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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02
V|RC|N|ANS GENEROUS
IN WORK OF WAR RELIEF
More Than S.2.on0 tlrcady Distrib.
utSl Through Association
in This City.
CONTRIBUTIONS ABOVE $40. 600
Total OF 100 Cases of Medical Sup
plies, Clothing" AMI Other Articles
Shipped From Richmond Ia War
ring Countries nf Europe

III" huanrial Statement, OF the War
Relief Association OF Virginia to
March !. shows 10 what a large extent
tho peupl, rC this city have taken
part in hcirinC % relieve the Distressing
conditions in the warning countries Of
.uropc. lii" statement shows ,utnl
contributions received amounting to
Sii.e?s.lG and disbursements Of So
-" -. leaving Il cash balance tn bank
80 >iN,Ntl-"i In III. list ct disbursc-
.,I"n;S appears the fol!owinG items:
To II NJ HoNkin. FOR the B.l@ian Com
mission. Sl.c"o: for ARTIFICIAL limbs. 81.
600. t. l"tiSh Rod Cross society. S50O
for Irish orphans. S200: FOR aid an Ser
aia. $500. FOR French relief $4,000:
for \fmruiAr relief. $l.50o, for relief
IN '"iald S6,rrn. making total of
it>..op cash distributed Checks to
the various local committees FOR pur-
c':as'us supplies amounted ~ s2.5>5.77.
huln- distributed as follows. For hos
vital supplies. Si.lGY.>6. 10 childrens
;sii. S'7oy; trr shirts pajamas ana
urdrrclothimc. 81 .con for Knitted goods
Si2i TRANSPORTATION. <2a, ana TO four
other committees the sum Of SO each.
ih'.,ip9s of tobacco amouutiur to
E.N9", nave b.c' received. and lh,r.
ar" outstanding pledges not paid
amounting II s.S9cS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02
RICHMOND POST-OFF|CE
SHOWS LARGE INCREASE
Gain OF 1919 Per Cent Is Cause foI
Special Explanation to
Department..
STEADY GROWTH OF BUSINESS
Few Dcpositors in Postal Savings
Bank AT Richmond, Which. Au-
thorities state, Is Iatronized
Chiefly by Eorei2n-Born Citizens.

foStoilicc receipts for the month OF
February. as announced Yesterday by
Postmaster Thornton were SSpg9u 80
IS compared with S1l.lSOIu for The
corresponding month last year. This is
an incrcas" of $?.SO9.S? or a gain Of
I3.iN per cent and. according To the
authorities. * AN abnormal Increase.
;" that a special report viii he S"ut at
one" TO Washington. Any increase
over 10 per cent Is considered abnor-
anal ANA report must IL" iicd with
the Third Assistant Postmaster General.
cNplaiuinG. If possible. the cause Of
the Increase.
This is don" in order that cxtrnor-
binary conditions may he met aud pro-
VISIONS made FOR relief ~ congestion
OFTEN this gain In the receipts is du.
10 temporary special conditions hut
this IS not the ease in III. Richmond
postoiicc. aS the gain is attributed to
= natural steady business increase and
this cauS" has been given in the report
The large Noium" OF business that the
kichmoud Office is doing is shown in
Ni" $4,000 worth vf stamps sold up TO
o'clock Yesterday morning. Within um
hour after the Office opened
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02
SCOUT DEMONSTRATION
Tr"Ups .. and ~ VIII Take Part In
Entertainment ut Y. W. &. \. ON
SATURDAY,.

IN exhibition of Roy Scout wori is
10 bc given ~ Troops - and - on
Saturday afternoon from 4 to 10 at The
Young Womcn'S Christian Association
IN connection with til. Red Cross tea
held there that afternoon. Troop -.
under S"outmostcr Fairfax Jones will
xiv" the following program during tn"
afternoon: Signalling. rooster i:ht.
hrst aid. solo by George hutchinson.
pyramid building, japanese wrestling.
En"t tying and splicing. and hu@lc
blowing Their" viii il" q short inter-
mission between each stunt.
Troop IL, under S.uutuiHatcr Ashley
PYLE. viii siv- similar exhibition
during thc evening.
Tho public is cordially invited ana
refreshments will t." served
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02
H0PEWELL COMMISSIONERS
CONSULT GOVERNOR STUART
DISCUSS Plnns for Fire md Police Pro-
lection of Gun-Cotton Cit!-WHI
Install street Lights

