The Holly chieftain., 1923-11-29
9seko By EsyzH Sn,vwe-
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

III THANKSGIVING Day, 1923! The peo
pie of the United States of Amercs
should celebrate this truly American
holiday with heartfelt enthusiasm.
For the most casual comparison
re1SN of things here and abroad should
GtltSS4N make us thankful that Amerl-
NV SI cans and at home In America. This
WI Nh is not preaclment, but really the
No. >4Et churches should he quite as crowded
MSQENA on the last Thursday in November
SN&NS& are the places of amusements. to say
~ W the least. Certainly have much
for which to be thankful as a nation,
and as Christian people should make public
thanksgiving as ''the outward and visible sign of
an Inward and spiritual grace The man who
cannot see the hand of Divine Providence in our
American history is indeed blind
Suppose the American people went in mass to
their churches Thanksgiving morning and made
public return of thanks Divine Providence. they
could say In perfect truth words to this effect:
Almighty God, thank Thee on this ThankssIv-
ing Day
That we nre at peace with ourselves and with
all the world;
That land is still the United States of Amer.
lea
Ihat Old Glory flies in greater grandeur than ever;
ihat we are still freemen, as in the beginning;
That our homes are and lnvioIate;
That no foreign Overload orders our destinies:
That still is life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness';
That no paupers dole is our portion;
That prosperity beyond our proportion Is ours;
That 1t is our hand that is stretched forth to
the starving of other lands;
That the Red Death is held at bay:
That Thy hand, as ever, still guides this nation =
For these things, Almighty God, we thank Thee
And as for the rest of the day. the Thanksgiving
dinner is the main thing-not entirely for the sake
of the feast ITSELF but largely because the feast Is
the crowning touch Of day that is peculiarly
day of the home and the family man with
money in his pocket can buy turkey dinner on
Thanksgiving Day almost anywhere from Plymouth
Rock to Cabrillo and from Peskan to Tumacucori
bur II he has home and isn't there he's ant to
be mighty lonesome True 1t Island more's the
pity--that good many Americans in these latter
days live in apartments and OFF the delicatessen
shops, but just the there Is many an old
fashioned home left where ofd-fashloned fam
i'y win eat an old-fashioned Thanksgiving Day
dinner of turkey and fxin's and "punkin" pie
which is one of the many things for which we
should give thanks.
Nobody should be ashamed of looking forward
TO the Thanksgiving turkey The turkey is n noble
bird, worthy of the day. And Thanksgiving Day
should give us our first taste of him. The house
wife who will serve turkey on her table before
Thanksgiving should be-we, say It yourself And
II she knows her business she will not have lot
OF folderols and dofunnies before the turkey When
man is turkey hungry he wants II brought in the
very first thing And an expeditions carver finds
great favor In his eyes. Turkey stuiin, mashed
potato gravy and crunberries--thats the feast T!
After that the good housewife can bring along all
the goodies she likes-the rest Is ant-climay any
way, excepting possibly the pumpkin pie and
cheese.