Bellefonte, Pa., November 21, 1924. YOUR THANKSGIVING AND MINE. The great American nation takes a holiday at the bidding of the Presi- dent every November. Our many States unite in keeping the beautiful festival of Thanksgiving. Its very name is suggestive because the giv- ing of thanks implies a recognition of One, unseen but ever-living, Who sends the world the gifts on which its existence depends. From Almighty God we receive the rain, the sunshine, the summer’s heat and the winter’s cold, the bread we eat, the fuel that warms us and the clothing we wear. There is no one so foolish or so stupid as not to believe in the great Creator and the kind All-Father, from Whose hand our daily blessings come. Espe- cially should you and I have a thought of Him when the myriad homes of the country are enjoying at this season the gifts that must be traced directly to the kindness of Heaven. The great nation keeps Thanksgiving, but the great nation is composed of millions of individual persons, among them you who read and I who write. Suppose we stop and ask ourselves what we like best about this holiday and what spirit we may bring to its celebration. First, I think we like it because it is so genial and jolly, so cheerful and bright, so patriotic and stirring a day. Thousands of families are reunited at the Thanksgiving dinner. The trains that come to New England or Penn- sylvania, or Illinois, from California, Oregon and Nevada, bring home for Thanksgiving men and women who want to be boys and girls once more under the old roof. I remember watching from a train as it stopped at a station the delight- ed greeting of a half-dozen people who seemed to be father, mother, sons and daughters, as they swarmed upon a dear little old lady who was waiting 10 receive them. Her husband, a white- haired patriarch, who might have sat for the portrait of Santa Claus, was holding his horses while the children and grand-children thronged into the big four-seated wagon. They had come home for Thanksgiving. Many such scenes will be enacted this year, as they have been every year since our country was settled. The daughter at home, whose days are spent in pleasant household tasks among her own people, is full of bus- iness at this special time. She has notes and letters to write, messages to send, rooms to arrange for guests and upon her falls much of the responsi- bility of preparing the menu and set- ting the table for the holiday feast. If she is coming home from college she will probably bring with her two or three friends whose homes are too distant to permit of their return for so brief a vacation. Thanksgiving on Thursday means only the brief week- end following it before college duties must be resumed. If there are broth- ers there will probably be football anu the order of the day must be modified from the old mid-day dinner to a later feast, that the young people may wit- ness the great spectacular game that finishes the football season for the year. The girls wear the college colors of the men and are enthusiastic for the eleven they prefer. They know the glory of a touchdown, and every inci- dent of the game is appreciated by them, because though girls do not themselves engage in this peculiar sport, they love it well enough to cheer the boys on. A Thanksgiving game would be a tame affair were there no crowds of admiring girls to swell the number of lookers-on, although these include men of every rank and profes- sion, who shout until they are hoarse for the side they espouse. It is of the daughter away from home that I have a word to say in this bit of talk. One is never so homesick as when she is an absentee from the home circle on a merry holiday. She paths are thorny, let us stop a minute and see by what standard we are measuring our blessings. If we look at a cripple plodding along with crutches we cannot help being thank- ful that we have feet which serve us well and that we can walk and run without so much as considering the ef- fort. If we see somebody who is bare- footed we may be thankful for shoes. When the rain beats on the roof at night we may be thankful for the house that shelters us. When the doc- tor calls next door to see an invalid who is tossing with fever we may be thankful that we are well. If there are flowers on the door bell across the street we may be thankful that there are no vacant chairs in our home. There are girls and older people, too, who do not measure in this way, They work hard for small wages and they envy the man and woman who spends money like water. They can only afford a five-cent fare and they wish that they were possessors of a motor car. With the utmost labor they merely make boih ends meet, and they wonder how it would feel to have the purse of the millionaire. This sort of reasoning never tends to thanksgiv- ing. It is apt, on the other hand, to tend to foolish discontent. Some of us are even so silly that we grumble at the weather and cannot be thankful if the day is cloudy when we want it to be fine. If we have been so unwise as to let this spirit weave its evil spell around us, let us break the fetters without de- lay. Wherever we are, at home or abroad, rich or poor, let us be thank- ful that we have reached another golden milestone in life. I repeat that Thanksgiving is a genial, cheerful, wholesome and breezy day. Let us make the best of it, get the best out of it, and wherever we are be as jolly as we can.