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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-08
Ladies' Aid
 Elects Officers,

H0U1cS AlU Elects Officers.
 New officers elected Monday by the Ladies' Aid society of the First Christian church, as as follows:
 Mrs. A. w. Scruggs, president; Mrs. Arch Patterson, vice president; Mrs. Charles Harrison, secretary; and Mrs. J. w. Barker, treasurer.
 Complimentary to Miss Fife Co., Her, whose marriage to Ezra 'StricK- Ter of Pawnee Rock. Kansas, will be solemnized this evening, Mrs. H. G. Higinbotham and Mrs. J. G.. Taylor entertained Monday afternoon, in de- lightful style, at the home of Mrs. Taylor. A miscellaneous shower was feature of delightful even ing, at which music and readings were enjoyed, and delicious refresa- ments served.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-08

Mrs. Jack Bernhardt of Arkansas City, who is spending while here ilas gone to Hot Springs, for a short stay.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-08
$ . = IE TY

Hart, Charley Reinberger. Cliff Hart. Irwin Bluthenthal, Merle Smythe, Louis Sllbernagle, Sam Cook and Cecil Franklin.
 Among the Pine Bluff folk who at- tended the Bachelors and Benedicts Club dance al Little Rock Monday evening were Miss Selma Martin, Miss Leila Coles, Mrs. Wiltshire Riley, Mr. and Mrs. Jo Nichol, Dr. and Mrs. B. D. Luck, Bun Orto and Junius Jor> dan, Jr.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
CROP REPORT OF
STATE IS ISSUED
Fair Conditions Reported by
Agriculture Board In
Summary.

The state board OF agriculture issued
yesterday IT, monthly crop summary
'or June showing conditions to be iair
IN yarlou, section, oi the state A di-
gc,t ut the report follows
Growing condition OF kailr corn, ~
percent; milo maize. 20 percent ieter-
iia 70 percent: alfalfa 10 perr-u,,
Wheat has growing condition ot ~
percent 3 percent below the condition
Of one month ago. and ~ percent be-
low the same date last year The eSti-
mated average yield e 10 bushels per
acre Based on these figures, our pre-
lmuarv estimate NJ the total 1919
wheat Weld ior the state IS nI2l 500
bushels. W percent oi the wheat crop
was harvested by June N
Oats has a growing condition of IS
percent. s percent below the condition
oi last month and ~ percent below Las,
wear In the north central part oi the
state a large part of the oats crop will
mo-. he harvested ON account oi poor
stand and damages hy green hug The
estimated average weld Is p bushels
per acre The preliminary estimate 10
lHlwun bushels. s. pcrccn, Of the
t-op was harvested by June 70
Cotton shows an increase IN acreage
ol H. percent over last year
Corn has . growing condition oi rs
/ percent IN percent above one month
ago and , pefcen, above last year.
brnomcon has a growing condition oi
. 8 pcr,cu,
Forage crops are IN good condition.
hu' LITTLE late on account oi the lats
. spring and adverse weather conditions.
The melon and berry crops arc prom.
isWg
. Considerable damage ha, been caused
. i1 crop, M the houn inland, hy over.
/ flows
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

NEW YORK luly / Some day
The baseball mapna,c> will awaken TO
the fact that II would hc awiully good
advertising II they permitted the fans
to keep all the hd,rball, that arc hdltcd
INTO the stand, during the progtc,, OF
q regular game
In every ball park in the country
there AWAY, is q mad scramble among
the folks In grab and keep a ball that
has been ,lou,cd among them Some
yur'ans claim that the action OF a fan
IN keeping a bah Sizes up a, petty lar.
Ccny; legally that rs true Bat 'hc
fan isn't taking the ball because of llS
material value but because of sent.
mcut
Paid s2S for Rail-
Back IN the lgl2 world, scric, CON.
firts between the Red SoS and Giants
Iri, Speaker llmmcl ont triple thar
tied the game. and sent the series to
eight games The ball was 'oulcd ln''
the stand, hy the next batter 4 fan
got it A nciRhhorng bug rushed
over and made q hid ior the ball
"Ill give You Sl5 for it, he said
"Why are vou so anxious 10 get iUs
bali p" the other asked
Because want something that :
can show 20 ms friend, a real ,1u
vcn'r Of a base ball game" replied 'hc
other Speaker has llwly, been my IA.
yoritc I've seen HIM pAv l0O time,
alWay, wanted something to hiring
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
%S Read The Times Sports You Would be Posted
Fans Should Have Balls Fouled Into
Stands, Menke Urges; Believes Would
Make Many Friends For the Magnates

