The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-25
QUESTION FOR DEBATE
Resolved: That medical inspec-
tors should be employed by the
public schools regularly.

| our home anG how our good old
father, actuated by spirit of un-
adulterated mischief, always asked
this visitor to please return thanks"
And We remember how this party
would bow his head and close his eyes
and fold his hands, supplicatingy,
and expand his nostrils and smack
his lips, in anticipation, and then
launch forth upon an almost endless,
as it seemed to us, petition to the
Great Father, prefacing this petition
through reminding Omnipotence OF
the many things which He had done
for the human family and of the un-
worthiness of each and every one of
us. hell bent, as we were for destruc-
ton, and threatened with starvation
before the petitioner reached the final
chapter in the Grafton TO Diety.
We dream, sometimes, Of this good
old man and his endless appeals to
the Most High. And we always awak-
en- from those dreams as from a night
mare, bathed in cold perspiration and
trembling from malnutrition.
We, like State Press. are firmly in
favor of short thanks" especially
when those who are thankful are also
hungry.
Harking, again, back 10 the blith-
some days Of our boyhood, we call &c
mind two others who always returned
thanks" before breaking bread. And
we recall those two with tears OF fond
remembrance lowering upon our lashes,
ready to fall into our cup and further
weaken the coffee. The petition Of
fered by each of these patriarchs,
were gems, they We're epics. they
were worthy, separately, severally and
jointly Of being preserved and handed
down TO coming gerenations.
We will never forget the time we
heard the first petition. the first
grace" above referred to. II was
on Sunday. We had run off from
home. thereby dodging Il seance at
Sunday School. with the accompanying
lecture upon Jonah and the whale.
and Lots wife and the pillar OF salt
and the Hebrew Children and the
fiery furnace. and the Red Sea and
the loousts which plagued Pharaoh.
Afraid TO 70 home, we dropped in
upon this neighbor at meal time. We
were hungry and we were not ashamed
Of II. So We accepted his hearty in
vitation TO "Come In. George. and
have a-blte OF dinner"
We will never forget the great fear
which permeated our system when we
noticed this good man bow his head
as he sat down at the foot Of the table
--fc0r that we would starve before
he reached his thrteenthly In the
thanksgiving poon he was about to
sing. Nor will we forget the great
sigh OF relief which came up from
thc very bottom of our soul when he
simply said, We are truly grateful
FOR this food given US this day FOR,
the nourishment ~ our bodies. Pass
the biscuit. Maria"
This mans memory. although he
has been dead for many summers
and while more winters than we like
to count has passed over our own
head. will live with us forever. green
and bright
The other brief thanksgiving, as We
recall Il, was more forccful and awe
inspiring. We heard this on another
occasion when VIZ had run away from
Sunday School and while we were
also dining out" fortify ourself. so
to speak. for the licking which VIC
knew We would get when we reached
home later in the day.
Seated about the table. with the
aroma Of weil-cooied viands filling
our nostrils and causing our mouth
to water In anticipation. we settled
ourself for a long and hcart-rending
wait. But again were we pleasantly