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The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
GEORGE ON THANKSGIVING

Thanksqivin' day comes once year because the
Pilgrim band
Was thankful that they had the sense to leave
their native land
And come across the sea to find stern and rock
bound shore
Where they would never haft to bow to bosses
emmy more,
Where thieves would not break in and steal and
trusts would never try
To Qobble everything and let the little dealer die.
We celebrate Thankssivin' day because the Pill
grms
In search Of freedom where they knew that they
would find the same,
Where men would be brothers, where the
strong would aid the weak,
Where libburty would raise her flag every
crag and peak,
Where billionaires would never dare to cheat
Or break the laws that other men were not al
lowed to break.
We celebrate because the hopes hoped by that
Pilgrim band
Have all come true, because there's not an evil
in land,
Because we have no wealthy rogues to plan and
plot and scheme
To make the libburty we claim vain and empty
dream,
Because magnates go to church and teach
in Sunday schools,
And everywhere from sea to tho Christian
spirit rules
We keep Thankssivin' day because the who
does his best
To be honest citizen is honored by the rest;
He may not have a share of stock or own a foot
of land
But all our wealthy senators are glad to shake
his hand
And hear his plea and guard his rights with all
the jeus care
They give the interests of any millionaire.
We keep the good old day because idle rich
ignore
The pressing needs Of those where Want is
scratching at the door,
Because have such freedom as the Pilgrims
wished to claim,
Because we never are oppressed and never
splotched with shame,
Because we've frightened Greed away and raised
our standard high
And kept the faith for which sires were moi
afraid to die.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and arc essential to permanent
success and crcditable standing. Accor
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy Of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxativcs is the fact that it cleanses,
swcetcns and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as q laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, us it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
Her QuaIific atoms.

A prominent educator tells Of a
unique recommendation made by the
board of examination with reference
to certain questions put to n primary
school in an Indiana town.
Il desire to recommend Mary VIII.
son also for a reward of merit" stated
one of the board in a note appended
to the report. Being very young,
Mary naturally missed the point of
all the questions in the examination
papers, but her answers were in every
instance so ladylike and refined that
think she should be awarded a
medal."-Harper's Monthly.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03

A bubble of air in the blood, a drop
of water in the brain, and man is
out of gear, his machine falls to
pieces, his thought vanishes, the
world disappears from him like a
1ream at morning. On what spider
thread is hung our individual exist
ence. Fragility, appearance, nothing
ness. If it were not for our powers
of collaboration and forgetfulness,
all the fairy world which surrounds
and brands us would seem to us but a
broken specter in the darkness--a
empty appearance, a fleeing hallucin.
alton. Appeared-disappeared-there
is the whole history Of man, or Of
world, or of an infusoria.-Amiel.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
UPWARD START
After Changing from Coffee to Postum.

Many talented person is kept back
because of the interference of coffee
with the nourishment of the body.
This is especially so with those
whose nerves are very sensitive, as is
often the case with talented persons.
There is a simple, easy way to get rid
of coffee evils and Tenn. lady's ex-
perience along these lines is worth
considering. She says:
Almost from the beginning of the
use Of coffee it hurt my stomach. By
the time I was fifteen I was almost a
nervous wreck, nerves all unstrung, no
strength to endure the most trivial
thing, either work or fun.
There was scarcely anything
could eat that would agree with me.
The little I did eat seemed to give me
more trouble than it was worth. I
finally quit coffee and drank hot
water, but there was SO little food
could digest, / was literally starving;
was so weak I could not sit up long
at a time.
at was then a friend brought me a
hot cup of Postum. l drank part Of it
and after an hour I felt as though I
had had something to eat - felt
strengthened. That was about five
years ago, and after continuing Post
um in place of coffee and gradually
getting stronger, to-day l can eat and
digest anything l want, walk as much
as l want. My nerves are steady.
Il believe the first thing that did me
any good and gave me an upward
start, was Postum, and l use 1t alto
gethor now instead of coffee" There's
a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs.
Ever rcnd the above Iettcrf A new
appears from time to time. They
nre genuine, true, md full OF human
interest.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03

