South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-30
Every Day "Life"
On Thanksgiving,
Read it and S OBJ
Many Hands in Plum Pudding
and Riddles Flirt With
Mince Pies, Too.
BY DOROTHY DAY

since we made one futile attempt
10 forecast the weather for Thanks
giving and were rebuked almost inn
mediately by a contradictory sky
and a fan Of snow (it served the
city editor right for giving US such
a thing as q weather story TO writel
we are not going 10 state in this
column what the weather Is today.
Look out OF the window and ind
out for yourselves. THANKSGIVING
day smells the same. so it doesn't
make much difference anyway.
What would you do without your
noses anyway? You begin 10 smell
the dinner cooking before YOU get
out OF bed in the morning, and
som etimes, in the homes of indie
fatiguable housewives, the night be-
fore. When you wander out TO the
kitchen, already ravenous. smiling
delightedly, the boss OF the house
hold. on that day at any rate. tells
you you can't have much breakfast
you've got 10 save room for the
turkey. Even your cup OF coffee
and meager order OF toast tastes
somehow OF turkey. Il never tastes
that way on other mornings.
And then all morning while you
wander around the house, YOU are
called upon TO help shoe the dog
out of the kitchen or keep the cat
from climbing on the pantry shelves
after tho mince pies They know
It's Thanksgiving. too. and there is
festive CLEAN in their eyes
Or perhaps YOU can assist in cut
ting up the pumpkin, and the larger
and frmer it is. the harder it is 10
cut. There are Callouses on your
hands when you get through.
Squash is quito as bad, but the color
scheme on the table would be ruined
| If there wasn't squash.
The kids get in the way and fight
/ over which one is going TO lick the
pans-"Qu!t yelling, Jimmy,-let
your sister have the pan. You can
have the spoon" And sometimes
there is more on the spoon than
| there is in the pan. The youngsters
are pleased If the icing on the cake
turns out badly and runs. They
can stand around the table and
scoop up the drippings. No use Civ
ing them the nuts 10 she'll They'd
eat more than they'd save for the
cake or pudding.
IF you don't quit tasting every
thing. don't you know YOU won't
have any Appetizer" is the cry.
That's the thing-to conserve
your appetite That's another good
reason why you have a nose. il
may have smelled its I'LL, but al
though one sense is stated. your
mouth Is still watering.
And then finally the morning
seems TO have lasted forever-"Are
the kids hands washed? Don't you
dare come to the table with dirty
hands Are there enough chairs
10 &c around Better bring some
in from the kitchen. Jenny. yoU
forgot 10 fill the salt cellars
Then everybody has piled into thu
dining room and the kitchen is {
forlorn and empty place. The proud
look It has worn all morning az
the most important room in tn
house is gone The empty pans
have a sheepish look.
There IS great hustle about who's
going TO sit by whom, but VISITING
aunts and cousins get first choice
Finally everybody is seated and th'
great ceremony CONNIE ces-but no
rot quite yet-s 1t viii take five min
utes at least TO serve and unit
everybody's plate is laden, you mus
sit and look hungry, but not to-
hungry 10 be rolite and wait unit
the master Of the house lays dowy
his carving knife and takes UP hi
own fork.
From the look OF relief, then, OF
the faces Of the assembled IL wi.
be seen that Thanksgiving has real
ly commenced.