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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-14

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G. oME years ago popular English novelist visited
America anu rather interesting bit OF
dction supposed be descriptive OF the people
sno thinge che had observed In this country Among
other things che told OF dinner given By leader Of
society in New York AT this function the walters
we're said co De zone other than elephants trained
serve food with their trunks met any one in
england who really believed anything Of this kind
Bur there are numerous people IN America who
stories as literally true
OF course tnere is so much unnecessary extrava
sance that cannon that most incredible
tales nno believers among people of intelligence
In my The Passing of the Idle Rich told a
few tales absolutely true.
could these Il there we're point or purpose
IN 50 doing But there has been much exaggera.
don so much gossip, that the public is already much
oVerexcited Oh the subject IL we are to arrive at
SOUND conclusions eve must approach the matter with
desire TO discover the exact truth and draw logical
conclusions therefrom
Please the rich society folk OF
New forh eai their meals from platinum plates with
COLO forks proug of which ends In a diamond
point For dinner given which the hostess
ssSo plate there ere hundreds Of social functions
among the rich the expense OF which would appear
Quite uninlerestingy reasonable TO the humbest read
ers OF your newspaper
wish my readers exactly right In this whole
Lei II oe understood that the woman who
spends even $4,000 year on clothes is
ceptlon In fashionable society doubt whether It fs
True thai any spcnd ;25o.O0o Perhaps half dozen
speno 100000 am no, saying that it is right that
waste the wealth or the land. merely guarding
my readers agains, belief In fables
Similarly very few exceedingly wealthy people in
New YORK City entertain quite avishy Two three
times during the Winter season and two three
times during the Summer at Newport, perhaps. they
may entertain Al functions which cost $4,000
$4,000 each But the total number of such functions
al New York and Newport. with those given by
Americans In London and Paris added. is very small
For the real luxury that undoubtedly is enjoyed
good defense may be made If it were DISPENSED with
many thousands of workers would be thrown OF
work anu well aware that, arguing from funde
mcntais the economists will tell that this state.
meni is invalid But the fact remains nevertheless
Are the economists and the other public critics Of
luxurious spending prepared to give jobs to perhaps
different capacities by this spending! When they are
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-14

~T7 He late Frederick Townsend Marin who w,.
recognized both arbiter and spokesman
or New York fashionable society. had Just be.
tore his death written series of articles on social
toolcs toI this newspaper One Of these articles
hitherto unpublished refutes the charges of ideness
e1Tsvagance ana dissipation which Mr. Billy" Sun.
lay brings agalns society With go much vgor OF Ian.
guage The article follows.
BY the Late Frederick Townsend Martin.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25

E II yOu your DlSSS1ASS
III and are you truly thankful?
Or are you one of the army of
women who each year declare they
have nothing to be thankful for?"
There isn't woman living, or man.
who has nothing to be thankful for
Those who protest against fate, who
say theirs is hard life, void of all
beauty, comfort, cheer or anything
whatsoever to give thanks for, are
wrong with the world. Something is
the matter; they need readjustment
and different point of view
The peevish, dissatisfied woman who
allows herself to be unhappy because
she does not possess as much of this
worlds goods as her neighbor, and
then says she has nothing to be thank
full for, has only to go into city hos
pital and there she will see many rea-
sons for her own thanksgiving.
You mothers who have healthy chill
dren, strong of body and straight of
limb, may be thankful that your little
ones are not compelled to inhabit a
home for -incurable cripples
You fathers who have kind, gentle
wives and well-bred children may be
thankful that you are not married to
a shrew, a woman who neglects her
home, her children. and makes her
husbands life unbearable.
Every one of you can be thankful for
the sunshine, the rain, the beauty OF
the hills and fields, the fruits of the
earth that will appease your hunger,
the clothing that keeps you warm, and
above all, for the roof that covers you
Many there are, you know. that have
not these blessings The blind cannot
see the sunshine or the beauties of ma
ture; the poverty-stricken cannot en-
joy the fruits of the earth and warm
clothing; the homeless have no roof.
tree to shelter them, and the cripples
cannot feel the softly falling rain.
Are you, then, making the world
about you more livable and loyab1e for
some poor, disheartened mortal? Are
you tightening his burden? Or are you
in your selfishness making the world
bleak and cold and inhospitable for
those about you?
You can do something to help the
unfortunate ones to be thankful. Per.
haps you cannot give a bountifully
supplied basket of provisions to your
poor neighbor, but you can send her
plate of biscuits, or call upon her
and cheer her up bit. You can write
cheerful letter to shut-in or take
her bright bunch of posies or a
basket of fruit. Flowers and fruit are
always welcomed at the hospitals; but
if you take them there yourself. add
ing the brightness of your presence
they will be doubly welcome.
Do not let the day pass without per
forming some act of kindness or char
ity, tightening some burden or making
the heart of some sad friend sing q
joyful melody.
Be truly thankful for your own bless
ings and dispense blessing wherever
you may.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
PUZZLE-FIND THE TURKEY
JIMMY is THANKFUL

