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CHANKSGIVING T hanksgiving do« mean to eat Roaat turkey, wuce

K a atraua* 'ThaiikaHTln*: ■ woaW hare thoujbt • 1 , that w» woa!4 tx In Uila mtl. JapaMM io proapaet or * real at!" Mr* Crala i»o bar childroo. M*4«* and tbay r.ood in 0»* door of 0 tMinaaiow and looked atorm-torn mount • la down. I hoar, i

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► wa won't have n than," aald Jack. "They ■ turkeys and cranberries

■a hare!"

most do the bast wa can.*' his mother "Tbla will ba

ell .about our

'ul trip around the worktv" tblldren ware dlaapnolntad. d to ba cheerful. Anyway.

S^a lark to stay l.

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Makes but a poor Thanksciving' Day.

* H,t ' **“*• Iboucbt that sounded unpracioua. ,,en If their hostms <ld not know o: It. “Of course, sho won't give us anythin* bad!" exclaimed. On the whole Uiay * vary much excited over tha InrttaUcn. * D d next day sat out la «ood time down the street, torJered by lofty pines to Mrs Tomlta'a

hones.

Hera they ware (reeled warmly, and. taking elf their shoes, were led over tha polished boards and eon white niattiaa floors to Ilia

r dining-room, as different a place r from hor > as one could imagine.

»t was a bright IStUe room, all open autumn-tinted garden. Tl.we no chairs, sideboard or din-

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dear, and tha good

. ,..* aald In her quaint

. “soon to ba year ,T»at ® E

Hare we bare no foods t home, but We make X like Japanaee. will ro u hr Our humble home and

. *hankaglving Lay tea*-.

. Uki-ean. Taro-aan and

I the Craig* were ah 1 te speak Soon It pollienaa*. how. (T deeply in return. be graatiy honored, fomtta." aald Mrs. Craig t style. "We were Ju t of home and ThankagP

with one uhryaanthem:

one long picture on the wall and a

number of sWk cushions on the .And k>m to fun as much as you. Soor. The Craig* eea-.-d thee: And never would the tLisk a duld

At tight of turkey shouldn't smile.

cushions, and care-

fully tucked up their feet as their hosts did. with Idany little bows. Mrs Torottc and O Ckt-aan had on lovely blight kimono* and sashes

jaaPuzzle

‘la planned .,nd waited for, T gin and boy, I by avery grown-up par-

i too.

■Sion la a Urns of happl-

i clue.

ENIGMA Maposed of 15 letters: F 5-1S-U u a Urge vehicle. 5 I-J*-S-«-l U a bl* man. y S-5-15 la the canopy abova. 1-12 la to burrow, a in besren. ole le a day we all lore.

Well, this waa Interesting! For although they had bean lu Japan »W0 weeks, they had oevtr eaten a Japanese meal, but had their own swnful diet as far ae possible. At toast. We can be thankful If don't gat sick*" remarked Jack.

Made* in,...-*. -._.

And every other kind of fweet. Until your stomach mskes you

cry.

And neither does it mean to go When dinner’s done lo tee a show— Ahho’. of course, it isn’t wrong To tee a dance or hear a soag. That's what my mother says, and

she's

Some cook! She likes to see a play;

Once Upon a Time

R ed WXXO stood -n the Mg done wae

boulder «nd looked across tha ersek where tha white men Lac mads their settlement. In tha canter waa tha crude structure they called their church. There. William Blandish bad told Red Wing, tha white men went to Fray to God. Had Wing thought that tha white man wars very queer. Their clothes were qutar. Their house*. s<. different from the wigwams of bla on people, made logs were queer. Their manners

> build crude homes and

The crops had prospered. The settlement of the white men had prospered. Peace had been maintained

a church. Then they had tried to | b ‘ tw ' ,n ' h »™ " a th * cultivate the land Red Wlnge , D0W »• *“1 Wing stood upon the elders had laughed at their efforts, j treat rock he saw the line of while What did these men from foreign | men winding lu way to the church

FULLY prepared

shores know of the cold long ter In this new country? Very little lodeed. Red Wing had seen new graves freshly dug end quickly filled during that first long cold winter when tha crops had perished and despair and desolation had settled upon the white men. Then had coma anothar spring and

We .

; He's

mforts and :

And scarcely thins with happy face To slop a while to say a grace. But ms's not stnet. you undersUnd. And always preaching what to

do;

5 dark.

