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danced other Highland filings and finally
went forth to meet the winter with the
CHEEKY face that usually characteriZes
their kind.
THANKSGIVING in the Scottish Highlands
is not national event, but it is observed
faithfully by the descendants of those
crofters. Whether the crops are GOOD
or bad, they gather once each year at
the end of the harvest season to read
again those prayers that were ordained
for use IN 1877.
The day is observed as somewhat of a
holiday by nearly every one One result
of the evolution of the crofters into the
Highlanders has been the formation OF
several OF those picturesque kilt. regi-
ments which are now in the service OF
the crown The Highla nder inherits the
martial spirit of the crofter to its full
extent One OF the chef features, as
We'll DIS being a great source of pride,
therefore. is the display made by a kilt
regiment on such day, for the parade
T. ground of the barracks runs riot with
color. In" the center of the great green
lawn is he long straight line OF kilt lad
dies, topped by their reSimental coorS
and headed by the CLINT of the sun from
the shining instruments of the band,
while the ribbons and laces and frills
of the iassies line the square.
Dinner parties form the principal fea-
ture of celebration for the evening. Out
through the country there is what they
call the community celebration, when the
neighbors for miles around gather and
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Washington's Thanksgiving Turkey Supply

domesticated varieties; but any hunter
who has gotten his turkey will testify
that the wild birds are the most wary
and cautious Of the feathered inlla btants
of the woods. Although their wines are
short their power OF flight is wonderful,
and they soon take themselves from the
danger zone. There is still much good
turkey hunting in Virginia and Mary
land. although perhaps the best territory
for the sport is in the Mississippi val
ley, Arkansas having a large number OF
the game birds.
In order that the turkey may not be
c&terminated the government is taking
active interest in their conservation, and
I'm all states where there are wild ones
to be found stringent game laws are
made. On account of the shortneSs OF
the turkeys wings the widest ones often
fall into wide rivers when they attempt
to fly across, and often hunters will
flush them so they will attempt to cross
a wide stream. when they may be picked
up with boats. The old ones are good
swimmers and few drown.
Kentucky and Tennessee are the most
noted Of the states in the production of
turkeys, and it is a common sight in that
part of the country to see immense
droves of them being driven to market in
the towns. The supply of turkeys ship
red into the Washington markets is
largely made UP Of consignments from
these states. Kansas and Oklahoma also
produce many of the birds each year.
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plentiful SUPPLIES of stock and provisions
that they became an annual occurrence
:. ::
In the course of time the Lowlanders
took arms, and more or less guerrilla
warfare continued until the Highlanders
were finally disarmed in Lilo at the bat
tie of Culloden. What the Hlghlanders
then faced We're severe winters, indeed
with nothing to relieve their suffering,
and the chiefs soon realized that even
few we'll stocked farmhouseS and herds
of cattle were far better than great num-
beers of half-starved retainerS to populate
their country.
Their example of Improvement was
soon followed by the peasantry. Areas OF
cultivating were expanded and their
farms became more valuable year by
year.
What the speechmakers brought out
therefore. in Il way to cheer the most
downhearted was the great contrast be-
tween the crofters Of 1917 and the High
landers of 1917. When winter came ter
a season of failure the crofIers had no
means of support until the next season
for the HghIa rders there was always a
way provided in the capital cohtained III
d good farm.
The mass meeting of November l. 1871,
consequently. developed into sort OF
Notification meeting They brought out
that the outlook was much better than IL
was a century or two ago. and when the
speeches were over they cleared the
floors, secured the pipers and swung out
in the national dance of the Highlands.
In the evening they spread a great feast,
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with the utmost care. One of these
which the guides show is the old French
burying ground. which contains stones so
old that the action of the elements has
long since rendered the Inscriptions on
them illecible. One of the oldest Yet
visible is that which gives the date OF
October 3. 1870. and marks the grave
of Bathiah Douglass.
The recreation, whether ii be the games
of the small boy, the sports of The men
or the sightseeing of the tourist, brings
on an unusual appetite for the feast that
comes in the evening. Even lovers get
hunery in Nova Scotia Thanksgiving day.
Around the hotel ii is ra.h her quiet in
the evening, but the surest indication
that something unusual is on in the
homes OF Annapolis Royal is that every
house is brilliantly lighted, for just at
dusk the feasts are ready to spread.
Modern methods have changed things
somewhat so far as these annual dinners
are concerned. In the days of the colo
nists the smell of oak fires used to float
out through the trees. mingled with the
doors that came from the roasting shoats
and the great spits OF venison. They
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thunderstorms with winds that uprooted
the corn and laid fiat the wheat, barley
and oats; low temperatures brought snow
and hail that beat 1nercileSsly upon the
exposed carrots and potatoes and tore the
cabbages. There seemed to be no end to
the supply of moisture in the sky, ana
the most level-headed and usually placid
Scots became exasperated to degree
hard to endure.