That mother hasn't a broken arm,
and can stuff the goose.
That the judge let father go on sus-
pended sentence.
That I'm not dead on a battlefield.
That l haven't got five brothers to
share the Thanksgiving dinner with.
That we won't have to move until
the day after
That we won't have to pay any of
the war tax
That we live on the sixth floor, and
no tramp will climb all those stairs to
ask for goose.
That / found a pair of skates in a
boys back yard last summer.
That l traded off our cat last July
for a sled.
That I'm not lost in the woods, with
the wolves bowling around.
That father dropped ten cents on
the floor and | found it.
That no boy has threatened to lick
me if I stick my nose out of the house
on Thanksgiving day.
That it's big goose, and that can
Just stuff myself
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
OFFER Up THANKS
People of Switzerland Devout in
Their Gratitude for Har-
vest Blessings.
EDNA p. HALLORAN,

THANKSGIVING in Switzerland is
movable feast, coming at the end
of the harvest season and usually
falling on Sunday in the middle of
October. The country is at the height
of its beauty in this month, the
chrysanthemums are in full bloom in
every garden, the terraced vineyards
are showing autumn colors, and there
is golden haze over the rugged noun
tains. feeling of peace and plenty
prevails; the harvest is garnered, the
wine is made, and the people of this
thrifty little country are grateful for
the earth's bounties.
1t may not be entirely according to
our ideas of artistic decorating to
have the interior of the churches on
Thanksgiving Sunday resemble mar
ket place, but nevertheless the right
spirit is at bottom. In place of flow
ers, strings of apples are festooned
from arch to arch, clusters of grapes
adorn available corners, the altar and
pulpit are banked with every kind of
vegetable, carrots, turnips and even
cabbages being used. Song prayers
are offered in gratitude and thanksgiv-
ing for the good harvest and lengthy
sermon is delivered appropriate to the
occasion. The sun outside is warm
and the air inside is heavy, laden with
a strong odor of the Marche At the
end of the last hymn one hastens glad
ly into the open.
The Sabbath stiffness of the after
noon is broken by the blare of a brass
band. A long procession winds it's way
about the narrow streets, followed by
crowd of men, women and children,
for the Swiss people have the love of
a small boy for a parade, and they in
dulge themselves in their fancy on
every possible occasion. On this day
the procession goes from church to
church, stopping in front of each one,
while the band plays a few selections.
The crowd is not particularly atten-
tive, but it makes up for that lack in
good humor. Small groups stand about
the church square, talking and laugh
ing, until the last number is finished,
and then take up their position in the
rear of the cortege and follow it on
to the next church.
Thus the day wears on, in gratitude
for the bounties of nature A strange
Thanksgiving and simple one com
pared to our historic holiday and our.
elaborate manner of celebrating it, but
beneath the surface runs the same
ndercurrent of sincere gratitude.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
ORANGE SPRINGS

