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3 THE COLBORNE EXPRESS. COLBORNE. ONT.. THURSDAY, NOV. 3, 1921. Grandma TwitchelTs Legacy By Daisy Wright Field The Three Ls "Be we goin' to have chestnut dressing with the turkey this year, er oyster, er plain? And be we goin' to have the cranVries so, er jell 'em?" Truth Perkins dropped the stocking she was toeing to stare sharply at her young sister Thankful, who was polishing some thin silver teaspoons. "Turkey!" she sniffed, jerking out e needle spitefully. "Now ain't that jest like you! As if I'd kill a turkey and invite in our relations to help rejoice, right after sech a fool trick as your losing Grandma Twitchell's legacy afore I'd laid an eye upon it. Turkey, indeed!" "I don't see, Truth," ventured her Bister, mildly, "as that has anything to do with our keeping Thanksgiving. What's our own foolish fault--and I ain't denyin' 'twas main foolish of me to lay out that five hundred dollars ir A diamond ring, and then lose it-- San't rightly be blamed onto Providence. And it seems to me we ought to go on bein' thankful jest the sam< . fer sech blessin's as we have." "You can go on bein' jest as thank, ful as you please, for all me," re Ice-ted the elder sister, "but it'll be Without any turkey, ner a crowd of hungry relations to help you. I never did believe much in this bein' thankful fer what you hev to work for, and now I'm done with it. No more sech !J*Oolis*iness goes on in this house, while I am Truth Perkins." "But, Truth," pleaded the younger *ister, quite flushing with the earnestness of her feelings, "think how poor old Aunt Becky will miss it and Cousin Hiram, and how Grandma Twitchell always enjoyed herself. And maybe folks will think--" "Think what?" snapped Truth, as Thankful hesitated. "Maybe they'll think you Just did it to please Grandma, so she'd leavei Us something. Nobody knows, you know, about us--I mean me--losing our legacy." "No," answered Truth, bitterly, "I hated people to know what a fool you had made of yourself. And they can think what they please. I wish you'd drop the subject, and go see if that old hen's tryin' to set again. I declare ft hen's the aggervatlnest critter "I'm not goin' to drop the subject tjll IVe told you why I put the money Grandma Twitchell was kind enough to leave me, in that ring. It was all mine, the very first I ever had, and I didn't want to spend it foolish," here Truth snorted, "and I thought I could jkeep it In the ring til I needed It bad fer something. Solomen Prose prom "iised me my money back any time, and jhe"e a man- of his word. Besides, F" jpever had a diamond ring in my life, and you had, and I--" "Well, mine didn't bring me any Huck, and neither did yours," answered Truth, her voice softening slightly. ^You know as well as I do that he died before I'd worn mine a month, And you lost y<Vursv Diamonds ain't jfer sech as we." "I didn't ever intend to wear it on ^r,y old brown hand, when I bought it," "went on Thankful, but I couldn't resist the temptation that one time, and--" , "And you won't be tempted again. Well, the's no use crying over spilt milk, but I do say it would be silly to "have a Thanksgiving dinner over it." That ended the subject there and the'i, but it lingered on in Thankful's mir.J until the day before Thanksgiving. That morning Truth announced (hat she would take that business trip f<> the city that she had long dreaded And delayed, and probably wouldn't be pome until the day after Thanksgiv-Jttg. IVuth went to the city once a JPWWS usually in the latter part of October, but she had' grown to put it off longer each year, as her old bones grew stiffer, and the discomforts of travel harder to bear. Thankful was too timid to go in her place, and had left all managing to Truth--of necessity--so long as to be woefully inefficient in business matters. This, according to Truth, was proven beyond dispute by her tieing Grandma Twitchell's legacy up in a diamond ring, and then losing the ring. "If she'd waited to talk it over with Three things I cry into the world of men-- The golden trine: Love, Labor, Loyalty. These are the circle of the perfect life: On these three swing all heavens eternally. Bereft of them, you have not anything ' Though you possess the world. But having them, You have all things whatever else you lack. Think on this trine. The gods have only these: Love that makes glad the brother and the bride-- Labor that builds their safety in the world-- And Loyalty that holds the world in tune. --Edwin Markham. execute the condemned turkey afterward carry round the verbal and me," reflected Truth, Who, for all her; vitations to Cousln Hiram and Aunt hardness, was not all selfish and not Becky By nine 0,dock the prepara_ really jealous of the legacy being left, tions for dimler wcre wel, under to her sister instead of herself, Id and the ts had arrived; coming have advised her buying that north , M ^ ugualI d;d ,n ^ forty, and she'd have had a ^ H to enjoy the long day to the utmost, come for forest of her life from it.