suing proclamation of public
Thanksgiving day. The invitation
was accepted, and in November,
1882, Plymouth colony and
Massachusetts Bay colony cele-
brated Thanksgiving day to-
gether in manner pretty
much the same as their de-
scendants of to-day, in re-
ligious service and feasting and
funmaking The one noticeable
omission was, the great football
game which marks the day in our
generation.
From 1852 until 1917 the New
England records show that % diff
ferent dates were set apart by the
various governors as days for pub
lie thanksgiving, and that with the
exception of the two colonies men
toned no two held the day on the
same date. The celebrations, how
ever, were held in October or No
vember.
In 1877, as other denominations
had crept into Plymouth colony
over which the Puritan church had
no ruling, the governor decided
that It would be well to have the
power of fixing public holidays,
whether for feasting, praying or
funmaking," vested in civic au-
thority. Accordingly in that year
the first printed Thanksgiving day
proclamation was printed. Thanks
giving day proclamation was print
ed, setting November 25 as the
festival
The law reads: THAT it be in
the power of the governor and as
sistants to command solemn dates
of humiliation by fasting, etc, and
also, thanksgiving as occasion shall
be offered"
This shows that the law called
for only occasional" Thanksgiving
days and so the holiday was buff
feted about hither and yon. from
October to November, according to
the pleasure of the rulers of the
colonies and there never was any
feeling Of certainty as to the holt
day.
That 1t was held annually with
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03

day opened in this water-ocked land with a great
ringing of bells and every shining doorsill
there stepped into the crisp morning air the house
holds full number. Each Hans or Gretchen. clasp
ing silverbound prayer book. walked sedately to
the various places of worship and there lifting up
their sweet Holland voices, harsh, perhaps, in
speech but full and round in song, sent up musical
praise for the freedom of their land and the good
things Of the earth.
Church over the entire population for the nonce
broke through their usual stolidness and there
general scampering of young feet in game
dance and Gathering of older tongues in friendly
gossip neighbor visited neighbor father well
coined his large flock of grandchildren
The great event Of this Dutch Thanksgiving day
dinner at which was served central dish
queer stew of meat and vegetables which they
called Spanish hodgepodge. For once in their prac-
tical lives the Hollanders became facetous and
over this hodge podge they made merry and cracked
jokes at their oldtme enemy-Span. The general
"hash-like" appearance of the hodgepodge sup
posed to represent the condition of the Spanish
army when the Dutch had vanquished it. Even
the children entered into the fun and kept their
history fresh by gleefully slashing into potato
turnip and chuckng they swallowed the
sells, This is General SoandSo-ah! Me eat him
SOL"
Well the Puritans heartily approved of the early
religious services of the morning and their healthy
appetites could not fail to appreciate the Spanish
hodge podge, however much they may have dis
approved of the sentiment which favored 1t, they
entered most heartily into the Dutch Thanksgiv-
ing of October 3. In 1923 these Pilgrims held Oc-
tober as day of Thanksgiving in the New World,
and here We have first true American Thanks
giving day.
This day has passed through many vicissitudes
since that date. There is not festival on the al
manac, fixed movable. which has had the strug-
gle for existence that November holiday has
endured.
From 1923 until 1880 Thanksgiving day was held
in America in various months some of the Pilgrims
keeping to October and other colonsts holding
a different day by order of the governor.
In 1880 the people of Massachusetts were suffer
ing for food and clothing and Gov. Winthrop hired
the good ship Lyon to return to England for sup
plies. For many days the vessel lay stranded off
the Isle Of Shoals, but finally put out. Winter came
on apace and nothing heard of the ship. The
coonists were nearly disheartened when, on Feb
ruary %, 1881, the Lyon sighted, and the gov
ernor ordered that the day be given to feast
ing and thanksgiving This is the first written
record of Thanksgiving day in Boston, it can
still be found in the Colonial Records of Massachu
sets. 1t is an interesting fact that this first Bos
ton Thanksgiving was held what is now one of
our most patriotic holidays Washington's birthday
The first record of n joint celebration of Thanks
giving day is given in the Colonial Records 1882
when Gov. Winthrop of Massachusetts bay, asked
the governor of Plymouth colony to join him in is
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
Durinu the HONEYMOON.

