The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-28
THANKSGIVING DAY
WILL Be OBSERVED
:. s,ite Of War Conditions, Day VIII
he Normal One, Except for
Some Of the Dinner
trimmings.
THE CHURCH SERVICES
There VIII be a Union Meeting at the
U. p. Church and Other
Churches viii Observe
the Day.

Tomorrow Will be thanksgiving
day and as usual it will be observed
az a holiday, and a day for general
family reunions. There Will be some
a. the trimmings missing from the
usually enormous dinners that have
,been served in the past, but with so
many Of the doctors gone to war, 1t
NAV be q measure Of safety. There is
one thing to be thankful for, at least
the small boys will be so. and that is
that Thanksgiving does not come on
q meatless day.
There will be the usual general OBJ
seryance OF the day by the churches
of the city. There will be the union
THANKSGIVING service at the United
PRESBYTERIAN church at 1890 o'clock
tomorrow morning, with the Rev. +.
c. Edwards of Trinity M. e. church
preaching the sermon. At the Epis.
copal church tomorrow, the Rev. John
c. Sage, bishop elect Of Salina, will
have two services, one at o'clock
and one at 10 o'clock. There will be
services also at the Catholic
churches.
In the afternoon there will be
plenty in the way Of amusements.
There will be a football game at
800 o'clock at the Standard Four
gridiron, between KeoEuk high school
and Fort Madison high school. A big
crowd Of local rooters and Fort Mad
isonians as we'll will be on hand.
There are the movie shows, too,
for those who care for these, with
their special programs. In the even
Ing there will be the theatres and the
charity ball at the Keokuk club rooms.
The Meaning Of the Day.
louis v. Woulfe has written a
short editorial for one Of the Wash
ington papers, which he has sent to
his friend, James B. Diver, Of this
city It is reprinted, herewith:
Nature has again yielded her
bounty. Garnered sheayes and well.
filled granaries are testimonies to a
beneficent husbandry. Barren fields
and fruit1ess orchards suggest a
strange, mysterious story. In isolated
domiciles and palaces Of fortune an
influence, akin to no other year-time,
now reigns with imperial dignity. No
home is too humble to encompass
the inspiration OF Thanksgiving; no
mansion is so costly as to exclude the
spirit Of the hour. Civil and r&is-
ious holidays would lack significance
II they centralized selfishness and
prompted the citizen to live wholly
within the confines Of his own life.
History recites that Thanksgiving
was not originally feast Of gastron-
Omy. 1t was more particularly a re-
ligious celebration. The trend Of the
times has broadened the prime pur-
pose. Now it is day not only of
family reunions, but period when
rror arf,Y 10 oil i11cfffin6.
when near and far away prodigals
return to greet again the familiar
and affectionate faces of folks at
home
While generally acknowledged to
be distinctly domestic feast, its i'm
port and purport would be evanescent
II the fireside retained all the good
emotions. Today people of this coun-
try will assemble in rural churches
and city edifices, responsive to a
for the privileges of life, health, and
the pursuit of happiness. Gratitude
will Enthusiastically manifest itself.
The commonwealth has substantially
prospered. Liberty has been kept I'M
sullied and unalloyed amid conditions
Of foment, priceless possession Of
our national development. Again,
thankfulness will obtain because or
carnations are strengthening the
bonds of fraternal feeling, and per-
suading individuals to know each 9th
er better. But, far surprising these
rich benefactions, there will dawn
upon the personal consciousness tho
master blessing that American
thought and action stand representa-
1--WE OF constructive patriotism.