OicntmcS We have counted the NUM-
ber ol baseball, that are sent into the
stand, during the progress of game.
some DAYS II ran mp 10 eight or ten.
On other occasions the total has been
two or three ~ any rate, the aver.
age is not beyond six per game. "
81 % each that means the mogul'
would lose 50 per- day on hlSehallS-an
item so insignificant m comparison
with the other expenses OF a ball club
that u hardly would be noticed.
Not Dead Loss.
Il is our opinion that the magnate,
would not suffer dead loss oi ~ per
day # they did permit the fans TO re.
tain the balls hat,cd into the stands.
Seems ~ us. from what We know about
fans, that the mere fact that there was
a chance oi their getting souvenir
baseball would draw at least dozen
extra fans day SIX hasehallS divid-
rd among the 5000 10 5000 fans
doesn't give any one person real big
chance But the fans, as a rule are
willing to gamble ON their individual
chance Of getting one of those six balls.
The mapnatc who first adopts such
rule. viii be q popular person Tho
ian doesn't like miScrllne'S-and h1
doe, like hhcralIiy, and show OF
good PIlow,hp He will whoop e
un iur the first mapnltc who tells him
he can keep those balls And tho
macnatc viii become a small-'i1e hero.
After winning ten straight game,
IRON Oklahoma City McAleSter and
sherman the RallroaderS have struck
,nag in he shape oi the Fort Smith
Twin, The Twin, have taken tho
FIRST two game, OF the Serlc, from tho
leaders, enabling Tulsa and McAlester
=. D q. u-I.. L.u- ....rL.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
Old Jin1 Injury Threatens, But Does
Not Make Good; Nagles to Play Today

hnma Di'N team running without N1
g'r ior Nh, rest OF tnc wear were prom.
rrut ,u 'hr mind, u' llu, and 'hr lu,,
ui unr of uuf Wu hitter, Vl, .ur thl,
would hr severe
Nui happily n developed ls' might
that ihc ankle va, nu' ,rpnrl only
severely Vrcn.Hrl IM. morning
Dutch took several long auu'. .u
'hr injured member lr' pronounced
70 iu good shape lt.N,, announced
Nii hr would hr back 900 'Fr lime rn
again ihs afternoon
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
GRASS GREENS WANTED
FOR LOCAL GOLF COURSE

Member Hi ih. rHuuH. committee
ni ihs Othh.w, lit gulf and Gown
ir, rluh have HrrI wn,smtn, in.i
inp Co M, establishment ui r,a.
Vstr, in r,nf. 'hs Hrl un iN. isa'
,aur,r Several sample. NJ rb. hsu.
been secured arI v,i' be- irus' and
iht VARIETY pw.rr 'hs hrii,N .r 'h,,
-lima', pfoiah ei'' h, Installed
GfaV gfscus lf. hUnr intp''ti =, 'N,
leading club, over the r~nlt
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
CE|ST'S HOMER
SETTLES CAME
Herbert Driven From Mound
In Seventh; Producers Count
5. Senators 2.

R,C Clydc Gci,t engaged IN pitch.
crt battle with Ted Herbert a' Sara
loga park Yesterday. and won his own
game with home ran IN the seventh
which scored two. and resulted lu the
opposing sou,hplw hcirg dcruDkei
The final count was : tp
Not a man reached FIRST base oii
Herbert url;l one was ont in the
fourth He weakened later however.
and in the seventh ihrcc single, Am
error and Gci,j, homer nrucd Tulsa
three run, They would have had more
hut a man tried 90 score from second
or single and another was picked
oU first
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
JULY 4 SHOOT WILL
BE HELD IN MORNING

a special lult & ,hnni will he hsid
At ihc He'll, ls'y prouri, under M,
auspices oi 'hc CAPITAL Gun club So
that ,hroier, ma, take rari ~ other
celebrations Bon The afternoon. the ,hoo,
will bs held in M, morning
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
Southern Singers Many