The liopcwclI commissioners held \
conference yesterday, shortly after Tn.
noon hour. with Governor Stuart ana
Tor more than an hour discussed the
plans of the commission and learned
what the Governors ideas were regard
ing n" starting out Of the new city
Tho hiil which Incorporated the city
and which carried tn" appropriation
for the running of the city until taxes
are levied and collected, also provided
That all funds ar" to be spent with the
approval Of the Governor.
The commission therefore discussed
with the Governor such expenditures
ns OUTLAWS for IRE ana police protcc-
lion. lights and other city features. and
learned from him which OF th.s" c%-
p"nditur"s would be allowed by him.
ThcE w"r" accompanied In the visit
t. TIA" GOVERNOR of'ic" by Delegate
David y Harrison. Jr.. who represents
primo" Gcore" County in the House Of
D.l"Gates
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02
FAVORS CENSORSHIP


Resolutions wore adopted ycstordns
1T ~. convention of the HI-c"UDty
Wo0cn.s Christian Temperance Uulou
~ NOnun.u ~ Methodist Church rec
Commenting ~" establishment ~ Il
Toad ~ censorship in Richmond fnr
'Ho rt""tcrs and moving picture houses.
;Ut w!.lIe 'r"coe niz!n., that tho stronl,
aria II jlc law should 30 invoked in
h"half of pubir order and dccorun ,ud
20 -h"ld rs far - possible I'll. Young
from dangerous pitfalls the couvcr-
ton also recognized that even string
"nt ordinances faithfully executed can
not TAX" the place Of proper home
,:r'r,irE ana parental oversight"
Thc convention hcid two sessions
cstcrdhJ. tho .utormisslon bcitc; given
up 10 luncheon served under thc Ill
r""'"n Of Mra ". +. palrnorc aud
"thcrs. Resolutions were passed .,p-
nr"yin-e til, Mapp prohibition hill as
II ":,"'" 'ron th- senate. ard uraiua
III" House 90 adop' the rmcasur" as IT
~ received from tho upper braucl ct
~" General Assembly Anoug she
q" Hk"'s '"s'"ri;y w.ic Mr. " ~
iiicScr" &c. 4; II. lo,ts, MIR. ~ NJ.
'i"i:'. Mr. f. g. Leeds OF rhilah.l,,ii!a.
aud E"y v ! Mn,bce
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02
FEN itCOI NTS N
POSTAL. SAVINGS u\\I>

ON "a" other hand. the Postal Say
insS liank balance in comparisons with
other cities the size Of Richmond is
small. Last month hut fifteen new &c.
counts in the hank We're opened. AMI
~ iN"!Ne Yer" closed there was u gain
al "hIN three u"w d"poSitorS Their"
ar" 80 d-positors at the Ricnmond
hank. with q alauc" OF $32.732
The small number of forcign-born
citizens in Eichn"nd and IN. excel
l"ncr "t tn" richmond banks postmaS-
ter Thornton said, is the cause Of tn.
small number Of dcpoSitors ia ~, POS
tai savings Bank. ~. explained that
th"r" ar" but " per cent Of the p"pula-
'i"n foreign born. and II is among the
immigrants that the Postal SAVINGS
Bank look for til. great body Of lis de-
uoSitOrS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02
lRECTS CITY TO ANSWER
SHOCKOE CREEK SUIT
fdS" 'rnmP Gives lntil Nnrrh 10 for
li'tnE Answers IL Inter
rUS:itorics

81
led nv lr,,r be"H ut
. Law AMI I.,n', iH'ar "f
Np- hcfor. Nr,,. !" "iH"'r
to-irs rci.,,, '"'' ''t''.
80, J. t. j,i,y..r'I, S"' "i
~ ;,llcc.d ,,,,,.,,,.. - 49, vac cry
.crtlov nj. s,o.io. ~ vh iA"
1918 rha OHIO, ~ "- "+'
=. hJr,ir,..r,,, -, .""."' -" :"
;sis-a.i a., ,,,o.,,n ~. boy
,r.. '' ''''. - NJ 'i- ~:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02