Orange Springs, Nov. 24.-Mr. Cor
don Wimberly is grinding cane and
making very fine grade of syrup.
Everyone that can possibly go is
hunting IN the scrub, but so far we
have not heard of anyone killing
deer.
DIR. D. G. Culp and wife have gone
to Sanford, where Mr.. Culp is engag-
ed in lettuce growing. They made
many friends during their short stay
here.
Mr.. Egbert and family left last
week for their home in Iowa.
Mr.. Rast is attending the fair in
Ocala this week.
Miss Lucy Pegram and the Misses
Hall are expecting to go to the fair
to be present in the canning club par
ade.
Mr. John McCarley left for Sanford
Saturday afternoon to enter on his
duties as agent on the A. G. L. rail-
way. Mrs. McCarley viii join him in
ia few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry and son Melvin,
were visitors to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Livingston Sunday.
The spring is to be walled up and
cleaned out just as soon as the COM
pany can get some one to do the work.
Mrs. Pedrick is visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs Hal Wilson in Jacksonville.
Mr.. j w. Pegram of Maitland was
visiting the family of Mr.. w. H.
Pegram last week.
This community was saddened to
hear of the death of Mr.. w. J. CrowelI
at the hospital in Ocala Friday. Dur
ling the four years he had made his
home here he had won the esteem and
respect of all who had met him. He
had led an active life in the political
field of his native state, Illinois. He
leaves. ar invalid wife and son, Wal
ter, who are making their home at
present in Palatka, and son and
daughter in the north.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
A THANKSGIVING (Re) treat.
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First Thanksgiving Service.

So far as is known, one of the first
Harvest Thanksgiving Services" ever
held in modern times was that pro-
vided for in an official document, en-
titled Form of Prayer and Thanksgiv-
ing to Almighty God, to be used in all
churches and chapels in England and
Wales and in the town of Bethwick-on-
Tweed on Sunday. the 18th day of Oc-
tober, 1847. being the day appointed
for a general Thanksgiving to Al
mighty God for the late Abundant
Harvest, by Her Majesty's Special
Command" With the exception of
one il November, 1863, in gratitude
for various successes on sea and land,
including the capture Of Quebec, and
for IAN uncommonly plentiful Aar-
vest" this was probably the first serv-
ice of the kind neld in modern times.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
Quickly Ponular in West.

AS the first new states of the West
were quite generally settled from New
England, the festival was perpetuated
and soon became custom not only in
these, but in other western states as
they were formed In the South there
was no recognition of the custom un-
til after 1858. In that year eight gov
ernors of southern states isued proc
lamations after the model of New Eng
land, calling upon their people to OBJ
serve the last Thursday in November
as day for thanksgiving. But the
Civil war was at hand and the bitter
ness engendered in the long contro-
yersy over slavery caused many vio-
lent opponents of the North TO oppose
the proclamations because of their IN
PRODUCTION of a Yankee custom.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
A BOYS THANkFuLNEss.

Nm thankful that I've got daddy
4 To work for me with all his might:
He always calls me Little Iaddy,"
And says at I'm his hearts delight;
He often sets me on his shoulder
And helps to fill the house with noise;
He's bigger than am and older,
But mother calls US her two boys.
I'm thankful that he never. worries
Because my hands amt nice and white
I'm thankful that he always hurries
Back home to us when it gets night;
I'm always thankful when it's Sunday,
Cause when it's Sunday, why, you see
He doesn't haft to work till Monday
Or do thing but play with me.
I'm thankful that he never scolds me
Except when I've been actin bad:
And every night almost he holds me
Tight in his arms and says he's glad:
Our blessin's, mother says. are many,
And, gee but wouldn't 1t be fine
If every body that hasn't any
Could have a daddy just like mine?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
English Harvest Homes.

If the Plymouth festival has 1mme-
diate kinship with similar events in
the past, it has analogies with the Har-
vest Home of England, which may re-
,ate them. The Pilgrims were famil-
lar with the English celebration, and
many of them, no doubt, had partici-
pated in it. The dominant mark of
each was the joy over the ingathering
harvest In some districts in England,
too, the festival had continued a week.
Richard Carew. in his Survey of Corn
well,'' in speaking of the English fes-
tival, says: Neither doth good cheers
wholly expire (thougn it somewhat de-
creases), but with the end of the
weeke"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
Things to Be Thankful For.

The sentiment of gratitude fs one
that there is small risk of finding too
much in evidence. It is not possible
to grow from childhood to manhood
or womanhood without implicit de-
pendence upon others. without In
curing obligations and running deep
ly into debt-first Of all to the God
who made US, then to our parents who
safeguarded our helpless infancy, then
to the friends who assisted us on our
way. It is impossible for US to make
adequate repayment or return for all
these benefits. What has been done
for us in our creation and our sus-
tenance, in all the generous provision
of love and of sympathy that sur
rounds US, is beyond reckoning or
valuation-it is without money and
without price. But we may at least
from time to time express our graft
tude to the Giver of all good gifts. We
may occasionally voice our thankful
ness that we are alive and that our
plain duty lies before US, and that
there is useful work to ocupy our
hearts and souls and senses Above
all, there is the great gift of 1ove-the
love that transfigures life and makes
it worth while to keep on trying to
puzzle out the riddle of existence-the
love that fills the universe and, ac-
cording to Dante, moves the SUI and
the other stars. Ledg.
er.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
Kino of Festivals.