caing batter, W the southern as
,,,laton. including tuesday, games
arc Rumlrt Little Rock. No. Jacob
som. Little Rock. lg. Moran. At
lania. no Perkins. atlanta. Ms
Manning. Little Rock ~. Harris.
Chattanooga. ~. Ellam. Nashville
DS tpumh,. birmingham. ~. td
monsoon New Orlcan, ms Thashct
atlanta M. Na,ct A,lann. ms
,thmi1, Mobile. Wl. Kaufman
Nashville. Wl. raullcuc. Memphl,
IN Msusrl. Birmingham. iOn
Cation Birmingham. leads In uolep
bases with n knaupp. New Otlean,
IN sacrifice hits with y. Rumlcr li,
NE Rock. IN homeruns with ! Hatri,
Chattanooga. in total bases with ~
and IN nn, scored with IS and li,,l,
Rock in club haitnr with i1l
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
ll&mn 0mI
Gill MT S

Nruulrr vN' hnci 'rgm 'hr h",
h Che pnn'' y,urrl', u was 'N.
second straight lu,, l". 'hr N''ww.
.'asn'. ,'a, boy rnn INr h' um'
N. started 'Nr IHiunN 'tNrI Hw UU'
lrrl N'ehe who wa' mot % .IN
m'aM "Hr n 'hr lr'''Nl League LAST
'.N' N r' n.N R Tr.f pitcher fn 'h,
Nm''.N" ~, N't made two starts
N.h Cleveland 'n 'hr h.' Nr,A and
N.'. 'N 'h.1s. White Sow io 'hfro
.I'. r. .W.. Yesterday hr held Che ST.
I.n'. N.NN"s n 'hFrc h'f nnr ram
tr' NNH'' have SCORED , ,Hu'"u' save
''' an error m 'hs usn'h which per
Tho. u. ,...-r, o., b, u,,b, ,,,
iFr arlt um.. ,imri,ri nae .,,r,,.l
,n secure ,F.t ..,t
Nrs.. ... ,..l rft.r ,r iir Vs.l
u... nW .a .,.i..,. ,uru...r
... T.ms N4,. u.ml ir.I.
n..Hl. rt..NrIiW N.NvIr dine, b,,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

summary Home runs. nowic GieSt.
Lamb; sacrifice hits. llea,lv PAYNE
lril on bases. Tulsa ,, Oklahoma Civ
! FIRST base IN balls GeiSt ! hi hy
pitcher hy Jordan. Wooley, struck out
hy Herbert , Gc,st , hits. oil llrf
hct' 4 IN + - innings Wild pitch
GUN Time nuc hour thirty minute,
Umpire. Morgan
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

Denver lead, the Western league IN
.uh batting with VI
The leading batter, ave Gilmore
Sioux CITY, Va Livingston. Sioux
city, NA Johnson Lincoln. lSs,
Butcher Dcnycr lT. Oakcs, ,Dcuvcr
N7. S,cvcr Denver. BPS. llrllug.
WiDmn ~ Stevenson Lincoln Ri
killuii Omaha. $40 kcllher, Den
,cr no. Cray Wichita. ilS. Rapp,.
Wichita. llS
E,llhcr leads in total run, scored
with s. Butcher IS ahead m total base,
with l1i. Over. Denver. with . lead,
me howcrm h,"crs. Smith. Omaha.
and lit,Jm Wichita. are urdr Tor sac.
rliirr h, houots with ~ each and
omrli, Denver, leads the base steal.
rf. with Il
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

nNrr. mrrr mmt.r . iH. N.I. w
lmvr, ,.H..I a mur. gu'aN Most
ri 'h1' laughter h1. u.y ceased
. who saws this iy bum country 10
1--we IMP Munn and Dillon collected
$4,000 Thursday u,hi for thirty min
utcs with padded gloves whrica, ne
pu,,ian muilk collects cents diy
for charging German shrapncl Ant
very little ui this .h'apnrl s padded
The Mexican Is bum tighter" tr
% nrks contemporary Granted Hui
even bum wearing q machine sun -
no pleasant b'ote 60 meet IN noun
tain pass
rh. American N... m. s.Hr p.
hr .n '.H f.' w .tI't explosion .
.". q. N w.. H. H.u N..n. H.
NU.uns .w.. shortly after lu'.
'"fH W... .H. 'N. .. iw.. .Hu H
wm f.. ".... t.tu .. Cleaning
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
hsSPortl@ht' Z:
ORANTLAMO RICE S
The Outer rsolalm, Again.