They tell TIE story Of Scotch clergy
man who, during this trying period. made
frequent extemporaneous prayers during
his services for the cessation of the rain.
1t was during the Offering of one of
these prayers that he was interrupted by
another violent gust of wind and deaf
ering crash of hail against the windows.
The divine hesitated a moment to take
in the situation then with a voice changed
from one of humble entreaty to one of in
difference and sarcasm he continued:
'Weel. weel then. rain ava. Lord. and
Spite all the puir folks corn, as We did
the ither year. and see what yen max
O your kandiwork.'
The question that stared the killers in
the face as the day of their thanksgiv-
ing approached was, for what had they to
be thankful? At the end it was found
that what the wind and snow had not
ruined the rain had rotted. The fields
were practically laid waste, apd. not to
speak of the market crops, there We're
few farmhouses that gathered enough to
store for the winter.
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1IOW it cries out to be eaten, that
great brown turkey still sizzling
from its recent sojourn III the oven.
How its fat sides bulge with the promise
of good white meat, and. best of all hid
den delectables, oyster dreSSing-or per
l,aps if is of chestnutS-mayhap il Is only
a rich bread stuffing But one and all
are a delight to the small boy, and il
fact. to every member gathered round
that Thanksgiving board But alas for
king turkey" he cannot reign forever
as the focus of all eyes. The small boy $
gaze wanders and finally rests on auiv-
ering red mold that further investigation
proves to be cranberry jelly. There at
the further end of the table CLEANS some
thing pearly white. Celery. says the
small boy. The heart of the small boy Is
as full as his mouth, not perhaps with Il
prayer of Thanksgiving but at Least with
the uneXpressed realization that IL is good
to Ice alive and to eat.
What ruin. What wrecked remains of
a once perfect whole. This is the result
of the small boys devastation of his
Thanksgiving dinner. But as though he
has not sufficiently Borged himself,
another round olden. Eondc~fu! caject
must needs appear
small boy. with = freshly awakened APP
petite. And. in the vernaclGiar, il is GER
tainly some pie. For il is Ike great
full moon with the edges nicely fri'led
and Drowned. But who ever heard of n
moon with frilled edges? But why think
at all Of that far distant body when mere
on the table lies delicious pumpkin pie
at least two inches thick and its in@re-
dents far more delectabie than green
l..~sse or anything of which the moon
could possibly be made. 4 huge slice OF
this pie comes he small boys way, and
after ii has been consumed and he MAN
ages to rise from the table feeling as one
youngster did t at he could 'chaw." but
couldn't "swaller, the young critic an
nounces it to have been the finest DIM
ner that ever was.
But not only is this dinner declared 10
be the ideal Thanksgiving repast by the
small boy, but by big boy as well, one
well verse3 in all knowledge of food
Stuffs. no other. in fact. than DIR. Harvey
w. Wiley. the governments pure food eN-
pert and chief of the bureau of chemistry
My motto regards THANKSGIVING
dinners said DR.. Wiley. lis a translation
from a Latin phrase meaning Not many,
but much The dinner, with its dozen
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away with passive senses awakened to
a full realization of their blessings,
fully determined to use them for the
purpose they were sent.
Later on in the morning one hears the
school bells ring out the call for the as
sembly of the pupils. The children, from
tots in the kindergarten to the youths
and maidens in the high school. gather
in the big assembly rooms, dressed in
their best Exercises open with singing.
Just POI years ago Gov. Nicholson issued
the first proclamation for the celebration
OF Thanksgiving day i'll Nova Scotia. and
this famous document is read in mucn
the same impressive manner as Is our
own Declaration of independence on the
18th day of July. Then comes recital
Of the historical events leading up to
that proclamation
With the exception of st. Augustine.
F.a Annapolis Royal is I&oudly stated
by its natives to be the o{ueSt Gown III
North America Consequently there is
history in full connected with 1t. and
every child in Nova Scotia, and particu-
,ary in Annapolis-Royal, cPn rec1te now
De Monts founded the settlement IN 1904
and can tell of the Nalorous deeds of
Lescarbot, Poutiincourt. La Taille. Mi
ouel ct Claude de RaZilly and the great
and chivalrouS SubercaSe on the french
side and of Argall, Sir David hirk, Sll
William Phipps and Gen. Nicholson OF
the English forces. VINO SraduaHE won
their home for them. They can tel no"
Nova Scotia's early history was char
acterzed By turbulence that has not
been equaled by any other locality, OF the
scars it received from Indians, pirates
and privateerSmen and OF the thirteen
great sieges it underwent.
