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The Washington times., 1936-02-29

WASHINGTON FORECAST
Partly cloudy, not quite so cold tonight;
minimum temperature about "a; tomorrow
fair, slightly colder.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
February 9. 1886

How can a man in chains
save his life, his ship and his
friendl In this story of mutiny
at sea the well-known author of
many thrilling sea stories, Carl
Clausen. tells what happened
when Captain McTurk took on
four new hands.
Evening star., 1936-02-09

Before another Leap Year
rolls around February may
have 80 days. with Leap Year
Day" at the end of June! For
scientists are proposing new,
balanced calendar. DR.. Stet-
son, noted astronomer, tells
what it would mean.
Evening star., 1936-02-09

A girl author in search of a
character puts a lovelon ad in
a magazine as bait. And the
wrong sort of young fish is
hooked. Don't miss this de-
lightful love story by Oscar
Schisgall. a promising young
writer of fiction.
Evening star., 1936-02-09

Two men look into the eyes
ola abeautiful. alluring woman
and are ready to do murder!
Watch for this grim, dramatic
story of far off kangaroo by an
author famed for her tales of
exotic places and people.
Beatrice Grimshaw.
Evening star., 1936-02-09

passed him the last time he had
crossed. How could he have missed
herr What had happened?
Slim brought his pony back ON her
launches. Fear cleared his mind. He
remembered that he had found Sandra
crouching over a fagged-out calf. She
had probably dropped back now. to
try to save another.
Slim headed back into the storm.
He tried to call out; the wind choked
him. He rode in wide circles working
back to the north. But there was
no sign of Sandra. Nothing mattered
now. If the whole herd were wiped
out. it wouldn't make any difference.
He realized that if Sandra were gone.
he wouldn't care a tinker's damn
about living. Everything he had done
since he had first met her had been
done for her. She had been there in the
back Of his mind always. so much SO
that it seemed as if they had always
been together. He couldn't 60 on
without her; there'd be no reason for
living.
He could guess what had happened.
Her horse had stumbled into a gully
and fallen on top Of her. He could see
her horse sprawling. kicking wildly
and falling back on her.
Again he felt the strange numbness
come over him, and the drowsiness.
1t was as if he were drugged. His eyes
closed. He seemed to be drifting
through space, white space. that
moaned and shrieked. There was
something important he should re-
member. What was it? Why couldn't
he think?
He was Yes that was it, he was
looking for Sandra. And then she was
suddenly beside him. Funny she had
seemed to come from nowhere. She
was all white. An, yes. there was a
storm. She was shouting. He'd ride
closer. Sims mind again cleared a
little.
Can't you hear me. Slim? Slim.
what's the matter?'
Yes. there was something the mat
ter. he knew it. He heard himself say:
What is it?"
Sandra's voice reached him family.
1--WE got the herd into the gap: come
on. Hurryr'
He kept his eyes fixed on her vague
figure in the gloom ahead of him.
Presently familiar cliffs were rising
sharply on each side of him. They
were entering the pass. The wind
dropped abruptly. He saw Sandra dis
mount. When he rode up to her. she
said:
I'm going to build fire."
In a daze he sat watching her as
she began breaking the lower limbs
off of a dead cedar. Then he went over
to help her.
You're all right7" he asked. What
happened?"
you disappeared" she said. II
rode back and found you riding in cir
cles. You were asleep and nearly fell
off,"
He helped her start the fire under
the overhang of the cliff. The wood
was dry and soon the flames were
cracking. She brought a blanket and
spread it on the ground.
Lie down." she said. Then she
asked him if he thought his feet might
be frozen.
NO." he said and sat down. He
felt the heavy drowsiness creeping
over him. Before he slept there was
something he must say.
He looked up at Sandra. I've been
a fool"
The girl sank down upon the blan-
ket. ''How?" she asked. With the
wind gone everything seemed very
quiet. Their voices sounded strange
and unnatural.
you were wonderful" he an
swered. ''You saved the calves. But
Evening star., 1936-02-09

