl leaving the next
table. Amt that the limitg' he cheer
fully inquired of his neighbor, there
goes Milly Jones bOwled over alreadyp'
His own capacity seemed to have no
limit; we lost count after the fourth
piece OF mince pie. The last glimpse
of him was when he started for home
his pockets filed to overhowing.
Although many nationalities are rep
resented among the boys. one and al
show the Yankee fondness for pie.
Bananas prove to be the favorite des-
sert OF the girls. though we did dis
cover one young person leaning on her
elbows on the table while with serene
Inconsistencies of her surroundings
she joyfuIly disposed of her third piece
OF pastry.
When at last every little diner IS
''chOclk full" some one strikes up
Marching Through Georgia. and the
procession, very straggly one this
time, takes itself back to the yard
Children must be akin to the ostrich
else how can one account for their abil-
ity to play so boisterously after
hearty meal? Every one has a perfect
ly. glorious time with tag. blindman's
buff and London bridge until the spe-
clal cars. kindly provided for their ac-
cOmmOdatiOn. come down Fillmors
street TO carry the revelers home Such
a rushing for outside seats such a lot
Of worry for the sisters in charge for
fear some madly enthusiastic yOungster
may hurl himself out the window ana
such a tremendous amount OF Cheering
as the cars start off.
Before we left the convent the sis
ters were already at work on thou
sands OF soiled dishes; it really looked
as II IL would take years 10 reduce
that mountain of china I used 20 think
that a nuns life was quiet. prayerful
existence. but I've changed my mind.
Even our untiring president would be
compelled to admit that taking care
Of seven hundred active children every
day is rather strenuous.
The moral is. if you should ever suf-
fer from what is diagnosed as blue
DEVILS" take dose OF the day home:
1t is sure cure for that malignant
disease.