She looked at him appealingly.
You don't love me any more" she
pouted
echoed in establishment. "Why, only
a minute ago | kissed you l don't know
how many times"
But you stopped to take breath"
she demurred.-Youngs Magazine.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
Marvellous. Indeed,

by heck, Cynthia" drawled old
Farmer Hardapple, after his visit to
Chicago, them thar city BARRIERS air
mind readers
THAT so, Hiram?" said his wife.
why, I should say SO. The one I
net knew that you cut my hair last.
and, by gum! he never saw you in his
life"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
Not WorkinQ.

Nellie apologized for the action OF
her new baby sister by saying: "You
see, she hasn't got any sense yet" Her
mother objected to such an idea, and
Nellie replied, "Oh, of course she's got
sense. b it isn't working yet. The
DelineatOr
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
A HINT 10 GOLFERS.

The Visitor-What on earth does
that chap carry that photograph round
for. Is he dotty?
The Member-No! But he's dumb.
So he has that talking machine to
give instructions to his caddie or to
make few well chosen remarks in
case he fozzles his drive or does any
thing else annoying.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03

DO you accept articles here?" asked
the caller with the long hair as he on
tered the country newspaper office,
Sure thing" replied the whiskcred
editor. what We got-kindling wood or
vegetables ?''-Yonkers Statesman.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03

"a hammock large enough for two?"
echoed the dealer. do you want it.
with or without"
with or without what?" asked the
girl.
"Crowdng," replied the dealer,
smiling at her ignorance.
Then she gave her order in a whis-
per.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
The Last Thinu He Did.

The Powder Manufacturers Fancy
old Bill, of all people. going into the
gunpowder-shed with lighted candle.
/ should have thought that that would
be the last thing he'd do"
The Workman-"Which. properly
speakin', it were, sir.'i-The Sketch.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
The Constant Sex.

Ted-Whats that high-flown name
you have in your note book?
Ned-For the life Of me l can't recol-
lect whether it's the name of n girl 7
was engaged TO last summer or that OF
the Pullman car rode in.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
Mary's New Word.

Bobbie, aged five, saw a COW graz
ing in his mothers flower garden and
shouted, Scat! Scat!'
The COW didn't seem to be much In
undated, and calmly ate on. Three
year-old Mary, dancing with excite
ment, exclaimed:
Tell him to 'scow.' Wobbie, tell
him to scow.'"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
A CHEERING Motto.

Pedler-''Wouldn't you like some
notices for your house, mum? It's
very cheering to a husband to see
nice motto on the wall when he comes
home"
Mrs. De Jagg-"You might sell me
one if you've got one that says Better
Late than never" - New York
Weekly.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
An Ambitious Mother.

Hubby" said the observant wife.
"the janitor of these flats is bache-
lor."
What of it?"
81 really think he is becoming inter
ested in our oldest daughter
There you go again with your pipe
dreams! Vast week it was duke. -
Everybody's Magazine.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03