'n' second largest MONTHS coi:cc-
'"nH ~ ~" histnrr Of 'h" Police Court
vas recorded during February. ac-
."r"nE 10 clerk bcu Tucker yesterday.
NO '"ii"ciionh Amounted 10 $3,3:S. o.,
or more tl1u double tn" collections
cor Vic sam" month last year. The
'"rf"S' collection for month recorded
10y IN" court "lcri wha some months
a%", "hcu N3.Joo was 10" sum noted.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02
schultz Dismissed.

Fv"derick schultz. arrested by Ser
G"hn' Johnson ANA Policeman RnS-
nu.tt on charge Of conducting "a pho
to@ra phic business herr" without; q il
c"nS". was dismissed in the Policc
Court Yesterday when he showed that
he had obtained the necessary license
lie claimed ana proved il in court, that
N" had been invited here to make q
pilot o"raph OF the Legislature by sew
cral Of tn" legislators during a recent
visit made by them TO Washington
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02

charles Hewitt. charged with steal
mG {iu from jhc person OF W. s. Nc
Gh"e, "f Goochlaud Comfy. was CON
N!ct"d IN the llustings Court Yesterday
oi pctii larceny, tn" Jury bringing IN
N"rdiCt Of three months in Jail
J. 1. Hamilton, charged with rock
icssly driving an automnbil" ana in
Iurim@ Il r. Tallcy. was acquitted.
i:".l" snow. Colorcd, charged with
selling liquor without q license. was,
acquitted
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02
swimming fOui Closed.

IN" swimming pool at The Young
Wom"n'S Christian Association will not
he open at all this week owing to the
installation and testing OF 81 new re-
n,trati"n plant. This apparatus ~ be-
iuE put In at - cost Of several hundred
dollars. ana when completed viii In
sure continuous flow OF filtered.
stcrclyHed water through the pool.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02

Nornau VI inn,.s,,. .t,,,r
Merchants 'puuual :ra r,,,,,. I've
"iI' d" Tho pwu'!p;I spcak., ~.
regular """ki} luncheon 20 tho ri,,,.
m""l Ad'"tisc's club at tn. I..y,,,.
ton 'i"i"i ih.s afternoon a., T., n..ln,,
NJ Johnson viii d.lr>ct am ndd,,..
"i' 'i;cn hlur the ,c,l.,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02
VIII lecture Tn-Ni.it.

E"v Frank Pratt. minister Of The
Flr@t Unitarian Church, Harrison
street 1mh Floyd Avenue, vii! lecture
t"-n'rht at o'clock ON "'ritinm aud
tn Venetian SCHOOL" The lecture wiil
hc illustrated with stc"eopticou views.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02

Tn" Young Mems iiiDic Class oi as.
'cond I:aptis' church VIII Mold "a cot
20 prayer service FRIDAY uirhr a.
Is O'clock a. tho home OF thrir pha-
r Rev + Clacectt skinner, H. u.
II Grove Avenue.
rh" meeting tg preparatory 10 I'd rs-
. :" begin March l.. Burton Van
~. until recently Of J.nuIsv.!lc. ~
). Arcak
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02

rhrr viii he i conference" cf nci
Of ST Lux. Episcopal Church I.om
hardy and Beverly streets. io-m"rrcv
night at o'clock. i" discuss m wDrl
of TIA. church
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02

q T. Mut"r " ~ Mitchell and Lucy
"r"uss"u wrr" nncI SO nnd costs
c"oh iu the i'"ilr" court ycH,cr.In. whru
'rihirn'h on a chnry, ~ being dia-
"ld"''N "u ~" prcuninosl "f 1909 l!ryn
stI,.f
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02
ltcsisting I'0licemnn.

w. u. Logan was fined $50 and costs
in the Police Court Yesterday on a
charr. OF resisting Policeman Waters
IN til" discharge OF his duty
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02

j." "'o """" Memorial ,ssu.t.,,n,,
~ "' ."'.' ','"n. '''uoru 40 ",!,r,
- - johns Church
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02
Chiffon Taffetas

-ire-enlineniy The fashion leaders III six
fabrics for sprilg arc here In scores Of cor
rect shades ior evening Wear and dress occa-
sons. also in novel stripes. checks plaids
H-ocaiss ana chauceable effects
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-29
The Right Hand Of the Devil.