In the o der AIDES there are few pupils
who cannot recite the poem that was
dedicated by Mrs. Norton 70 the thousand
militiamen in Nova Scotia. who marched
from Granville to their post of duty,
distance of 1876 miles. in thirty-fiye hours.
in response to the hurried call when 1T
was thought that a French fleet was
about to sail from New York to att ok
the island in 1893. 1t is called The
Tramp of the Boys From Granville, and
some of the more exceptionally inclined
scho ars render it in good fashion.
The exercises a-e intersperSed with pa
triotic songs. and some of the school OF
ficials address the students and draw
the lesson of what can be accomplished
by such self-sacrifice as was shown by
their fnrefathers. At the end they all
sin" GOOD Save the King.
While the schools are in patriotic ses-
sion there is a popular celebration going
on in the Enclosure known as Fort Anne.
The old structure is in an excellent state
of preservation, and is one Of the rarest
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historical objects on the American CONT
nent. 1t covers an area of thirty acres,
built upon plans drawn by Nauban. the
greatest French military engineer of his
age. and was a most formidable structure
in its day.
The peculiar construction made the final
victory which Nova Scotians celebrate the
more remarkable. \ great ditch, now
altogether dry, surrounds it. and one
cou easily gain an idea Of wat tn
storming party must have encountered
when one beholds the solid walls and
bastions beyond that rise to a height of
thirty feet, faced with the rough-hewn
timber of the forest. Up on the parapet
by wooden pins, which. by little effort,
could have been sent rolling down to
break the heads of the assalants.
1t is iii the midst of these relies of early
disputes that the people gather to. pay
tribute. Orators recite again the deeds
of those early days, when Nova Scotia
was the foot ball of the nations and that
on that same spot the last of the great
battles was fought, They tell. also. the
origin of their day of thanksgiving. Early
in the -pring OF iI1o Gen. Nicholson
sailed INTO Arnarolis river With a form
dable force from Boston. He found Gen.
Subercase and his garrison OF Frenchnen
weakened by the prvations of the preced-
ing winter, but strong in the spirit that
makes good soldiers.
:.
During the summer and fall there was
long and intermittent fighting. The French
were racked with disease and the lack of
the necessities Of life: the English We're
rapidly becoming weakened by constant
exposure and the ever-ready fire from the
fort. There seemed to be no end to the
Frenchmens endurance. Then, just as
tie first indica ion Of the severe Ttn eT
came, that meant either the withdrawal
of the Engl' sh or the suffering of untold
hardships, the English made a final des-
perate attempt and the French accepted
terms of surrender.
The speeches. touch upon tie impulse
thus created in Gen. Nicholson, which
caused him to proclaim Nova Scotia first
day OF Thanksgiving for his belief in he
coming of divine aid at such d time Ihen
they speak of the development Of the
province. Of Tho obstacles at were over
come, and finally, like the schools. they
end the celebration by singing the ma
tional hymn.
There are various reCreationS for the
old and young in the afternoon. Annap-
o. Royal aboundS in beautiful walks
and drives The small boy cares moth
ing for these, but he expresses his graft
tude for the land of his brit by healthy
interest in all kinds of outdoor games
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to morphine and alcohol, the patients just
recovering from the effects of these habits
We're unanimous III saving that 1t would
be the happleSt THANKSGIVING Gay they
had ever known.
why, do you know" said one pale
man whose step was still unsteady and
whose fingers trembled as he rea ched
out to take the writer's hand, 'Wh /
came here | was taking twenty grains OF
morphine every day, and had for three
years. Now | have not had any for live
days. and Thanksgiving day the doctors
are going to let NE go home to my wife
and children, and l am going to begin
life where [ left off three Years ago.
That's what I'm thankful for.
In the. lower wards of the hospital,
where the general medical cases are treat
ed there are not very many cases OF
acute illness. Between two of the wards
an old darkey was hobblng along, a
heavy cane in one hand and the other
holding his back He stopped and lifted
up a wrinkled face set in a mass of
grzzed whiskers when the writer
spoke to him.
Il reckon you-all is newspaper
man. he said,
Il guess I'd be thankful right now
i
bit of fruit with. Thank you-thank
you kindly, sir. Yes, sir; I'm grateful
for everything. I'm grateful most
especially for these kind doctors here
The writer thought as he passed
through ward later that he might
easily have been grateful for beng
waited on by some Of the nurses there,
but that is neither here nor there.
"Tee-h ee" giggled an old colored
uncle. I'm grateful I'm seem an
other THANKSGIVING. I've seen seven
ty-two of them already. ! guess
seen more than FL ever see again. Yes,
sir; / reckon so"
At the Home for the Aged and In
firm. at Blue Plains, an aged imam
was asked what he thought of Thanks
giving day.
''Thanksgiving,' he unused, with
CLEAN of interest in his faded blue
eye Il was married on ThanksSiv-
ing-it will be sixty-one years ago
next Thursday Stxty-one years and
she has been dead twenty. No, L
haven't much to be thankful for.