Or. when be smells it goiog by. Just laugh outrirbt at pumpkin pie. I guess she's tight—Thanksgiving

Day

offer up prayers of tbioikaglvtng God. who hsd brought them

safely through the'.r time of trouble. Red Wing knew that the white' men had aat aside this day for; Thanksgiving. He also knew something else of which the white men were Ignorant. He knew that when the prayers had been said and the white men were about to leave tho building they would be surprised by a visit from the Indians. Rad Win* had heard the plan* made. A flock of wild turkeys had been raptured by the men of hie tribe and they purposed to meet the white settlers and share their find with them. 8o It wae that Red wing from his place high among the uettlement saw tha messenger* of hie people approscb with their offerings to ths white men. Bo It wae that all unconsciously !ia witnessed the gathering of the people •o the first "feast of thsnksglvlBg'' —a custom that was to continue thiough the years urtll we more than three hundred year* later gather similarly about the thanksgiving feast to offer thanks to God for the triumph of our sneestors and for the blessings that are dally

bestowed upon u* Ip this

great day.

were queer. Red Wing looking bow , alth the warmth new hope and upon the eetUemvnt l*‘t eorry for' fresh courage took poeetaeJon of these poor queer people wbo had j the white men. With the aid and landed or. hie chore two yeare be- under the guld.*..oe of Red WlngA fore and who bad struggled bravely' tribesmen th> white men had rein the face of all hardship* to : planted the- fields and planned make a safe home for themselves make tha i «t of thle tend whither' la

and their famlliee la this wild , they had c< me across the great sea I others, the word "pawn" Is a mark country. Ths first thing lb ay had j in search e freedom and tolerance. > of rank. Just as the kings and

ROMZ 9TRANGR RELATION6 I T Is a safe guess that few people. even among the cheaa players. know why a certain kind of ehessman la called a “pawn". It le easy enough to aee the reason for speaking of the king*, queens, bishops and knights used In the game of chess, but why should we apeak of the "pawn"? The reason ilmple enough and. like the

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With plenty to be thankful for? How do you get that way? Suppose that turkeys get to scarce and high you can’l buy one j You won't have any dinner and I don't aee where's the fan." "I guess." said Bob, "there's little chance of anything like that. We'll have a turkey. John, you bet and one that's mar and fat. Just come in here inside the wall—ain't that a cheerful sight? 1 know I'm going to have a big Thanksgiving Day all ngbt."

queens rank highest, the pawn ranks lowest among the chessman The origin of the word "pawn -

Boon a pratty maid e« placed before each person a Uuy table of ga; !y lacquesed wood and the dinner wai served on them. Kveflthlng waa In amall. beautiful bowls, and there were Ivory chopsticks that were hard to handla. though the children had been practicing their nee for some time. -cvii. the Honorable Turkey." explained Mrs. Tomlta. smiting, as a queer, beautiful Osh was passed around. It was sweet and delicious, and there were familiar sweet potatoes and rice but ths other food* wees too strange to be recognised, •hough they all bed a delightful

taste.

While they were dining Mrs ■Tomlta asked them shout the i I crlgtn of the Thanksgiving Dsy 1 frast, and Madge and Jack ex- i j plained about the Pilgrim Fathers and live hard limes tha eetHcrs] j went through, that made them j I dedicate a day of thanks for a yaar I , vt trials safe.y passed Mrs. Tomlta | ! interpreted ell this to her children. ' j who did not understand English. ‘Th# story it the Aral Thank**,ring | I trough! hack to Madge and Jjck j * the old Thanksgiving feeling. In ! *p|ts of the unaccustomed food and place. As they went home, their pocket* full of goodie* and their ' heart* of happiness, after a plea*- \ • ant afternoon* visit, Madge aald; i to Jack: . _ ' • Tou see, we have a lot to be , thankful for. a woflderf ip'dlnner In , la ret! Jspsn*** house, and such

: kind friends!“

• yas." returned Jack, "and next | I year we can be thank? t -

I turkey"'

A child should count his blessings o'«— It wouldn't hurt a bit to pray A little prayer for something

more.

There're always things you haven't

•««»

You'd like to have, and like as not. If only you would pray and pray You'd get just what you want some

day.

So anyhow I mean to be A vr-y, very thankful child— My dinner plate I plainly see With every dainty heaped and

piled.

Thanksgiving doesn't mean to eat. But 1 shall still enjoy the treat, II doesn't mean to see a show. Bu* to the play 1 think we'U go.

Down the

Garden Path

SOME rXRX PETTED G TESTS The summer birds left u* long •go and others are staying with us for a few days on their wgy .south, haring coma from soma noKbern woods where they spent the eumI! makes us rather aad when we see them flying away in gresi ■number* for we know 1: will be ninny long months baton *r< hear

their cheery volees again.