|Aunt Beck had laid her thi But Thankful never did have any|t}l6 ]ittle chamber^pstairs ( business sense Hiram had hung his old brown coat Truth went to the city as she had and battered derb in the littJe hall. '"""l^^^^J!" \aJ>1\ clos6t- and now they sat on each *kle little table in the warm parlor, spend Thanksgiving by herself. I don't think it ever entered the elder sister's mind that the younger would go against her express wishes, and I'm sure it never entered Thankful's until she stood in the pen, feeding the dozen fat turkeys their morning meal on Thanksgiving Day. She was selecting a dainty morsel from the pan for Peter, the bag turkey who was especally her own, as she had found the egg in a hedge by the road, carried it home and hatched it under a hen, and raised the little turkey by hand. He was a vain and handsome monster now, and his owner knew what a juicy meal he would make, properly cooked with a savory dressing, flanked by cranberry jell and pumpkin pie. But it might never have occurred to her so strongly at that particular moment, had he not strutted across the pen, in his sleek vanity, as if to show off to the best advantage. Thus Pride goetih before a Fall. "Truth has gone away and left m< all alone to spend the day in my owr way, and it's my turkey," ran hei thoughts, as she watched the big gob-bier lord it over his less plump and comely companions. Ordinarily, she would have fought for the life of her pet, but on this occasion she felt it a nobler deed to sacrifice him to the feast, and invite the poor relations afore-mentioned, than to sacrifice their feelings by having no feast all. She knew it waa the greatest joy of their long and lonely year, not to mention the small Peffer's, who made a meal invariably of the generous leavings from the Thanksgiving table of the Perkins sisters. "Thank goodness I made the mincemeat last week, and the pumpkin pie yesterdlay, and got the cranberries, jest to make b'lieve we's goin' to keep the day in the good old way. Ther's plenty o' bread and pickles and jell and sech, and one can of oysters left from Sunday's soup. I'll jest run over and get Lem Jones to chop off Peter's head, and carry 'round the bidi Cousin Hiram and Aunt Becky, and then I'll get to work. I don't care what Truth says, and gener'ly she's a sight more level-headed than I be. the's alius something' to be thankful for. It was all my own foolishness that lost that five hundred dollars, and maybe it served me right fer wantin' to own a worldly bauble like that at my age. 'Tany rate, we ain't any worse off than we was before, and we've alius been pretty com-f'table. If we had to go to the poor-house now, or one of us had to give up the other--" But bustling action was needed if Thankful's plans were to be carried out, and she ran hastily out of the gate, and walked briskly down the road till she came to the little yellow house where lived the Widow Jones and her half-grown son Lem. Lem readily consented to come over and deep in a game of chess, with which they always whiled away the time until dinner was ready. Thankful cused herself, and with a huge gingham apron nearly extinguishing her tiny figure, was dressing the turkey. Suddenly the firm tread of feet wai heard on the little stoop outside ar< Truth stood within the room, a light powdering of snow upon her blaek bonnet and shawl. Thankful turned quite pale, as she looked up mutely for a reason fer this unexpected and startling appearance, "We'd never spent Thanksgiving apart before, and when think of it, I couldn't see no good reason why we should this time, so I Thankful Perkins, be you cleaning turkey?" "It's Peter," defended Thankful, weakly. "Was you expectln' to ei by yourself? Well, I never! Thankful straightened up, with a look as near defiance as her sister had ever seen on her face, and answered: "No. I had no intention of spendin' this Thanksgivin' alone. I have ' r how! If there are families in the com- In like munity who do not have family din- mimes are hers on Thanksgiving Day, -perhaps a It adds to community Thanksgiving Day can be guesses ot planned. Local cd After the bountiful dinner which al- the letter manner all twelve panto-introduced and acted out. he interest if the company : each word as it is acted, or can be added by making express various local inci-i sugges- She turned back to her turkey, and minister Truth jerked off her bonnet and shawl, g0j,o_ and snapped out something about "old: gnor(. fools bein' the biggest fools of all."