I'm thankful for the homemade
bread we get here" one old man
chuckled It's just like L used to get
at home
Said another: You haven't got any
chewing tobacco. have you, mister?
That's all right. yes. | can CHEW pipe
tobacco Well. I'm thankful 1 can still
enjoy my pipe and Il chew OF tobacco
now and then. And my little corner OF
the room near the radiator. L guess
| ought to be thankful
I'm thankful" said man in the
hospital that there's another man
here who's base ball fan He's in
the bed next to mine. and we sit and
talk for hours about the new manager
and the lineup for next year.
I'm thankful, said sour-visa- ICED
inmate who wore the corners of his
mouth depressed. I'm thankful that
Thanksgiving comes only once year.
1t makes me tired-all these fools
talking about thankfulness. Humph
they don't see me thankful for any
thing, do they?
In the open wards of the large hospitals
about town, where the ailins are treated
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"NotMany, ButMuch, "forDinner
on Thanksgiving, Says DR.. Wiley

courses. ranks least of all, in my opinion.
as a good dinner. A soup. a little fish. an
entree, turkey and vegetables Of several
kinds salad dessert, nuts. candies
and coffee and several varieties OF light
wines throughout the dinner is not tho
sort of menu by which / would like tu
order my Thanksgiving dinner
Give me big roast turkey with oyster
or chestnut stuffing-the latter Is, by thu
way, more common in the New England
stateS-some celery, cranberries and, or
course, potatoes. little coffee VIII COM
plete my first course. And then. for des.
Sert. a big pumpkin pie without klver,
and thick" continued DIR. Wiley. measur-
ing with his fingers a distance of som"
nches. an. s,nil in piessurabl'
anticipation of Just such pie
This in my opinion, is just the sort OF
Z Nor tina should satist" almost every
one. even in so cosmopolitan a city az
Washington, continued the noted food
specialist. 1T is just an example of my
motto, Not many. but much. BY that I
mean not many courses or many kinds OF
food but a plenty of everything.
'.The turkey can be selected from an
part of the country, but should be good
big one. and we'll stuffed with oyster
chestnut dressing. The potatoes may 10
fixed in any preferred style. The celery,
to obtain that Wilderness that makes ii
appel Eng, should for ON 1t IL IN e.
fore il is to be prepared for the table. la
covered with dark earth and allowed tn
bleach
.'Of the whole cranberry crop. perhaps
MGR ~ - e. CEN TO IN IN ins
ma rshy districts of Massachusetts, New
Jersey and Wisconsin. This necessary in
gredient of the Thanksgiving dinner may
be stewed or in the form of jelly. Last,
but not least comes the pumpkin pie. 1t
should le quite timex. and must no have
top crust. and most important. every
body should be served with very large
piece
i have found it to be the case in many
country districts, continued Dr. Wiley
that Thanksgiving varies little from any
other day of the year. New England, the
birthplace of this custom of celebrating
the occasion, is an exception to this rule.
The holiday is universally recognized
throughout that part of the United States.
and the New England cooks display their
very best talents on Thanksgiving. In
many other parts. however. people i'm the
rural districts some little distance from a
large town or city pay no attention to tho
day, and not infreauently scarcely know
of its existence.
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son of their fo-efathers' hard and con-
scientiouS work to the younger genera
ton. but, pointing to the present result
of that development, to also instill
pride for their land in their native
born.
Once each year the official notice of
this observance goes forth. Perhaps it
cannot be called a proclamati ton, for it
only concerns the province. but it is
equally effective in reminding the peo-
pie that the 21st day of October is the
day upon which to gather to offer
thanks and pay tribute.
1t is the anniversary of the perma
nent acquisition of the province by the
British government. So far as the sug
geston that general thanks should be
offered is concerned. it is like our own
national proclamation, but it further
states that the deeds of valor. the sac
rifice. the foresight and wisdom of the
founders and developers of their land
command a public demonstration of ap-
probation.
One who spends an October i'll Annapo-
lis-Royal will awake early the morning
of the 2lst to the sound of church bells.
You see everybody going and you, per-
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Pooling Himself.

fOf1N II. FINLEY, president of the Col
} lege Of the City of New York, was
liking to group Of librarians at the
state library convention.
Too many books at the present time. y
he said, ARE written solely to sell. Their
authO try to make us think that they
are producing literature. but they can't
fool u.s. They only fool themselves.
These men might produce literature if
they would just put little more sin
certify into their work but as it is, they
remind me of Jake McMasters.
You're workin very hard today
Jake. me son., said a friend. How many
hods o mortar, in the name of heaven
have We carried up that ladder since
startin' time?
Hush. me lad said Jake with a
wink. I'm foolin the boss. I've carried
the same hodfu up and down all day, and
he thinks I'm workin'.'