The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-22
blessed are they that mourn.
for they shaii be eouforted."


CHERRY. M. Nov. e 10 ali
but a favored few Thanksgiving
day viii be- hollow m0ekery IN
Cherry The dark rail- II death 4
spread over this sgmalid little VII
lage bleak and wind.nwens The
hymna q praise that rise from the
shruata of a thankful paople viii
echo ard re-echa about the hills nl
Cherry. difKe for me dead
To a score Of families whose
fathers. aona and brothers were
brought back msfacniomaiy alive
from tho black n!i. there wiil come
Joy aud they viii render thanka
nut Il Will not be the Kluttonous
thanks Of custom Rather. Il Will
b. tho fervent prayer from the soul
sore tried thanking IA Maker tof
Ills Initiate mercy.
There are some tn Cherry who
wiii be Flad Thanksgiving day. but
their number "a fififniIy few The
wtyes. mothers ana sweet hearts az
those SOC alAiwAn men who met
death deep ln the dark bowels ~
The earth, what can they BE- thank.
ful fur7
Provisions Coming In.
Already iralnu ara bringing In
proviaiuna klnd.hrarycd people are
giving time and money 20 Auccor
the needy Their mouths will be
flllcd. perhaps. but their hearts will
be empty. The vacant chairs about
the meAgre board there IL the cold.
mQcking tragedy Of II all. the voices
that win never be heard again: the
smiles that will be Bccn no more
TbanksgivlngY Oh. yes. Thurs
day viii be Thanksgiving. bat what
will the widows aud orphans az
Cherry have 20 be thankful for1
Some Of the silent. suffering
women and children here speak
only bohemian. others oniy
Italian. But the language on their
faces Is one that every heart under.
stands
And the children-their pallid
faces have grown old IN these few
days since Chcrry's disastar--w wan.
tragic faces these to greet the sun
that rises in thankful nation next
Thursday
There Is a hunger IN their eyes
that makes their dry soba stop your
breathing
Sad Thanksgiving.
Take. for instance. the Thanks.
giving that ~ coming on just one
poor home here. that ~ Mrs Har.
bara Stoeek She never has been
seen In company with another soul
since that awful Saturday Her
body. bent with Illness. shivera In
Tho cold. al abe picks 20 the little
pieces OF coal that mean a little
warmth In her lonely home. on
her face IL stamped the horror OF
self accusing widowed mother
Her little hoy. Jan. the orphan
support OF the woman. was sick
when he took bis lunch OF black
bread. spread with lard. down into
the mine that morning She didn't
want him 20 work. but be coaxed
her. because the dollar or less a
day he got was needed badly In
the little home
Nov that he will never come
back 20 her, do you wonder that
the mother wrings hor hands and
groana In the agony Of a mother
made chldless and solitary?
What viii Thanksgiving mean 10
her?
BabisB Born Fatherless.
Then there IL another side 10 tho
Thanksgiving that Cherry is facing
Z In eli
lives that have come into tho world
since the mino horror--lives of
babies who we're orphaned a few
days before they were born. What
does Thanksgiving mean 90 their
mothers and TO them?
All the gray clad nurses here.
with their Red Cross omblema on
their arms. are not enough 10 help
care for the little children, the
mothers aud for over a dozen other
women soon 20 become mothers
Mrs. Harry Stewart Is one OF
these Her husband, q big. strong
miner. was hauled up to daylight,
his CLASSY eyes set, with nine other
men who had given up their lives.
"Hc was out. but he went back
to help" said the young woman
duly. Mrs. Stewart leaned over
and buried her face in the neck OF
toddling boy.
~ don't know whatever we shall
do" she sobbed. "He's the young
est OF my four. They're all under
7, and he'll only be the youngest
for a day or two.'
Two doors from there a boy of
stands In the doorway His little
round face Is splotched with tears
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