In letter to the editor of the Jour-
nal, T. NJ. Gilmore, president of the
National Model License League"
writesc
While the prohbitionists are FLOATING
ana chanting over their victories in some
states ana ignoring their defeats in other
s st!t let us try to find the answer to
What is it all about2'"
.nere must be some excuse for vast
obstruction of lawful property; some ey
use use LOT throwing scores of thousands of
excuse for destroying immense local
STATE and national revenues-but surely
.nat excuse, whatever it may be is NOT
fo uo, ,"h natred Tor beer or for whiskey, or
LOT what the vintner sells
On no indeed! 1t is personal spite,
envy of the success of the makers and
sellers of the stun. jealousy of the
fame OF the booze philanthropists.
or course il has never occurred tn
Mr.. Gilmore that the public does not
hate" small pox but it would have
something to say to a man, a firm. or
trust that Systematically introduced
small pox because there was money in
injecting the public
MIR. Gilmore, in his sickenins service
of bloody dollars, may never have
heard" some of the things that the
public hears. In Maine school the
other day. a teacher asked her little
pupils what they most desired on
Thanksgiving Day. Various answers
had been recorded when one sad little
fellow said: PLEASE don't let nv papa
get drunk"
1t is quite probable that some of the
accursed institutions represented by
such servants Of the money god as Mr..
Gilmore. had sent its alluring booze
literature into the home of that child
and papa had ordered something for
Thanksgiving Day-perhaps from the
same firm that provided the stuff
which caused tho murder and suicide
Of two brothers near Togus, recently.
: Oh no. no one bates the poison with
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-29

farme. ; trust objects to the proposed
embargo on shipments Of foodstuffs! de-
MES the farmers responsibility for the
present high cost of living and throws it
off on the gambler. Meantime, what does
It signify that many farmers voted for
Wilson because he exempted farmers
trusts from the operation of the Sherman
law? What does it mean that farmers
potato trust has recently been convicted
Of conspiracy against the consumer? One
argument knocks down another.-Lewis-
ton Journal
Yes, if you proceed from false
premise; but you should be informed
that the potato trust" was not a
farmers conspiracy. and that the
farmer is quite as important con
sumner" as though he lived in fiat and
had no other mouths to feed than
those of his family.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-29

which you. q CHAD ald go on
robbins. s11sSa reason. little boys OF
kind pay - mothers Of the
love and comforts to which they are
entitled. communities Of honor and de-
cency-for the filthy dollars there are
in the business.
Your pitifully idiotic whine, MI.
Gilmore, is that a hellish business must
go on eternally, because the money OF
human vultures has been invested
therein and must not be lost.
May God have mercy on you, your
kind and your business, Mr.. Gilmore,
for men are reaching stage Of hatred
where they will not.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-29

Away up in northern Maine t'other day
we got hold of a paper that said Pats and
Knocks Owens new coop was paid for.
his flock of hens Lad laid egg. Pats. 1t
is with genooine feeling, in this here sea-
son Of congratulations that we offer you
ourn.-Kennebec Journal.
Congratulations to P. & K: are certainly
in order. Why, We seen t'other day In
his own colyum where he admitted, or
confessed. or claimed he'd got another
egg. That would make at least two eggs
he's got this winter. Whether he's got
his coop paid for, we dunno. As he did
all the work on 1t himself-let him tell it
the thing couldn't have cost much any
way. as the raw material is inexpensive
Biddeford Journal.
We suspect the work was raw, too.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-29
Editorial Comment
A Town That Died.
Boston Herald)