fore the timber for the Mayfower or the Anne was
planted 1t had its origin in antiquity when the
Romans and Greeks held fast day in October
which they dedicated to the goddess Of agriculture
and followed the day of fasting by of feastng
and royal frolicking, day which the chase and
all sorts Of rustic sports held sway.
Going even further back into the remote ages Of
NOT our country aias-but OF the world we find
the early Egyptians setting aside day for general
thanksgiving and burning Of incense and offering
sacrifices to their divinity of the crops the Goddess
Isis.
For seven or eight days the Jewish Feast of
Tabernacles" was, centuries ago, held during the
seventh month, which is November, and after the
completion of Soomon's temple the people that
year held 14-day festival which was a time of
thanksgiving. and during which time they gave
thanks for the abundance of their land. Living in
booths they decorated their entire homes with
branches Of the palm and of citron trees and then
showed that 1t was for the yield Of the reason
well for the completion of the temple that they
giving thanks.
Coming forward century or two find Thanks
i Sng day being held in England under the
r14s'Harvest Home" This day usually early in
November and 1t opened by church service, which
was followed by day of gayety and feasting.
Thanks were given in the churches for the benefits
of the and then the masses" focked to the
grounds of the Glasses" to which they were all
invited. Here squire and gentry entertained the
peasantry with free and easy dances in the barns,
wrestling matches and feats of archery, for which
prizes were given
In the evening harvest songs were sung by the
light of the moon, the beer and ale, which
flowed freely. dinner such as only the early Eng
lish knew how to prepare served to these great
crowds of thanksgivers, and the Harvest Home day
ended in repleton both of appetite and merrymak
ing.
Before the Reformation special day was set
apart in England for giving thanks and after the
reformation the custom was continued with added
fervor, but after all, 1t is not from English
cestors, might suppose that we received the.
inspiration for first Thanksgiving day.
Neither did the idea originate with the Pilgrims
themselves. They merely continued custom with
which they had become familiar and OF which their
natures approved, when they were living with their
Dutch cousins
To digress just little: 1t has been claimed by
some investigators who stopped Just little short
of the beginning in tracing backward that the first
real Thanksgiving day of true American meaning
held by the Popham colonists OF Monhegan,
but they were Epscopaans and gave thanks
every week in their regular church ritual this must
be blackballed and cast out of our calculation
And to return to the Pilgrims and the
toms they absorbed while protected in Holland The
pious Dutch before the Pilgrims focked to their
peaceful land, had set apart October on which to
CIV thanks for their harvest but more especially
tl-.Stheir deliverance from Spanish authority The
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03

Why is a pig in parlor like house
on fire? Because the sooner it is put
out the better.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03

Tom-The biggest nuisance on earth
Is a kicker.
Tess-Unless the dear boy happens
TO be on the football team.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03

COLONY from it's inception until 1853, with the eX
ception of the year when King Philips war inter-
rupted, there are records to show. In this colony
the church and government alternated in arrang-
ing the date of celebration.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03

Whiskey straight makes man
crooked.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03

ing. Unhesitatingly we lay
claim to the honor of having the only
original Thanksgiving day on the
4lbbe. Then along comes long-haired
historian with his array of facts and
our pride receives a shock.
There is hardly a country in the
world which does not give thanks for
one reason or another. Some have bet
ter reasons than others. but they all
claim to have sufficient excuse for being
grateful to set aside one day each year.
Iox><.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
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9E1S2S the origin of Thanksgiv-
ing. Unhesitatingly we lay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06

directoire dinner gown made of pink messaline
 Miss Linley Graham wore a red mes- saline frock with embroidered net trim mfngs. Miss Dorothy 0rrs gown was soft white silk empire in which she is girlish and charming.
 Miss Kirkpatrick wore an amethyst silk frock with huge black hat Miss Means pink null dinner costume was also given stunning touch by the large black hat she wore.
 In the table decorations pink was the predominant note. An elaborate center piece was made of pink rosebuds and the place cards were hand-painted in these dainty blossoms.
 MT and Mrs. s. II. Tuck entertained at a beautiful dinner last evening at the Country club in honor of Miss Monte donieo of Memphis. Covers were laid for F and the guests were seated at the table in the west end of the large dining room
 The decorations were simple but artistic and most effective. Large white chrysan- themums with asparagus ferns made an effective centerpiece and fat ferns were gracefully distributed on the table. The place cards were lovely. They were hand painted in green and white, which fur nished the color motif. for the dinner and pictured the heads of pretty girls. They were tied with green and white rib bon
 MT and Mrs. Tucks guests included MT and Mrs A. Maben Hobson. Dr. and Mrs. Burr Ferguson Miss Monte donico Mir Morgan Frierson, Miss Kath- crime Sharpe, MT. ]. A. Norman, Miss Hannah Elliott and MT. Richard Peters,
 Mrs. Tuck was an exceedingly attrac- tive hostess in a gown built of ashes of roses fabric and trimmed with Mexican lace. Her hat was black and trimmed with paradise breasts and plumes.
 The guest of honor always an attrac- tive figure In any assemblage, was dis- tinctly smart last evening in a white silk directoire frock, trimmed with fringe Her hat was French conception in pink felt and lined with brown beaver. It was ornamented with large pink roses.
 Mrs. Hobson looked handsome in blue silk gown trimmed with white. Her hat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06