The king and high priest of all
festivals was the autumn thanksgiving
When the apples were all gathered
and the cider was all made and the
yellow pumpkins were rolled in from
many a hill in pillows of gold and the
corn was ,-usked and the labors of the
season were done and the warm late
days of Indian summer came in
dreamy and calm and still, with just
enough frost to crisp the ground or a
morning. but with warm traces of be-
nignant. sunny hours at noon, there
came over the community a sort Of
genial repose of spirit. a sense OF
something accomplished and Of new
golden mark made in advance, and the
deacon began to say to the minister
of a Sunday. 4 suppose it's about time
for the Thanksgiving proclamation.
Harriet Beecher Stoves OldtoUn
Folks.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
The THANKSGIVING Table.

I think that today must be Thanks
giving day. To wanderer like N.Y.
self there is no season which so vivid.
" recalls the endearments of home
and so fully awakens the recolIections
Of it's blessings as the return of those
annual holidays which signalize the
close of the year. / imagine myself
seated in the midst of you, recalling
earlier days and renewing the broken
links that absence has made in the So
cial ehain.-Letter from Longfellow
to his mother, written from Rome No
vember, 1928.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
A womAN's rHANkFuLNEss.

II AM thankful because there was one
Who thought me the dearest and fair
est,
Who comes when his duties are done
To tell ME my charms are stiIl rarest
i am thankful because II was he
Whom the fates when they made their
selection
Sent eagerly, gladly to me
To offer his lasting affection.
/ am thankful because he is true,
Because he is worthy and cheerful:
Because the dark moments are few
When he leaves me regretting and tear
full
am thankful that he has the will
To be thoughtful and gracious and ten
der;
I am thankful because / am still
On the right side of forty and slender.
am thankful because I am free
From Ills that keep others complaining:
I am constantly thankful that we
Can live very well without straining!
1 am glad that I never have had
A child to disturb or distress me;
I am thankful because he is glad
To labor to feed and to dress me.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
Travels Of the Turkey.

The first turkey eaten in France
was served at the yedding banquet Of
Charles tx. fhe Mexican birds were
taken to Europe and then brought
again to America as domestic birds.
The Journals On many OF the explorers.
among them Capt Iohn Smith, record
the abrasive qualities OF the wild tur-
key. they were plentiful from Can
ada south 10 the seacoast. One Eng
lisn traveller wrote OF the great store
OF the wild kind OF turkeys, which re-
main about the louse s.5 tame as ours
in England.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
A MANS THANKFULNEss.

AM thankful because I am strong,
Because Of the chances about me,
Because in the thick of the throng
] have brothers who never will doubt
me;
am thankful to have as my right
The freedom true manhood inherits;
am thankful for courage to fight
For an honest reward of my merits.
! am thankful that no one may weep
Because ] am cunning or greedy,
Because If sow may reap
Without bringing grief to the needy;
] am thankful because have claimed
NO vlce-tainted tribute from others,
That still unafraid, unashamed,
/ may gaze in the eyes of my brothers.
! am thankful for those who depend
On me for their freedom from sorrow;
l am thankful at every days end
For the hope of splendid tomorrow
am glad thar. though many must grieve,
There are hearts which are stirred by
compassion;
am glad that / still may believe
That kindness is not out of fashion.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
THE FIRST
THANKSGIVING
By T. G. Harbaugh