(BoSton Herald)
When the office Of the secretary NJ
state at Augusta had received the re-
turns from all the SIS Maine towns
and cities except Hurricane Isle. in
Knox county, it waited as long as it's
official dignity seemed to warrant,
and then gently prodded the delin-
quent town clerk. The answer va
prompt: LAS am now the only voter
mere, 1t did not seem worth while To
hold an election"
Yet not long ago, as older neon,o
reckon the passing of time. Hurricane
Isle was town of some 500 persons
and 1t had more than 200 voters -
take part in its elections. As recen+1v
90 .he iast census the population was
zoo ana It's voters SO. The story Of de-
Ginning population is an unhappily IA :
miiiar one along the Maine coast but
thus far Hurricane Isle Is the onIv
town to decline to the vanishing point.
The reason may be summed up In one
word-concrete. For Hurricane Isle IN
Its days Of prosperity was little nore
than great granite quarry standing
well out in the waters of Penohscot
bay. though not so far out into the
open sea as Isle au Haul or Matinicus
or Criehaven. From its great cliffs az
granite we'll paid workmen took on,
tho blocks that built the custom house
IN New York, the postoffice in st. Louis
and great public and commercial build
ines in many other cities.
Then dawned the age Of concreta
NOW Hurricane Isle has more than a
hundred and fifty empty dwelline
houses. and only one or two that ara
inhabitated. The stores Of its proudly
named Broadway" are boarded m
us opera house." it's churches ana
It's schoolhouse stand with gaming
windows. ready for the fast approach.
ing decay. We have all heard of the
oeao cities Of Kansas and other states
OF the West. cities that guessed
wrong a. to where the railroad would
run. but the dead and deserted town
e hurricane Isle presents q picture
neariy unique in New England his.
toFy. All that remains is for q. Cold
.mlth-or more likely \ Holman Day
% x1Ss lts thzanodx.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-29
Editors Letter Box
An Augusta Mans View.
Editor Kennebec Journal:

Editor Kennebec Journal:
In a recent issue you reproduce an
article from the Rockland Courier
Gazette in which the happy experience
of Charleston, S. c., with prohibition
is cited to support the expediency of
that policy. Assuming the facts stated
therein to be true, 1t is supported con-
clusively and if the same results could
be obtained everywhere, prohibition as
a political issue would disappear under
a general if not unanimous public opin-
ion in it's favor.
Reduced crime, reduced poverty, re-
duced insanity and Of necessary con-
sequence, reduced taxation,-these are
the fruits of prohibition elsewhere, why
not here?
Maine is the pioneer prohibition state
OF the American Union and the system
has had longer trial here and under
the most favorable circumstances so
far as political support and favoring
legislation could afford. and yet the re-
suits testified to as prevailing in other
states and communities are not in ev-
idence here. No empty jails and poor
houses, no lessening of taxes and no
adjustment of police,-these signs that
speedily follow the adoption of Prohib-
ition elsewhere do not follow in Maine
after a much longer trial of the sys-
tenn. On the contrary results of the
opposite character are in evidence,-eX-
penses consequent upon the increase of
governmental functions are CORES
pondingly increasing all of the time
and so far as any intelligent observer
can see prohibition as a moral and
economic factor in raising the public up
to the heights OF proper self-govern-
ment does not appear There must be
some defect in the reasoning or some ig-
nored facts in the case, which cheats
us out of the legitimate fruits of pro-
hibition, which other states and
peoples, who didn't get in on the
ground floor, are enjoying in such
beautiful times described to exist in
Charleston. S. c. What is the true ex-
PLANTATION Of this unhappy and envi-
able difference?
J, WOODBURY.,
Augusta, Nov. %, 1916.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-29