! „. , But she was interrupted by a scream I Hlst^ and ^ ^ of thls Com-from her sister. ways is of so much interest on this dents, but the following i holiday, the following program may tive outline, be given: T--Turkey--Two or three boys act Thanksgiving hymn. like turkeys, gobbling and strutting Short address on Thanksgiving by ^out and finally chase a little boy teacher. matching them, off Short talks by old settlers- ;Oh, Truth, hush! The hand o' Providence was in this, I know it was. Here's the diamond ring!" Truth only stood still and gasped, and stared at the sparkling thing in her sister's hand. "Peter had swallowed it! My Land choking between tears and hysterical the usual guests, and they are in the ifll bring In something every year." munity. Pantomime--Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving hymn. Three or four pioneers of the community are asked to give short talks concerning the early days of the community. These personal remembrances will prove most interesting to all. The boys and girls as wel as laughter, "It must a'made theTascai Ithe m*n and women wiH mere fully choke goin' down. I remember now,i appreciate the growth and :he de-goin' out to the pen to feed 'em with j velopment of the community and the it on, and that's the last place I! pioneers themselves Will en;oy re-noticed it on my hand. It was a mite calling incidents of their younger loose, and slipped off when I scatterin' feed, and he grabbed1 it. He was alius a greedy soul, and I guess he only got his just deserts. To think o'killin' a turkey worth five hundred dollars fer dinner! Bet the' body, not even the Governor-General, got anything more expensive fer di ner to-day than that!" But Truth was not even smiling at her sister's gay raillery. She looked very solemn, very thoughtful. "Thankful, if you'd been a hardhearted old wretch like me and hadn't insisted on having a dinner, and vitin' in somebuddy to eat it with you." "I tell you, sister Truth, the ways of Providence are past findin' out. Tomorrow we'll go to town together, and get the money back fer that ring, and buy the north forty. I've alius had a kinder hankerin' after it, and ind girl the stage. H--Harvest--A harvest scene-- Shocks of corn, pumpkins and branches of autumn leaves. Shade the lights to imitate moonlight. A--Autos--Two small boys guide their wagons seres* the stage with much tooting cf horns and mancw .wring. N--Newspapers--A small boy walks across the stage crying, "Extra, Extra! All about the--" (insert some local joke). K--Kinfolk--Mother joyfully reads letter aloud tellhijf her all her kinfelk Will be with ..er en Thanksgiving. S--Shows---A very short one-act movie. A burlesque of the timeworn days. theme in which the heroine is kid- A Thanksgiving pantomime can be napped by the villain and rescued by made very entertaining. The object the hero oan be acted out to the great is to have each letter of the word j amusement of the audience, "Thanksgiving" stand for a word de-j G--Good Cheer--Several men and noting something for which the com-'women, boys and girls come on the munity is thankful. The merning of stage, greet etch other heartily and the word is acted out on tr e stage show every evidence of happiness, but no words are spoken, -Tie sue- j I--Income--A farmer and his Wife cess of the pantomime depends en- count their cheques and make records tirely on clever acting. in an enormous book labeled "Income." Prepare twelve letters comprising V--Visit--A family group visits the word "Thanksgiving" by cutting grandmother who is dressed up in them out of cardboard or having them style of long ago: it is an old-time drawn or painted in black or red on, Thanksgiving visit, heavy squares of staff white paper. j I--Infant--This can be a pretty In beginning the pantomime, the1 scene, young mother with her little chairman of the day, who introduces babe, asleep. The company may guess each of the 12 pantomimes, holds up Infant or Innocence. The one who the card bearing the letter T. He then explains car, say that but for the In-explains that the first pantomime rep-; noeents--thi Infants--where