the initials ID. G." suggesting the names of the bride and the groom.
 A punch table in the reception room was gracefully presided over by Mrs. J. T. Stokley, who appeared in an exquisite white messaline gown richly trimmed with rose point and black hat ornamented with white plumes.
 An orchestra played during the aft ernoon. An interesting feature of the afternoon, and one that provoked much mirth, was the reading of a number of quotations anent the ubject of matri mony, by the guests who had drawn them from salver as it was passed about. Most of them were ludicrous, some cynical, as, for example, an ex pression from Socrates, "Whichever you do you'll regret It." When this was completed Mrs. Phillips, in her delight ful way, quoted an exquisite selection from Tennyson's Princess" With sweet tn houghtfulness, she presented a copy of this on white satin and enclosed in a gilt frame not only to the honored guest but to the two other brides-to- be present Miss Anna VanHoose and Miss Roberta Hawkins. The quotation pre- sented by Mrs. Phillips to her guest is so pretty that, though familiar to most, it seems worthy of repetition here: "'For woman Is not undeveloped man, But diverse: could we make her as the
 man,
 Sweet Love were slain: his dearest
 bond Is this,
 Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they
 grow;
 The man be more of woman, she of
 man;
 He gain in sweetness and in moral
 height,
 Nor lose the wrestling thews that
 throw the world; She mental breadth, nor fail in child Nor lose the chfldlike. in the larger
 mind;
 Till at the last she set herself to man. Like perfect music unto noble words; And so these twin, upon the skirts of
 Time
 Sit side by side ful1-summ'd in all
 their powers,
 Dispensing harvest, sowing the To-be, Self-reverent each and reyerencing
 each,
 Distinct in individualities Then comes the statilier Eden back to
 men:
 Then reign the worlds great bridals,
 chaste and calm: Then springs the crowning race of
 humankind.
 May these things be!"'
 The private dining room at the Coun- try club was the scene last evening of a beautiful dinner. MT. David Roberts and Mr. Ryburn Pinckard were the hosts and they entertained in comp1i ment to Miss Mary Hope of Portsmouth, Va, the guest of Miss Sadie Gillespy. Seated about the table In the pretty room were Miss Hope, Miss Marjorie Weatherly, Miss Eva Conner, Miss Sadie Gillespy, Miss Linley Graham, Miss Virginia Means, Miss Mary Kirkpatrick. Miss Dorothy Orr, Miss Lucile Gaston. Miss Florence Smith, Mir. Roberts, Mr. Pinckard MT. Valentine Nesbitt, MT. Edward Ford, MT. Arthur Chenoweth, , MT. Hill Ferguson, MT. Will Dunn and MT. Horace Soper.
 Miss Hope, who is one of the love- Hest of the winter visitors, looked ex- ceedingly pretty In a directoire gown of white satin with touches of silver Miss Gillespy's gown was an exquisite green messaline.
 Miss Lucille Gaston looked queenly in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06

At the Womans Exchange. beginning tomorrow morning, there will be sale of Christmas articles. This sale really con- tinues throughout the year. Fancy ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06

Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at the residence of the brides parents, MT and Mrs. James Gaudin, 1011 South Twelfth street, the marriage of Miss Eu- Iamae Gaudin to MT. Clyde Jackson Or rison will be quietly solemnized, Rev Father Coyle officiating. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal couple will leave for New York and Wash ington to remain ten days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06

Clara Hoster and Carrie Owen of Besse- mer. bridesmaids; Dr. W. W. Compton of Birmingham, best man; Messrs William M. Huey of Birmingham and c. P. Ma thews of Bessemer, groomsmen.
 Miss Stella Browne of Tuscaloosa will preside at the organ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06

Misses Dora and Susie McLester will entertain at luncheon Tuesday in com plfment to Miss Carrie Cobbs and Miss Anna Van Hoose.