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Evening star., 1936-02-09
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Evening star., 1936-11-22

day in the c. O. c. camps and how
the boys, ''far from home and
mother" expect to spend the day, even
as you and in this sheltered city of
ours.
In more than 1000 camps scattered
throughout the national confines of
America and her possessions over
seas the boys of C. C. G. have pre-.
pared for the day. Up from the dawn
they have risen for the celebration, all
interest and happiness for the occa-
sion which is theirs. Let us walk a
while through the land and look in on
their festivity.
There are no duties this morning
save those which fall on a Sunday.
There is no thought of spades and
shovels, of motors and denim and ex-
ercise in the interest of soil conser-
vation and forest protection. But
there Is hanging around the camp
kitchen to get Whit of the savory
smell of cooking turkey for the feast
to come.
Evening star., 1936-11-22

for Americas fiesta Of gratitude. but
something else to be thankful for.
In the meantime, thousands OF tur-
keys are converging on Washington
from Maryland, Virginia and several
Western States, having been flattered
and fattened to the desired plumpness
since their Matching last Spring. The
biggest of the lot, a Utah bird, has
already been selected for the Presi-
dents dinner table.
The turkey outlook for the holiday
is splendid, marketmen, radio pro-
grams and the Department of Agri.
culture agree. At least 10000, 900
have been raised this year, the num-
ber grown in 1886 estimated to be
about one-third greater than in 1885,
according to the Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics of the Department
of Agriculture. Although you may
buy turkey any size this year. there
will be an unusual number of small
ones sold, because growers are letting
them go younger, on account of the
high price of feed.
Evening star., 1936-11-22
By Vesta CMmmings.

n NATIONAL manners will be
nj minded next Thursday when
America gives thanks for the
blessings of the past year. eel
ebrating Thanksgiving with the three
century-old and forever satisfactory
rite OF turkey-eating and with later
day paeans Of praise sung by roofing
sections on thousand foot ball fields.
While fashions in offering thanks
FOR the happy things of life, combined
with a temporary ignoring of its less
pleasant happenchances, have ranged
from firing cannons at dawn to throw
ing forward passes since the first
feast Of thanks took place in 1921.
King Turkey has always played the
leading role. This year all over the
United States the royal bird plays 1t
Evening star., 1936-11-22

for a few cents less pound than in
1885, and market men are selling more
Of them in the Nations Capital than
ever before in its poultry history.
The pilgrims. of course, had no mar
kets handy, but their turkeys cost
nothing but bullet, and according to
ancient reports, they foure in one day
killed as much fowle as, with a little
helpe beside, served the company al
most week." A few Americans still
prowl the mountains this time of the
year and bring home, quite like their
forefathers, wild. turkey for the hol-
iday feast, according to Capt. Harry
E. Champion, president of the Blue
Ridge Rod and Gun Club. It has been
at least 80 years since members of his
organization found wild turkeys near
its club house at Harpers Ferry, w.
Va, Capt. Champion says, but they
are still shot annually in the northern
neck Of Virginia, the country behind
Fredericksburg, and in the mountains
back of Hancock, Md.
Evening star., 1936-11-22
By Mary Machin.
Gardner.

)oNTRARY to popular belief.
4 the first Thanksgiving OBJ
servance was not that of the
- Pilgrims in 1921 at Plymouth.
In fact, at least two such events had
been celebrated by earlier English
Colonists on the shore of the North
American continent. The celebration
ct Plymouth, however, was the first
day set aside by advance proclama-
ton as a day to give thanks and
the first In the New World to unite the
religious and the harvest festival idea.
The basic motive, giving thanks to
God for benefits received, is found
IA every proclamation for the OBJ
servance Of this purely American holi-
day.
Historical records show that in 1878
the English Colonists coming with
Trobisher on his second voyage held a
thanksgiving service for their safe
arrival ON the shores Of Newfound-
land. The entry in the ships log
reads in part: ION Monday morning,
May a, 1878, aboard the Ayle. We
received all the communion by the
minister of Gravesend and prepared as
rood Christians toward God and
resolute men for all fortunes, and
toward night we departed toward TIL
berry Hope. Here we highly praysed
God and altogether upon our knees
gave Him due humble and hearty
thanks, and Master Wolfall, q learned
man appointed by her majesty's coun-
ciI to be our minister, made unto us
eodlye sermon, exhorting all especially
to be thankful to God for His strange
and miraculous deliverance in these
dangerous places"
Some 80 years later, when the Pop
ham colony settled at Sagadahoc, now
Kennebec, on the coast Of Maine, .
similar service was held, in August,
1907. Mr.. Richard Seymour. who de-
Evening star., 1936-11-22
TURKEY HOLDS SWAY OVER HOMES AND ORGANIZATIONS
festibe Zap in g.. q. O.. Camps
Feast to Be Mammoth Event in 1000 Of
These Branches Throughout Country.
Turkey in Demand.