TRAINS LEAVE AOIOoIA.
GOING MESI-5ui A. NJ,
except Monday. rortlanu
MAINE and Boston, 6.dS A. M,
IS3tf3:t Lewiston evnisoa por F,armingson.
l9 bee; 9.a6 A. M, Bruins
WICK, Lewiston, Portland, Boston; l24S
+. NJ. Aallowell. Gardner and So.
Gardiner; 3U5 +. NJ, local; 4.U7 +.
Nj. (express), Brunswick, Rockland.
Portland. Boston and New York; 5;15 r.
NJ, Hallowell. Gardiner and So. Gardi-
ner; 6.12 +. NJ. mot beyond Portlandl;
10.40 z. NJ, Lewiston. Bath. Portland.
Boston. Sundays 3.U4 and lois A. M. 1888
(New York; and 1910 r. NJ, Portland and
boston.
GOING castillo A. NJ. Bangor, Ca
lais, Bar Harbor. st. John. Halifax,
Aroostook Co. Sunday morning at LIS
A. NJ, does not connect beyond Bangor;
6 SO A. NJ. local to Moosehead Lake (via
Oakland), Belt, t, FoXcroft and Bangor;
9.17 A. NJ. local to Belfast, Bangor and
Skowhegan: 1906 p. NJ. Waterviile. Ban
Halifax; c.37 P. NJ, express 10 Waterville'
keag; $40 T.. NJ. Waterville and SkoH.ne-
gan; 7.O7 T. NJ, Waterville. Skowhegan
and Bangor. Sundays $50 A. NJ. 2.63 z.
NJ, for Bangor, $50 A. NJ. and 253 +. NJ.
for Skowhegan.
Trains leave Augusta for Hallowell,
Gardiner and South Gardiner at 6.38. 9.36
A. NJ, 12.48, 3.05. SIS. 6.12 10.40. Hallowell
and Gardiner only 4.07 +. NJ. Gardiner
only 3O4 A. NJ. except Mondays.
H. d. WALDRON, Gen'l Passenger Agt.
D. c. Douglass. Gen'l Mgr, Portland. Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-29

A million pounds of turkeys arrives
but we're gonna be thankful that we
are not obliged to buy 'em at 45 cents
q pound and can worry along on
chicken and spare rib until turkey
prices come down on the lower
branches. Turkey has been made a
fad until it is too aristocratic for
about 30 per cent of the American peo-
pie.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-29
Wednesday, November %, 1916.
An Old Subject.

Thanksgiving proclamation is
matter Of Formally; it doesn't carry
news, for we all know the day. and it
is an annual over-and-over story. But
we ,ook for it and would severely crit
icize an executive who failed to notify
us to be thankful on the last Thursday
in November.
The Thanksgi> ing editorial is Of
much the same order-usually a la
bored attempt to say something new
on a written out subject, or to dress up
a pleasant old topic in new verbiage.
This wear the fashion will run toward
80 thankful that We are not suffering
as other peoples suffer-" OF " we should
feast in sra.itude to the Divine Hand,
our Lucky Stars, or Note Writing be-
cause we are not now engaged in try
, Ing to get in biff at the anatomy of
some other. nation otherwise engaged
and unable to bother with us.
i That is the key to the average
Thanksgiving editorial proclamation
this year, I'VE have been kept out of
war"-regardless of the fact that we
could have done no more than shake
our impotent fists in any event.
But most of us. if we try hard, can
frd pretty good excuse for being
thankful. Let us get our gray cells to
exploding in the right direction by
considering few perfectly obvious
cases Let US start with the biggest
American individual in sight. and for
what he should give heartfelt thanks.
Mr.. Hughes and his immediate family
should repeat Thanksgiving every day
il the year that he has by a Wise
Providence-and Democratic play to
American silliness-escaped four years
inheritance of Democratic folly; four
years of his country's blame for the
things that are coming to it's people.
Then there is another big figure who
has unusual reason for being thank
fnl the Hon. VIM. j. Brayan. He
his task in converting his party to pro-
hibition.
Billy Sunday should be thankful that
Boston knows a good thing when i,
sees it.
And Just ordinary We, Us & Co..
should be thankful that we don't have
to" buy turkey unless we have money
to brag about. If we don't like pota-
toes we should indeed be thankful, for
they are so to 10 cents a peck accord
ing to the location, hence location
should figure in degree of thankful
ness. If we need eggs we should be
thankful that egg gamblers are bound
ito get theirs sometime.
But. in all seriousness, let us be
thankful if we find in our hearts that
faith. which is the base of our opti-
mism, that all things work topetber
for good; that the day is coming when
we shall not learn war any more the
day when Righteousness shall prevail.
We may consider all these things in
studied and fine phrases but our reas-
ons for Thankfuness are in our own
hearts, simple matter after all. and
the worth OF the day to us lies in orr
own appreciation of all the good things
bestowed by a generous Providence