lNr Du''ff = HlldlNA bNh'N.
howe'er II be, u seems 90 me
(As some one has remarked be'orel
Though may Swlpe them OF the tee
I cannot get winning score
For though I soak the bally BAN
Beyond the intervening ruts,
And on the green M pitch shots 'al'
! blow t~ puts
And there nre times that I can't miss
The tricky puts upon the greeni
I watch them drop In growing bliss,
The while I work IKE = machine,
Bu, while I'm moving in this way
When should b. where PARDON thrves.
When I ae, an the puts pIaD
blow the drives.
And there arr times when con drive
And sink my quits uprr the f0un'i
When should cheer 90 he alive
And l0s should s-rt mr ON the hound,
And vet the wluuIrl s.orc's not there
tYou'd never 'r.rs this verse vas
Byron'sN
And blow nv IRONS
7, seem. p. be- lrrrrl hr IN. genial
expcrt. chat WHOM 'hr lr',c hDc'n. 'u
earnest ,h Tigers Red S., and White
Soy will frrrr. 'N. mace 1rl 'ror 'hr
remaindcr ~ 'hr field we'll behind Tli.
NAV he trut ur .r ..mr quaint 'rl
son the Ylrlr.. lrl 'hc llw
'meaning New York nl Cleveland 'n
sist on STICKING .rowl where 'hrs 7rr
no, wanted Won't .Hmr unr lr' 'hrm
know they ,rc hwInr Boo nn what would
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

Nssutis As-tstdst A. SAN Ar'HrIn Tnfi
W.fFI A. W"HsHn Z HHfftayHf' A.
rfsurHnt usHss A. ueil,s''N :
tsw~. tc,ist nssuriHri sf psn An'ortn
HHf.EfrHft at tHU Worth Wa.o ai uallss
HsIrssffr ai UHHst1H
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

Error, b, Manager llct,og Of the
Reds gave the Pirates a nin,h inning
victory Friday IT, not often that
Buck Heuogs bobble, are costly
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
Reckef Tnns As,ociAtion.

Real, Rc,kcr lead, the hat,cts oi
the American association with an a,
ctagc oi i1S. while S,oyall Is only ,
points behind him Thorpe. Mil
v1ukrc i, ahead in stolen bases with
. Iilhert Kansas City In home
wu, with :. lcafy. indianapolis. in
total bases. with ln1. 7 Smuh, ST.
Paul. and Rrnuk,c indianapolis, iu
sacrifice hits with Is. and Paddock.
S. Paul and Workman. Eaua, tiu.
lu run, scored with ~ kana, Civ
lead, m club batting with 'h9 The
association, I'm hitter, for At lcas,
half their clubs game, are
Rerkcr kansa, Ciy l1'. Sinvall
Toledo. ~. Chaprellc. Columhu,
iN. + Smith s., Paul 40 Massey
Minneapolis 40. llargrayc Ean0,
CITY, Wp Riggctt s, Paul .wq
Daniels, lam,vllr Wo Rcn. Mi
Oaukcc, ui. lelvch Kau,a, Ou
Wi
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

VERY few are picking the Red, AMI
the Browns ~ win pcnnant And still
lever, among rival hall clubs. arc taxi
INC them for the Jokes they u,ti io b,
. few years ago. There was a day
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
800 Birds Rare.

Three hundred h''crs are rare IN the
American league. only five baucrs who
have PLAYED IN at least half of the
games OF their clubs being IN that class
Speaker increased hI, average bu,
Jackson kept pace with him Baker
New York, though not ~ the 700
class. took the lead IN his old specially
home runs. with % Speaker leads in
total bases with ~ ard in runs scored
with 81. IN the latter department be-
ing ono ahead oi Cobb Cobb is
credited with ~ stolen bases. a gain
Ut II m week Gandrl Cleveland
leads in sacrifice hits w,th H. The
ten leading battets
Speaker. Cleveland. lsl Jackson.
Chicago. Ej. Cobb. Detroit. $50.
llclman. Detroit. SO. Si,lcr, ST
Louis. ll4 Smith. Cleveland 1p9
Gardner Boston "a Ncach. Detroit
Yl. Suunk. Philadelphia l92 De
'rolt with 2'o lcadSJn club batting
Leading pitcher, fIr twelve or more
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