THE Army has been on the job-the
job Of providing the turkey for
this feast day, along with regular ra.
tions doled out at the camp. For this
occasion the commissary division of
the Army got busy many weeks ago.
Forty thousand turkeys fell under its
bid, enough to make SOC. 900 pounds Of
meat for the dinner soon to be
chalked up. Placed in cars, this
amount of turkey represents 13 car
loads.
Having got that turkey taken care
Of, let's take a look in on the dining
room just before the boys file in, while
they are yet at chapel under the
guidance of their chaplains, giving
thanks to God for the bounties that
are theirs and His blessings, in ac-
Evening star., 1936-11-22
Indians Had Share in Original Efforts to
Demonstrate Spirit of People Who Had
Found Happiness After Misfortune.

Chances were won on the throw Of
dice. The proprietor of these raf1es
was a canny person, for he was very
likely to load up, with many high
priced chances, turkeys fair to the
eye, but sinewy in flesh, or geese, ro-
tund in figure, but rank in flesh from
elf-fattening on minnows in their
natal pond" He also watched keeniy
"the gambling fervor of his patrons
and disposed of his toughest fowls
when the frenzy was highest"
The shooting match was another
greatly enjoyed event, although
frowned frowned upon by the church
because it enticed the youth from the
religious services. The shooting took
place from a base line, with set dis
tances to the place where the fowls
were placed as targets-the chicken
distance" was less than the turkey
distance" The doomed fowls-"tur.
keys and chickens of most archaic
type with flesh Of iron"-were fast.
ened to blocks, and as long as they
could stand up or fly rod the fusil-
lade had to continue" Some Of the
victims seemed ito absorb shot like
cornmeal, so that is to 20 firfngs were
necessary before q fowl was down."
The observance of Thanksgiving
day among the Indians after 1921
followed the spread of Christianity
among the numerous tribes. In 1891.
according to old records, the prin.
cipal chief of the Cherokee Nation
issued proclamation calling for the
observance among his people Of the
day set aside by President Harrison
as Thanksgiving.
This unique American holiday car
ried westward across the continent,
became firmly embedded in the Gus
toms and traditions of the people.
today, in whatever part
Of the world they may live, continue
the observance Of this revered ma
tional holiday.
Evening star., 1936-11-22

ing perished from hunger and disease.
and the novelty of having lot of food
on hand called for both prayers of
gratitude and merrymaking, Gov.
Bradford thought.
Old records show that the celebra-
ton opened with the firing of a can
non at dawn, and then a solemn pro-
cession was formed, every one march,
ing three abreast to the meeting house
for prayers. After the service came
the dinner, for which plans had been
made for weeks, a meal whose "savory
odors seem to have penetrated the
forests fastnesses, for in the midst of
the festivities, an Indian shout was
heard, and 80 friendly red men under
King Massasoit, appeared as If by
magic, bearing as an addition to the
feast huge launches of venison.
"The day of Thanksgiving length
ened into three, the mere bodily
feastings being varied with the singing
of psalms and songs, with war dances
by the savages, with exhibitions Of
Continued on Second Page.)
Evening star., 1936-11-22