Not all the Utile gardeners ere sad for some have been busy dur- | In* the leet few weeks setting op {shelters and feeding-trays to show the birds we wilt care for them through the cold dreary winter ] months. V .ese little gardeners j win be rewarded wrlft a friendly | j company every morning for break

English word "paune", which c through the French, with various changes of spelling, from the Latin word "pedo". a foot soldier soldier who walked on fool; the' Latin word for food Is “pes”. > the pawn In chess Is the man >re of the lowest rank his explanation makes It plain why ndme waa given, to carry out Idea that the foot soldier is a man

C OWARDS evening on Thanksgiving Day there settled upon the children at Grandfather Billiards an air of reetleasnaaa. It had been a long day—a day full of pleesuri ' ‘

i this

I) old

of low rank In the army headed by king. The elBillarftr of a pawn or a foot soldier t<

origin of the words le the dome. The pioneer was originally a" soldier detailed to go ahead of an army and build roads or bridges or dig trenches as the army stflvrwoeQ, From this usage It came to be applied to the men who go 1d*o a naw country. In the sense that the Pilgrim* were the pioneers In New England and the gold hunkeee «f •49 were the pioneers In OahtorrUa,

Towards Evening

... ..II tn the conversa■n. Bobby looked cross. Nell lOthered a yawn. Ted's head, drooped and It looked a* though happy day might end In boredom when Aunt Edith ceme to the

roused the little

drowsy head* and lined them up for game*. The Brat gam* she showed them how to play w.ia i adapted from on* the little Ger- j nan children like. All one needs j • a large wooden spoon and a big landkrrchlef. All the playsrs ake hands and go round In a i ctrcls to moatc except ona and he Is blindfolded and holds tha spoon ! while he stand* In the center of j circle. As tha music stops the etrcl* stands still and the player middle gropes with his' spoon until he touches one of the | olber players, who most at or — I stand perfectly still. The blind-1 folded player now tries by feeling the hair, height and dreaa of tha

person he has cauyt.c to UMCrraa who it la It Is Lard to find «U9 a person's Idantlty If that gasirirt Is crouching or standing ou 'tiptoe* C hlch are the things on* must da make the game more dMUM. Another grtn* played was sailed tie*.' Each player hea • paps* and pencil and told to writs a« tha top of tha paper tha name <M a city or town. The paper M then paasrd to the person msxtm In the next chnlr nod fifteen minute* are allowed for that piayea » write a sentence with eavk rord beginning with the ler.eu (imposing the name of the oR» written on the top of the pepe* For example: City: Dover. Bentenoe: Donald owas Ter*

arly rent.

City: Trenton. Benttnoe: Truth remain* eternal io tales ought nullify. By the time these games were nded and everybody was In a goad lUmor. supper was anr.ounceA, Aunt Edith was given a vote of thank* as the family trooped in'je the dining-room.

B ERE I* BROWN-halrtu Teddy

and YELLOW-haired Susie May. They are taking a big YJSLLOW bask*! filled with

icll jo nr of nice thing* to old [widow Winder. There la a big GRAY (use BLACK lightly) goose [with a long YELLOW bill and , there 1* a bunch of 1TRPLE [grapee and a great ORANGE *

(ua* RED and YELLOW

! pumpkin and RED apples and sum* whit* celery with light YCL-

! LOW and GREEN leaves,

j. "Here l» a nice etrong rope to 1 tie this heaket on my sled'" aald j Teddy, showing Susie May a coll Of

j YELLOW rope.

The white snow Is on the gi

mixed)

ever GREEN tree that stands by | lure can ba RED and the letterthe RED brick house. The walk Ing GREEN. is RED brick ateo. The tree has a I "My what PINK (use RED dark BROWN trunk. ; lightly) cheeks and RED lips yoi

Susie May wears a RED tar .-oebanter and a BROWN coat. Her mittens era REI aud her leggings

at* SHOWN.

Teddy wear* a GREEN and ORANGE color striped sweater.

His cap 1* GREEN with an "Oh. ORANGE color taaael. The tops of! thing* t his GREEN sock* have ORANGE ! Teddy,

color bars and GREEN check!

Tie* Susie May

PINK and RED. too?" "Ob y*»r aald Teddy. "T ur eye* ase BLUE Teddy, too, }ust Ilk* ailne!" aald Susie

* GREEN t

aalng thankfulness i

n off the tall 1 BLUE a

Teddy wea

his shoes are dark BROWN like [ others of what wi Rude May's shoes. 1 aald Susie May. The aky can be colored light j "Well l

en't it nice to take thee* .«• to Mrs. Winder?" cries "She'll be so very happy."

• way of ax-

a border of this pic-1 happln'

" replied Teddy.

THANKSGIVING DAY

WIFI

y We romp 'rots 1 liie corn shock-. And back by the barn where the Then Thank:, with laughter and shout proud turkey-rock •!) thankful I. Aad frighten the bournes that .Struts grandly about with his fol- We bastr to ihr (. sea rope? about lowing flock. soaring wfai*