The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-20

..Ye haven't happened to notice If
there's been amy changes in this
years styles iv Thanl<sgivin' procly-
nations. have YEP said Mr.. Dooley.
well, nayether have /, ThankssiNl.l
proclymations ar-re an Item man
ltbie TO overlook anyhow in searchin'
ar tn latest intelligence Nv tn, day IN
m pa-apers. don't think TIL iditors
naya enough attintion TO thin. They're
Frivolous young fellows an ar-re faf
more lible to give tn first page to a
tut ball game or an account " u
naughty American arrystocrat kickln
IN E'r- rinch count, his son-in law, thin
to tn utthrances ~ tn wisest men "
our day on a subject iv tn highest
Importance to TIL wurruld. lvry year
III, President iv tn United States, tn
Gov'nor TIL mayor, an i amt sure
but TIL chief iv polls, TIN clerk ~ tn
probate coort an tn coroner goes INTO
tn back room, locks tn dure. takes
pair iv shears in his hand an tells us
OFFICIALLY. mind We, what We've got to
be thankful FIR. It's tur-rble jooty
FIR some iv these statesmen so soon
afther Fiction. But they do it nobly
an 1t ought to be a great ivint. 1t
ought to be tn wan thing in TIL year
that people wud look for'ard to. Ye'd
think there'd be crowds in TIL sthreet
rsaitin' f'r flashlights firm TIL top Nv
tn newspa aper offices FIR to announce
whether tn mayor had ordered thin
TO be thankful FIR abundant crops or
not At this minyit ye shud be waitin'
with penny in ye'er hand FIR tn
exthry on tn Thanksgivin' proclyma-
tion. But we're not. TIL wurruk ~
these sages is wasted on we. No Won
dher nanny " thin ARE packir' n
few inkwells an pa-aper weights into
their grips an gettin ready to lave
tn public sarvice
Its pretty hard on a man that's
devoted his life to his country as
long as tn country -wud have him
an thin made ivry sacrifice to hold on
little longer, to set down on bleak
NOVEMBER AFTERNOON with tears in his
eyes an tn returns firm TIL third
precinct in tn twinty- eighth ward
ringin' In his ears an shout out
message calm on ye in claryon tones
to be thankful because there's been
good hay crop in Ioway an thin have
we pay no attintion to it. How do we
expict public officers to sarve We IL We
threat thin like this? Ar-re ye heart
less or is tn fault theirs? Maybe they
don't expriss thimsilves right. / amt
sure but that that's tn throuble. They
don't put their heart into their wurruk,
as Hogan always says to his helper.
Supposin' tn boys wud put in just how
they feel. We might want to read their
stuff Thin instead iv havin' mes
sage firm a progressive Republican
askin' us to kick up our heels over
TIL production iv spinach, we'd have
somethin' like this: OWN to i'm
memorial usage it's me jooty to call
ye'er attintion to a few things that
we shud be thankful FIR, but I can't
think " amy. Followin' TIN example
~ me predecessors, / have to notify
We that we have indeed been gr-reatly
blessed with tn products iv Nature,
but that doesn't in amy way make me
frget tn threachery at tn polls that
deprived tn republic ~ wan " it's
most self-sacriicin' servants an com
PEELED him to go back TO tn practice
iv TIN law. But what's tn use iv me
wastin' me time talkin' with TIL likes
~ ye? Most iv We didn't vote FIR me
annynow. AS FIR tn rest iv We, what
We lacked in numbers We did not make
up In enthusiasm. So / lave We 10
ye'er fate an will now go home an
sob mesilf TO shleep. Be tn, Gov-nor
IN sicrety iv State, who has also lost
his job
Thin ye'd have message firm,
Willum Taft like this: This has been
remarkable year on thu whole. /
don't know If l iver seen such a year.
1t started in bad, an 1 was in .gr-rea I
Despair at wan time. In tn middle iv
summer | practically had give up all
hope iv cillybratin' Thanksgivin' at all.
1vrything looked dismal. EXPECTED a
very hard winter an looked for'ard to
havin' to move into smaller ouarthers
! didn't think there'd har'ly be amy
harvest. But about October things
oesun to look up. Nature took on a
more bounchous hue, an at tn prisint
moment l feel JUSTIFIED in followin'
tn example iv me illusthrees preede
cessors an fnsthructin' we to cut loose
an go as fap..ss, ye4like. AS FIR me
VIII on'y..express me gratichood FIR
IN bounttes that has been heaped upon
our nation be askin' tn Sicrety Nv state
70 stand by an jine me in givin three
cheers"
- wondher what kind iv a Thanks
g1vin' Tiddy Rosenfelt is havin'. Ye
mont near much firm him these days,
do YEP" said Mr. Hennessy.
Am complainin'?" said Mr.. Dooley.
I1ddy Rosenfelt done late what ivry
NEGRO shud do Just about tn time he
nnds he's a hero. He dove into tn
coal cellar. I don't think he done II
quick enough. II was him I wud'ye
made me escape arlier. wud've ex
cused mesilf firm TIL embrace so that
l wudden't have TO fight to keep firm
oein' throttled. If ] liver become ?
NEGRO I'd be tn ony prominent either
missin' firm tn ovation. They wut
meet, but they wud miss me. I nigh
satisfy me pride be goin' up tn nigh
befure an lookin at tn lori wreaths
IN ustymonya1s, tn blue mmortelle!
an tn gates aiar But whin me en-
thusyastic fellow-citizens gathered i,
IN mornin' to do me honor with a,
Address w welcome in their left hand
an their right in their hip pockets.
sthrange man muftled up to tn eve
might be seen boordn' a freight e.
Keokuk 1t wud be tn hero VIII
took no chances. Maybe Tiddy Rosen
felt injyes bein' hero so much tina
he's willin' to take tn chances +
helm lynched aftherward Annyhow
what is there FIR him to say? TIL, he
ye can do FIR a hero whin he's es
capped tn just Indignation " his ad
nirers be fut or two Is to give hir
chance TO catch his breath. Let htr
hide FIR awhile in comfort. He's dow
In tn cellar with III most prom'ner
an dignified peoule in IN, ,prrruI