cordance with the custom of the day.
Here Is what we see:
Oyster Soup Crackers
Sweet Pickles Olives
Stuffed Hearts Of Celery
Roast Young Turkey
Chestnut Dressing
Giblet Gravy Cranberry Sauce
Baked Virginia Ham
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Snowflake Potatoes
Green Sweet Peas
Buttered Asparagus Tips
Crab Salad with Mayonnaise Dressing
Parker House Rolls Butter
Fruit Cake Coconut Cake
Pumpkin Pie Mince Pie
Mixed Nuts Mixed Candies
Apples Oranges Bananas
Coffee Cigarettes Cigars
OF course, for the dinner, everything
has been made spick and span around
the camp. There has been brought
into the dining hall from forest and
Continued on Seventh Page.)
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set aside days for giving thanks. WASH
ington issued two proclamations for
general Thanksgiving by the Conti-
mental Army; the FIRST, December 10.
i777, and the second, May Z, l77s, at
Valley Forge.
A FEW days before adjournment Of
Congress in September, 1889, Rep
resentative Elias Houdinot moved that
the, President be requested to recon-
mend day Of Thanksgiving and pray
er "in acknowledgment of the many
signal favors Of Almighty God, and
especially His affording them an op-
portunity Of establishing a constitution
of government for their safety and
happiness" In the discussion which
followed, Aedanus Burke of South
Carolina did not favor 'this mimicking
Of European customs" while Thomas
T. Tucker Of Virginia suggested that
'it might be as well to wait for some
experience Of the efficiency of the
Constitution before returning thanks
for It." The motion was carried,
however, and President Washington
proclaimed Q day Of thanksgiving and
prayer, not only for the customary
reasons but also for the new Consti-
tuition, ON Thursday, November rs,
17S9. The first President thus set the
precedent for Thanksgiving day OBJ
servance on the last Thursday In No
yember.
For the next so years this holidays
Observance was largely confined to New
England, since 1t was not very firmly
embedded in the customs Of the South,
where 1t was generally considered .
Puritan substitute for Christmas.
Philadelphia's lack Of interest in
Thanksgiving day observance greatly
disturbed that stanch New Highlander,
Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, when she
came there from Boston decade or so
before the Civil War; Despite her duties
as editor Of 0odey's Lady's Book, Mrs.
HALE wrote each year to the Governors
Of the various States, asking that they
Get aside the last Thursday In Mo-
vember as Thanksgiving day. Her
efforts to secure national recognition
Of this day were rewarded in 1859.
when al but two Of the Governors pro-
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Kopal Role is Bfln bp @obbler
Only Religious Festival Observed in This
Country by Decree of Civil Government
Shares Importance With Sport.
AN INNOVATION about the

AN INNOVATION about the
Thanksgiving turkey, started In
Washington only two seasons ago, has
spread so rapidly that an increasingly
large proportion of District residents
have a whole hot, roasted turkey de-
livered at their doors at the dinner
hour, while the housewife merely
mashes the potatoes, cleans the celery,
divides the pumpkin pie and arranges
a centerpiece of Autumn leaves. It
all started when a far-sighted delica-
lessen dealer mulled over the turkey
roasting limitations of Washington
kitchenettes and advertised cooked
birds, stuffed in any desired fashion, for
sale on holidays. Now at least one
department store has followed the
food shops in giving local apartment
house dwellers not only roast turkey
Evening star., 1936-11-22
HowEvER, cheap or high. America

HowEvER. cheap or high. America
dimes on turkey Thanksgiving
day. Those who believe that the fete
was established with that often men
toned banquet In Plymouth, Mass,
are not up on the lethargy with which
the idea was met in numerous sections
of the country for decades until.
finally triumphant. believers in saying
thank you' made it an annual ma
tional holiday more than 200 years
afterward, in 1865. Later the last
Thursday in November was estab-
lished as a permanent Thanksgiving
date, the celebration having taken
place variously from April to Decem-
Der since 1921.
It is the only religious festival cele-
brated in this country by virtue of
the authority Of the civil govern
ment, and the United States is the
only Nation so to acknowledge pleni-
tude. Setting aside a day of or
ganized thanking for favors enjoyed
was not, however, original with the
Evening star., 1936-11-22

claimed q day of Thanksgiving on the
last Thursday of November. The ma
jority of the Governors continued to
issue these annual proclamations,
which were. according to one chron-
icler, followed by great devastations
among the fiocks of turkey goblers."
Shortly after the Battle of Gettys-
burg, Mrs. Hale wrote President
Lincoln, inclosing copy of Washing
tons Thanksgiving proclamation,
issued in 1889, and suggested that the
President proclaim day of national
Thanksgiving. Soon after the receipt Of
this letter, President Lincoln, following
Washington's precedent, announced
''the observance of the fourth Thurs
day In November as day of national
Thanksgiving, praise and prayer"-No-
vember 26, 1868. Since the right to set
aside business for the observance Of a
day of this kind does not seem to be in
the realm of powers given to Congress,
its national observance in all States
results from the action Of the Legis-
latures In the various States in making
it holiday. The President each year
issues proclamation declaring that
the last Thursday in November Is to
be fittingly observed as Thanksgiving
day, and shortly thereafter each Gov
ernor issues the one for his State.
TWO present-day pre-Thanksgiving
events trace their origin to early
New England customs. The rattle Of
fowls" was an eagerly anticipated event
of those early Thanksgiving celebra-
tions. Each turkey, goose or chicken,
usually q relic Of earlier Thanksgiv-
ing sales and therefore tough and
had its number of
chances ticketed upon it in sprawling
figures. A fair-sized fowl would usu-
ally have 40 chances at pence each"
. fat goose az at 6 pence each" and
= turkey, '.if fair, fat and not 40.
probably 80 ct the customary 6 pence
each"
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First President Gave Approval to Idea Of
Making Thanksgiving One of Most Inn
pressive Of Observances in Prosperity.