would resents a word whose first letter T and. that were it not for this particular blessing, our Thanksgiving Day dinners would be incomplete. The* curtain is then raised ;.nd boys represent turkeys by strutting about and gobbling and end by chasing little boy and girl off the stage. The curtain is lowered quickly and the chairman before introducing the second pantomime lets the company guess informally the word just represented. In introducing the second pantc-ime he holds up the cardbcerd bearing the letter H and explains that al farm communities look forward to the event described by the next word to be acted as it marks the fulfillment of the farmer's dreams. The curtain, raised showing a simple harvest ne, and then lowered. Thanksgiving gatherings be? N--Nation--A beautiful girl is dressed as Miss Canada, and "0 Canada" played during this tableaux. G--Giving--A very poor family is sitting down to a plain meal when in comes Lady Bountiful with a well-filled basket. Each pantomime should take only one to two minutes. If the costumes and stage setting are carefully planned before the beginning of the pantomimes, tiresome waits between acts will be avoided. Soft music played between and during the pantomimes adds much to the general effect. The stage is banked jn autumn leaves, piles of corn, corn shocks and sheaves of grain. These decorations will call to mind the original purpose of Thanksgiving, which is so essential. Canada Returns Thanks for Peaceful Harvest We give thee thanks, O Lord! Not for armed leg-ions, marching in their might, Not for the glory of the well-earned fight, Where brave men slay their brothers, also brave; But for the millions of thy sons who work-- And do thy task with joy--and never shirk. And deem the idle man a burdened slave; For these, 0 Lord, our thanks. --Robert Bridges. Menu for Your Holiday Dinner due to of ground mustard, one and one-half tablespoonfuls of sugar, a few grains of cayenne pepper, two tablespoonful: of flour, yolk of one egg, one and one half tablespoonfuls of melted butter, three-fourths of a cupful of Mix the dry ingredients, add the egg yolk, slightly beaten, then the butter, milk and vinegar, very slowly. Cook rved very hot the mixture in a double boil, a plate, with! it thickens, and when cool pour three saltine crackers, and | the cabbage. It is a singular fact anada this year celebrates jointly Thanksgiving Day and Armistice Day i brought in from the kitchen after the; that while boiled cabbage is one c desire to fittingly observe the anniversary of the signing of the I family is seated at table. ; the most indigestible of foods ra-> nual day of National j Pork and chicken, roasted together, | cabbage is one of the most digestible Any kind of spiced or pickled fruit ■ sweet pickles will combine well satisfactory, Cream of Tomato Soup Saltine Crackers Roast Pork with Chicken Mashed Potatoes Spiced Peaches Hominy Creamed Onions Cole-slaw Pumpkin Pie with Quince Jelly Fruit Nuts Coffee The soup should be s in cups, each cup set o Armistice which ended the world war and also___ 'thanksgiving without unduly disturbing business conditions Our country has every reason to be thankful, not only for the successful -Jw termination of the war and the return of our Canadian men from overseas I • , , but for the fact that conditions of life in Canada are so satisfactory in com elt .jparison with those of other countries. With a gradual return to normal busi- pork slde by slde ,n the pan pess conditions we can face the future with Confidence The war how< ver stuffed chicken, basting frequ has left in its wake a heavy burden of national debt, but even this doe's" not Anoth. daunt the optimistic spirit of the Canadian people As ^r.-essors of the or stei delectable dish i substitute for turkey, spare-r ith i t baking-i ph wing financ: i all Canadi: 1 tide of i mnt tbe optimistic spirit of the Canadi nardy pioneers who opened the country tt the day when, with teeming millions, the present lv-1\ 60 minutely divided that its effect will be npglisrihie The Royal Bank, in its September momhlv Mi coalitions, says: "In the exploitation of our namroi business will find real prosperity." With a return of Migration, and the improvement of monetary conditions due palu Lfuuds brought in by settlers, conditions should early warrant* financial ii fjterests in undertaking the more active development of natural resource $ht Natural Resources Intelligence Branch of the Dep.