Ussuiis YESTERDAY ~ u.s'.u t Ufpns
f. 40 ..N F... UN|1NrIU"N A.
$50 IHH.a ...HlV Nf cincinnati q.
i.'fsNHHsN
tsms- tpia, .H#srn Nf e. louis
I.fF..".UH #H ..U...UH" Philadelphia st
Sew '..s Ifu.a"r Fi UnsiDu
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

Nssults ir-trfdsy-Ai oklahoma CITY, 2,
I".Ht. A. Paris sherman. A. l1f'
.W.N. '" Usr.sHr. 40 Nustuyss. q.
~ A..Hf.I
'pms. Irda, Ne s'ss'tr a. MussUses
N.'..H" H' i.ra ufuHH. ~ tuU HWI'H
...HH H. oklahoma iifY
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

TEHWTT8 NTHTTTTN' v T|"|T"||-" |"|
ifH. A. IHH.RrHr.'Ia columbus
A. af r.m Is.HHs .If, A. Niurs
af. Milwaukee
t,atur- tusia, Indianapolis of Louisville
....N.# Hf |H..UH |.H.aHa IIfN af Hi
IH.. W#RauNHH af Minneapolis
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

tf HHbt .Fr d UfnaNa A. Hi b..
ssT" ufn,tf A. Ives NHinss In.
colin
usr,s- rr,a, rrrsks st WirNns I'm.
fr.H sf rss N1'rts ufr,vf ~ W Joseph
.. HNa af H.uUt I.ff
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

Nssults Ns-isftisS A. iNy'hNHHsN Y.
NHINH ~ Memphis = Atlanta A.
Nashville Sow Nf'fsrs birmingham
I.f|H N#.E rain
tswss tods, Atlanta ~ Memphis Ssv
....H.# af .RHH..HH W.N". of INH''H.
HH.sa ffwIn,|Rm a' iH.We Rock
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
The Cub Pan, Dream

sIsN night" he said with shining cyct
II dreamed that Chance vas bach,
I dreamed that Stunys WALTON
Once more led the nli attack.
I seemed to see Joe Tinker make
An old time Tinker spear.
And hear ] Eycfs barking m
The shaking ump'fr's ,af.
And like dream of heaven,
Where the icathetri angels sing.
I heard the shoots of Brownie
III, the miu Of Johnny Khng"
II eheeted 10, Circus Solly
As he cracked one On the nose
sav old Jimmy SheJkatd pick
A Esllop iiom his toes,
And with the old.iimr flash oi speed.
Agility and science,
We mauled the phillies 10 4 pulp
And stamped upon the Giants"
Ne closed his eyes In retrospect.
Ne sighed with joy-snd then
] kindly sho, him through the hear,
Before he woke again.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
DILLON ON WAY HERE.

N1EW YORK. luly i.-tSpeoiaD
W lack Dillon, eonquerot Of
Frank Moran. who i' to NEE,
i'm FLYNN oi Pueblo in a fifteen.
round hou, AZ Dewey, Okla. July
4 LETT here last nigh, ior Okla
homa llc appeared to he in gtea,
condition. and was none the worse
Tor his ten round ,et,o with Moran.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

Western ,..oelnlion standing
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01

Speaker, Jackson, HeiIman,
Cobb, SiSIer, Only Ones.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-11-24
Origin of THANKSGIVING.

In colonial days II was customary to
appoint days Of fasting or feasting. Of
prayer or Thanksgiving. when public
events seemed to warrant this recogni
ton. In 1880 Washington ordered u
day Of thanksgiving for the adoption
Of the Federal constitution. Suisse
quently various days In November
were recommended by presidents and
governors until. In 1868. the regular
observance Of national Thanksgiving
day was instituted through a procla.
nation Of President Lincoln. The
presidents proclamation does not make
1t national holiday. 1t applies legal.
~ only to the District of Columbia and
the territories. Ii Is the governors
proclamations that affect the states
The day is observed In all states. hut In
some 1t Is not a statutory holiday
Thursday was originally selected by
the Puritans probably because. being
near the middle of the week. It gave
opportunity for the scattered members
of the family to come together and to
return without desecrating the Sab
bath by travel. November was sc
lected as the month when the fall bar.
vests were all gathered Other cOnn
tries have Thanksgiving days for spe.
cial occasions. such as success in battle
or the deliverance OF the people from
national calamity. but The fixed an
nual Thanksgiving day ~ a custom be.
longing to America alone.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-11-24