livered the sermon at this time, is be-
lieved by some authorities to have
been the first Englih-speaking preach
er Of the gospel within the borders Of
New England.
Gov. BRADFORD'S proclamation
in 1921, setting aside a day Of
Thanksgiving and rejoicing for the
bounteouS harvest, continued the re-
ligious thought of those earlier days
and included harvest festivities. One
old account Of the Pilgrims Thanks
started at dawn with a salute from q
cannon on the hilltop, and that later
in the morning solemn procession,
led by Mder Brewster carrying the
great Bible, went to the meeting house
for services. That first dinner, follow
ing the morning services, set the FASH
ion for Thanksgiving dinners of the
future, as it included turkey and
pumpkin pie.
Indians took part in the Pilgrim
1IlaIkSSlt1lS 4eStltltlSS, 1O1 AluK
Massasoit and 90 others appeared
during the first day with gifts Of huge
launches of venison and remained
until the three-day celebration was
ended. The entertainment included,
besides feasting and singing psalms,
drills by the soldiers under Capt. Miles
Standish and war dances by the In
dians. The Indians were, therefore,
the first of countless thousands from
other races down through the years to
participate IN this unique American
celebration.
For the next half century Thanks
giving day observances were rather
intermittent. In some years there were
several and in others none, for they
were held only when there was some
special occurrence worthy Of such .
celebration. Since q bounteous har-
vest Was the most frequent cause for
rejoicing, August became the Gus
tomary month for the festivities.
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meat. Then, feeling they had passed
just and righteous sentence upon
the sinful heather, the company-with
the exception of one mother whose
conscience seemingly was not salts
fied-sat down and ate heartily Of the
venison.
Thanksgiving day observances lost
their decidedly New England aspect
during the Revolutionary period, IS
the Continental Congress often called
on the various Colonial Governors to
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bit about feast for the Governor of
Connecticut and Her Majesty's Com
.missioners, on Thanksgiving. IT'S.
When some one mentioned, just as the
company was sitting down, that the
venison came from deer which had
been shot On the Lords day, the guests
refused to eat it. But, as the tale
goes, they quickly decided that the In
dian who killed the deer who should
be given 80 stripes and should refund
to the purchaser the price paid for the
Evening star., 1936-11-22

Pilgrims. 1t is of ancient origin and
was common among the Israelites.
Pagan Greece and Rome had their
thanksgiving season in honor of the
harvest deities, nor was the festival
unknown to the Indians of the New
World.
Those who belonged to the prayer
and feasting school, rather than the
prayer and fasting, were also numer-
GUS in medieval Europe, and England
has for centuries observed an au-
tumnal festival called the Harvest
Home, which traces its beginnings
back to the Saxons. The early Colo
Evening star., 1936-11-22

nies of New England, then, were es-
tablished by men and women to whom
thanksgiving was an old religious
custom.
CREDIT for the origin Of Thanks
giving in America, however. must
be conceded to William Bradford, first
Governor Of Massachusetts, Colony,
who proclaimed December Is (old
style) as Thanksgiving day in grati-
tude for the harvest of 1921: OF the
101 persons who established the
Colony, only S. were living after one
New England Winter, the others hav-
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D A Thanksgiving crop Blue Hill Me-, one of
the largest turkey ranches in New England. (2) Re-
hearsng Thanksgiving play at c. c. c. camp in Big
Springs, Calf ( Fair Western rancheree girls round
up Aocks of turkeys be sent to all parts of the
appetite for the Thanksgiving meal c. c. C. boys at
Garter Lake in Nebraska at foot ball practice.