The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-11-26
ROYAL FEASTS
:;:.. Of OTHER DAYS
When Thanksgiving Had Its Old
Time Setting Of Indian Sum-
.merr.. IL; and Country Hos.
pitaiity.

times are out Of joint, but the
~ seasons, too, are changing? Is
nature at this late day trying
some experiments and. setting back the
hands on her dialplate Off, months?
Certainly this November weather Is
not the kind we, read about when our
grandfathers tell of 1.-THE good old
:times," of the 'big SHOWS" and when
the land was new" For. days we have
Mved as II. summer skies were brood
ing over us, and were it not for the
bare trees and silent woods we could
almost fancy ourselves in that land Of
pure delight where spring immortal
geigns. J.
This is the real Indian summer, SO
often talked of, but so seldom expert
enced in perfection, writer In the
Boston Herald asserts. All over this
part Of the world we hear Of it, day
after day of warm and comfortable
weather, when the sun shines family
through the clouds Of mist and purple
smoke wells all harsh outlines and I'M
slightly objects; day after day with
skies Of melting tenderness and soft
:zephyrs playing in the tangled locks Of
little children rompingy in field and
wood. ;. The. windows are thrown open,
doors set ajar, and the fire goes out
upon the hearth. Everybody wants to
get out in the open, to wander on
country roads, to climb the hill and
4nd 1.-THE seashore. In the Old World
thjA season. is sometimes called "the
old mans SUMNER" and the, feast pf
good st. Martin, which falls in the flrst
week Of November, is known as the
old mans holiday"-perhaps because Of
its unexpected short7Aved charm. s.
! -Needs n Country Stating,
Thanksgiving, of course;ais truly a
county stair, and in the city loses
half~sits charm. The very word has
come to mean something Of country
ways and country living, country prod
ucts and country hospitality. 1t
,smacks of all things rural, Of hills and
fields and lanes and woods, ripe fruit,
perfect vegetables, loaded corncrib,
shining CATTLE One cannot celebrate
Thanksgiving Alright, in a town fiat, or
-AaRr0wn-stOne mansion, certainly not
In boarding house or dining car.
Thanksgiving day means a, rambling
house in a great green yard, quaint,
old gambrel-roofed cottage near
country road, log cabin in a ten
acre patch; houses full Of old-fashioned
furniture and with room for all the
family and the kinsfolk and the stran-
ger within the gates. It means love
OF home and great-hearted hospitality.
the coming back of the children. the
welcome Of the old folks. 49,.
! The ideal Thanksgiving must have
setting Of snow. It must echo to the
ring Of, sleigh bells and the neigh Of
the horses in frosty weather. No mat
ter: what the weather for weeks be-
fore, there should be- snow In good
time. The sun rises on a dazzling pic
ture Of white field and glistening wood
land. A veil of magic beauty covers
fence and road, the yard so brown and
ugly but yesterday, hides now under
a mantle Of snowy swansdown. All
night lit fell, noiselessly, stealthily.
myster1ously, this first coming snow
of the year, and made Of this common
earth bit of fairyland, TRANSFORMED
tion scene.: ....
Like a Thriee-Told Tale.
The Thanksgiving dinner Of the
country's -earlier days has been de-
scribed so frequently that it is like a
+'thrice-told tale, signifying sound and
nonsense" so wildly that one can al
most taste the dainties. Modern kit
chens could not cook those incompar-
able dishes. Such feast could not
be served in courses, Or brought on
in piecemeal. In those days the table
literally "groaned with its burden" and
glowed with the beauty Of the assem-
bled, dishes. Merely. to, @recite.e their
names would tempt the most 'pitiful
dyspeptic: $1,000 80 49,
siRoastwptg,7 hot and brown. roast
sparssribs, pink and cold; roast tur-
KEY, juicy and tender, full to bursting
with perfect stuffing; potatoes, snow.
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