Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-26
Thdnks---for What?

Aa nearly as ! can figure IL out
Thanksgiving day had its origin some
three hundred years ago, about the
time they were building the church
ont Ht old Town when little bunch
OF New England Yankees came very
near starving TO death, bot didn't and
were so glad they had managed to
keen body and soul together iu That
Ituilhtgd land that they set up an
Hnuua feast iu honor Of the occasion
and began moving west where the
danger of starvation was not so great
And ever since then We have been
observing thc annual feast OF Thanks
giving not because we were particu-
larly thankful for anything or had
anything In particular 20 be- thank
ful for but because somebody started
having a feast the last Thursday boz
November every year and everybody
elise took IL up, and because we are
an slaves Of custom, and because we
Ike 10 take advantage Of every ops
portuuity 10 take a holiday and eat "a
big dinner. and just because. And
tho president ana the governor and
the mayor all issue oracul0rly solemn
and idiotic proclamations written by
somebody else. bidding the people 10
abstain from all labor and repair 10
their several places Of worship TO give
thanks 20 high Heaven that they are
still alive ard out % Jail And we
obey that part of the proclamation
that bids va abstain from work, hut
for the rest of IL we most generally
cut o. big turkey dinner and go 10 the
football game. or else go TO the foot
bah game and eat big turkey dim
nor--anyhow, we usually 90 To bed
with case Of indigestion and get UP
the next morning and 30 back to
WORK. and that's about all there Is
20 IT,
There he the mmo objection TO
Thanksgiving day that there is 20
Mothers day--it emphasizes ana
makes a fuss over a virtue that is
elemental and that should be taken
for granted II It be conceded that
we should be grateful 20 Providence
for whatever fate bcfalls us--which
IL the theory on which the festival In
founded why should we pick out any
special day on which to express that
gratitude why be any moro thank
fm next Thursday than today why
put IN overtime being thankful one
day and forget all about II tho rest
Of the ycar2
or course, an this discussion doesn't
got MS anywhere In particular but 1t
doesn't hurt TO ask these questions
AsA
ARE THEY IORG0IFENf
Down AT Columbus there are sew
crpl hundred New Mexico boys
about two hundred OF them Alhu-
querQuo boys many OF them high
school lads--our own sort of folks
Thoy have been down thore since last
May, serving their country under pee
cularly trying circumstances doing
AN immense amount Of hard work
without ever getting into the head
lines of the newspapers without even
the excitement Of fight and the
chance 10 die o hcrus death Every
body who was down thcrc says that
So was beaHtly hot iu Columbus hs'
SUMMER ana the newspaper reports
urr authority for the statement that
u is uucommony cold there now. And
our boys tho Kids that only a couple
Of summers or so ago We're playing
ban on the vacant lots around town
are going through II an unmurmur.
iurly for Tint BE- pDrt OF the gam.
they are playing and what they hal
20 look forward 90 when they enlisted
and the only complaint they have d