walk and a laughable little mustache
has been much In evidence OH Thanks.
giving day in the New York streets.
This Thanksgiving mummery in New
York. which is not. found in any other
city. is q local custom. dating back sew.
eral decades to the old target compa
nies which used to shoot for prizes
They were ward bodies In the days
before the districts known as wards
were abolished. On Thanksgiving day
these target companies assembled and
paraded from house TO house. visiting
the prominent men of each ward
These men, city officials. judges. poll
ticians, etc. gave prizes which were
shot for later in the day. and the days
festivities wound up with a ball. The
target companies were succeeded by.
companies Of men called "ragamuffins"
or "fantasticals." who dressed in fan.
tastic garb OH Thanksgiving day
These adult ragamuffins have now been
succeeded by the youngsters who
dress up"
In a recent letter an old New Yorker
writes thus of the ragamuffins:
II was interested In reading your
article on the subject of the Thanks
giving day mummers. and am rather
surprised that some ancient person in
the Greenwich village could not give
you some information as to the origin
of the custom. which, as far as I know.
is local to New York.
"In my boyhood in the early seven.
ties there used to parade through the
Streets on Thanksgiving day bands Of
grown men, some on foot, some on
horseback and others in the two wheel
ed butcher carts of the day, clad in
eccentric and fantastic clothes. These
bands or companies called themselves
the 'fantasticals' and were called by
the people of the street the 'raga-
mullins They paraded in a spiritsof
more or less glee and were received
with good nature and amusement.
81 used to be told by my elders that
the fantasticals paraded In derision
and mockery Of the militia parades Of
the time. but their humor was proba-
bly, leveled against the militia OF an
earlier date and possibly In memory
of the general muster and training OF
n still carlier dav."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-11-24

which today holds the place Of
honor in the North American
group of turkeys, Is outdone by
none when it comes to beauty or size.
Black. beautifully shaded with rich
bronze. the breast plumage being dark
bronze Illuminated with a lustrous fin
ish OF coppery gold. gives full warrant
for the name by which this bird is
known.
The full grown. healthy bird Is "A
beautiful picture OF bronze. black. cop
per and gold and sometimes weighs
forty or more pounds. Other varieties
known In the barnyard aud even rec.
ognized among dealers as having dis.
tinctive markings are in reality only
highly developed fowls with preserved
peculiarities. Under this classification
comes the white turkey.
In the United States there are six
standard varieties recognized and
grown. These are the bronze, Nara.
gansett, buff. slate. white and black.
The chief differences are in size and
color Of plumage.
The bronze and Narragansett are the
largest. the buff and slate medium.
while the white and black are the
smallest. Within late years, however.
the white variety has reached such
point Of popularity that 1t has increas.
ed in size until with some dealers It
occupies third place.
Whatever the turkey may have miss.
ed through failing to secure that place
Of honor suggested for 1t by Benjamin
Franklin-as the national bird-it has
nevertheless found place in the re-
gard Of the American people which is
held by no other fowl
Times was when turkey. or as many
as could be carried. might he had al
most for asking. Then came the period
when 80 cents would buy plump
young fowl. Even SO short q time as
ten years ago turkeys could be pur.
chased for from to 20 cents a pound.
dressed.
Some interesting figures were at one
time compiled by the department Of
agriculture In connection with the tur-
key. In 1896 the census showed the
turkey population In the United States
to be 100000. Four years later the
department found there were but $780,.
600. Such discrepancy needed inves
tigation. 1t was made. and the answer
was soon Forthcoming.
In the year 1896 the breeders had lit.
orally counted their eggs before they
were Matched. and the consequent total
included all pOults. eggs In the nest and
birds expected as well as the grown
turkeys. With the latter figure only
birds Of three months or more were
included. That figure. therefore. Is the
true estimate of the average annual
turkey supply at that time. while today
the supply has increased with the ris
Ing demand each year.
But even with the increase that has
come with the passing years the sup
ply Is not sufficient or the price low
enough for every person In this coun
try to include II In the list of Thanks
giving features. And 50 the picture
which Gray painted cannot hold true.
He wrote. From the low peasant to
the lord. the turkey smokes ON every
board New York Sun.