The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-30
BY BRYAN MACK

I could write a column, and then an
| other column, about the things for which
I am thankful today.
| In fact, I hardly know where to begin,
| but among the things that come to me
! frequently is the fact that / am living
! in West Florida once more, among kind
and thoughtful people who believe in
| the brotherhood of man.
| am thankful for shelter and an
abundance of food and clothing for my
family; am thankful for my friends and
enemies; am thankful for my numerous
chauffeurs that bring me to town each
| morning, and thankful for the electric
| car that takes me home at night.
I am thankful for the happy Journal
family and the opportunity to work with
such fine body of men and women. /
am thankful for the many readers of
The Journal and especially glad that
/ Revelations Of a Wife" is with US reg
ularly now.
And thankful for Andy Gump, too.
Also thankful for the privilege Of go
ing hunting, attending the celebration of
Crestview or just walking about and do
ing nothing as the spirit moves me today.
I thought once that would go fishing,
but concluded that it would upset Chip
ley Jones and all Of his fishing Dips to
such an extent that they would have
nothing to be thankful for the rest Of
the year, so I won't go fishing.
I had also planned to go to Crestvtew
to see the BURBERRY farm, and to go
down to New Valparaiso for the celebra-
ton there, but this privilege has to be
foregone, but am thankful that can
go out to Maxent park and see the Pen
sacola high school play football against
Wright's Military academy of Mobile.
And while I am on the subject of foot
ball, 1 am going to take occasion to say
that Pensacola does not support her high
school athletics as is BETTING city of
this size with high school and teams
that rank we'll with any of the state.
Clean athletics are just as much a part
of the school training, and have almost
as much to do with building up strong
and clean boys as the training given to
their minds alone.
Let's support school athletics.
And let's get out to the game this aft
ernoon and give the boys rousing sup
port.
Pensacola has a dandy man at the
head of the schools.
Pensacola has team Of fine, manly
boys.
Now let Pensacola people turn OUT IN
large and enthusiastic numbers.
Let's win game, and have lots TO be
thankful for.
And 1 might mention, in closiag this
subject that if any of you have an extra
turkey wing or drum-stick left over that
you might put it in your pocket and
bring it along to the game and slip Il
to me on the side, for Mrs. Mack and
the Bolshevik have been invited out Of
town for dinner, and might fall on the
side lines at the football game on account
Of hunger, and am not on any DELHI
crate hunger strike, either.
AS Irwin Cobb would say-"And speak !
ing Of hunger strikers"-I wish those
foolish persons who absolutely and
idiotically refuse to eat first class ra-
tons, victuals, chow, grub, or whatever
name eats go by, would refrain from
using a perfectly good name like Mack. .
OF course they are not real Macks or
they would not behave 80 foolishly, but
I don't Ike for them to have a small
part of my name and lay themselves /
down to die by a steaming beefsteak
and other nice things that make sane /
people want to live. / am hoping that |
Mary MacSwiney has a lucid spell on
this lovely Thanksgiving day and takes |
unto herself an est-to-Ireland feed Of
Irish stew.
This is going to be an altogether fine
day for most everyone, SO let's give a
few moments to taking stock of the
many things we have to be thankful
for and resolve TO help others bit more
than ever before during the coming - /
months.