Long ago the Pilgrim Fathers
In the forests cold and gray,
With the tempests roaring
round them,
Kept the first Thanksgiving
Day:
Near their homes the war-
aOhoop sounded,
But they needed not the cry,
AZ they knelf sOifh prayer and
anthem
Meath the dark and stormy
sky.
Fleeing far from foul oppres-
sion,
Unto Freedoms land they
Where they raised their holy
affairs
Burning Uith a sacred flame;
And they taught their gentle
children,
Mid the dashing of the spray,
To LoUing keep and beautiful,
EUery year, Thanksgiving
Day.
In the din, oisles OF the forest,
Where the oaks their
branches spread,
The Uild deer and the panther
Heard the words the Pill
grinas said;
And the hymns that floafed
skytUord
Echoed ssOeefly far aWay,
Till the dusk, descending
softly,
Crowned the first Thanks
giving Day.
They tDere stern, those grand
old Pilgrims,
Men Uho harked to Free
dona's call
And amid the snotDs of
Plymouth
Kept the Day beloved by all;
In the bleak NelD England
Woodlands,
Lit by Autumn Heeting ray,
To Colurnbia's chosen children,
There they gaDe Thanksgiving
Day.
We hold It slDeet and holy still
From sOhere the pine trees
groU
To sOhere the golden orange
s1Dings
In lands .deuoid of snoW;
From the rocks of proud
Atlantic,
Where the tempest filings
lts spray
To the sun-kissed, mild Pacific
Millions keep Thanksgiving
Day.
Blessings on the Pilgrim
Fathers!
They tDho sought a home afar,
And builded them an altar
In the beams Of Freedoms
star,
Let their memories be sacred,
Though their graUes are far
dtUay,
For the legacy they left us
Is our first I Thanksgiving Day.
(Copyright.)
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
IS AMERICAS DAY
When Prayers of Thanksgiving
Arise From Hearts of Crate
full Nation.
EMORY J. HAYNES.

~ I'D you ever see the sun rise out
of the ocean? For nearly four
hours the dawn of Thanksgiving
day has been feeling it's way westward
across the sea before it breaks on
America Half league onward,
the gray light creeps over the un-
inhabitable waste of waters. The
new faint light cohorts of outriders
are scouting ahead of the monarch sun.
They are seeking the coast of Maine,
feeling for the Cape of Hatteras. For
this is to be great day in America.
If the sun were a god, marching
over the Atlantic spaces. one would
put the words in his mouth: "You
ships on which l fash, | am not con-
tent with you alone, nor with you
lighthouses, which / now touch with
my spears of sunbars / seek a con-
tinent of grateful human dwelling, |
gid church spires, burnish the white
walls Of great cities, gleam in farm
house windows, the homes of men. 1t
is not day Of toll but of thankful,
joyous rest. will march over the
vast areas of mighty states, cross riv-
ers and lakes, climb the Saharas and
beyond, before / slip again into the
Pacific ocean. For this is day set
apart to me. Men are waiting, out
of harness, for the sunbeams. / ac-
knowledge their tokens. / make the
American flag beautiful everywhere in
my blue sky, thousands of flags dip
ping to give thanks. do hear the ring
ing of bells. the shouts of play, the
laughter OF kinsmen greeting kinsmen,
and the voice of nations prayer"
But the sun is no god. A day Is
merely stretch of hours. There is a
Maker of the sun who trains 1t to be
but the servant of his children. There
is an All-Seeing Eye which views us at
our grateful offices. Let us try to
think of it that way. Then the day
has meaning.
Thinking of it all In that way, what
a sublime day 1t is. A whole youth
full nation with uplift hands and merry
hearts. This nation has been, at
times, in tears. Today it bursts into
laughter and the sounds of thankful
ness-the fragrance of a feast fills
the air. It is very festival of char
ity, when none is proud or selfish,
when the poor are not forgotten.
Have you ever watched the clouds
awaking by mists rising by the
advancing sun? What a spectacle 1t
would be IL, from a star, one could
witness this uprising of sun-touched
vapor from valley to plain across a
continent. So does the nations praise
arise with incense of thanksgiving.
Remember that. by this figure, we are
seeking to make our answering ado
ration visible to our minds.
And there is no beauty in sunset
except IL there be clouds to take on
the gliding. So may the evening be,
of this glad day, for "The Lord God Is
our sun and shield" When the day
is done may heavens blessings, yet
to be sent US, be more than the eve.
ming stars for multitude. Stars on
stars, the light from many star Is SO
distant that it has never yet reached
US. But it is on the way.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-11-25
Most RIest of Nations.

1t is no boast to declare ours the
most blest of nations. favored with
every good gift that can be bestowed
upon the sons Of men A country upon
which nature has lavished her treas
ures. where the fruits of the earth
never fail, where dwell a spirited. red
FLOODED people. proud of it's past. con
sc1ous of a wonderful future, and eager
for its working out.