-urnvnl of the Interic (at Ottawa reports sin increasing number of inquiries and much, interested di 111 om' n!1 "J1!al resources in all parts of Canada. This anticipated development, together with a revival of the building industry win eariv over- : Co.e-slaw is a re Come the unemployment situation with which labor is at pVo-^nl e i' ented ! wholesome addition to a With our mines, fisheries, forests and agriculture producing to t' , vimum crisp head of cabbage s end our water-power* developed to supply the electric energy essential to I for the slaw. A hal jiur manufacturers, both employer and employee will quirk'.v "realize :><■. :m- 1 .-,.,.-!„« dinner cut tbe jftrovenrent m conditions ihat will tend to greater stability. Development cf n,,'centre removing the jfcatural resources, with the production of raw material therefrom, is unques- fv, ....io' .' .' fin„fv p, llonably our first necessity. Our country, therefore, has every re-.,on ;„ he 1 f tn thankful that Nature has so lavishly provided her v :th natural wealth and also i the cabbage with the "... for the millions of her : ens who work_ j dressing, made thus: One-half of i ■ And do their task with joy, and uever shirk." | tablespoonful of salt, one teaspoonfu it addition. All housewiv it until tender, then lay the! recipe for pun pieces in the pan with the roasting! think the flavor of the pie is improved pork and allow the chicken to brown | if eaten with quince jelly. The pie is nicely. In serving, lay a slice of pork i served as usual and the jelly pass. " and a piece of chicken on each plate, with it. Hominy requires such long cooking! Nuts can be placed in small bowls should be cooked the day be-jst each end of the table, accompanied tins, if desired; or individual ut cups holding salted peanuts placed beside the butter plate ire and reheated, or cooked ght in the tireless cocker. In fact, j papi heated hominy always tastes bet-! can r than that which is freshly cooked.! at each p v.tt-,;: s.'ole. rix arranged in a in be set on a \ heads in the ither ferns or om the centre aced thus the tion and a re- Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving Day will soon be here. How glad I am it is so near! The hay is all in barn or stack, The grain is all in bin or sack, The corn is husked, the fodder in shock, While near the barn the pure-bred stock Look on with calm contented eyes, Their looks expressing mild surprise. The turkey gobbler, straight and true, And fat and heavy and juicy too Walks round the yard with solemn tread And thinks not of the days ahead. The pumpkin pies are ready to bake And lots of cookies, tarts and cake, All these and many more there'll be Upon the table set for me. At last Thanksgiving Day is here; We rise and greet it with good cheer. Then off to church, then home to eat. That Thanksgiving dinner can't be beat. And when at last we go to bed And all our pra3rers have been said, And as we lie and think, we say, "Thank You" again for this glad day! Thanksgiving, 1921. The world with all its goodliest gains, Home, with its calmest rest; Life's heaviest and life's lightest hours, Without Him are unblest. He shares our griefs; let us our joys With Him devoutly share; And every festive day we keep, Be our Redeemer there! There is no freedom on earth or in any star for those who deny freedom to others.--Elbert Hubbard. You will be surprised to find how well it will pay you to take time to put yourself in tune. No matter when you get out of tune, stop working, refuse to do another thing until you are yourself, until you are back on the throne of your mental kingdom. "The fruitful season now is o'er, The Autumn has resigned her store, Ungrateful man to feed. How rich the bounty heaven bestows ! To us unbounded goodness flows In every time of need." What you allow to live in your heart, harbor in your mind, dwell upon in your thoughts, are seeds which will develop in your life and produce things like themselves. Hate seed in the heart can not produce a love flower in the life. A sinister thought will produce a sinister harvest. The revenge seed will produce a bloody harvest.--0. S. Harden. National Treasures. The experience of the ages that are past, the hopes of the ages that are yet to come, unite their voices in an appeal to us; they implore us to think more of the- character of our people than of its numbers ; to look upon our vast natural resources as a means to be converted, by the refining alchemy of education, into mental and spiritual treasures; to give to the world the example of a nation whose wisdom increases with its prosperity, and whose virtues are equal to its power.