—By Margaret E. Sangster. Are You a World War Veteran? You Want Your Bonus? If you are a World War veteran and you want your bonus, please make application at once. Don’t delay, for delay means a loss of money to you. Make out your application today while this request is fresh in your mind. The War Department is prepared’ to handle 30,000 applications a day. Let them have yours tomorrow. If you do not want the bonus and do not wish to make application, please notify the Adjutant General, Washington, D. C., telling him that you do not want the bonus. We ask you to do this in order that the War Department may know how many vet- erans intend to apply and that they can thereby keep their force at full work until the work is done. Delay means more expense to the taxpayer. If there has been some error in your application and it has been re- turned to you, please make the correc- tion and send it in today. If there is something that you do not understand and which you wish explained, apply to the nearest recruiting office of the army, navy, marines, or the American Legion post. Let them hear from you and please do one of the three things stated above. “YOU ARE ENTITLED TO $1.25 a day for each day overseas in excess of sixty days. $1.00 a day for each day home serv- ice in excess of sixty days. Amounts of $50.00 or less are paid in cash. If over $50.00 an adjusted service certificate for 20 year endowment in- surance with 25% increase for age, birthday nearest to date of certificate. If you die before filing an applica- tion, your beneficiaries will receive only the adjusted service credit in- stead of the face value of the certifi- cate. This may mean a loss of as much as $1000.00 to them. Do Real Estate Transfers. G. E. Haupt, et al, to John A. Lu- =i cas, tract in Bellefonte; $200. C. H. Bathgate to Alice Penning- ten, tract in State College; $550. Frank M. Fisher, et al, to Mary C. 3 Fisher, tract in Gregg township; $1,- can see in her mind’s eye every room | 9 in the house, can hear the voices of father and mother, and the steps of the little ones as they play about the floor. She cannot be there herself in person, but she is there in spirit, and it is hard for her to keep a real Thanksgiving. If you are one of the girls who cannot go home, if you live in lodgings where you pay your room rent once a week, if you go out to res- taurants for your meals and, if there is no one to share a Thanksgiving dinner. with you, the day will be some- what trying. Never mind if it is. Take hold of your cheerfulness with both hands and a resolute will. Be brave, and don’t let yourself show the white feather. Be thankful that your dear ones are spared to you, that you may write to them and receive their letters, and that you may very pos- sibly have the surprise of a box from home, with a chicken roasted, as only mother knows how to roast it, a glass of jelly, a fruit cake and other good things which have the genuine home -flavor. A box from home on Thanks- iving day is a delicious treat, and the usiness girl who receives it and in- vites a friend in to share it with her is not left out of Thanksgiving. You and I should be thankful that we are living in this wonderful age. For my part, I never cease to be glad that I have a telephone on my desk and that at discretion I can chat with |# friends both near and far. When I was a girl, as you are now, the men- tion of such an invention would have been derided as the wildest dream. It would have ‘seemed like witchcraft, and people would have been a little afraid of the invisible young woman called central, who answers our call when we take down the receiver. Part of my Thanksgiving is for the tele- phone, for rapid transit, for electric lights, and good yeading lamps, and a fire on the hearth and plenty of books and magazines. You and I should be thankful for the common things which we take for granted, for the little con- veniences to which we are accustomed, for the two cent stamp and tha ex—~’ ope, for the trolley car and the type- | writer, and I know not what else, which belongs to our daily life. If ever we are tempted to say that though others have much to be thank- ful for, our lives are hard and our’ Martha M. Peters, et bar, to Darius W. Cole, et ux, tract in Spring town- ship; $1,200. John M. 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Plumbing ana Heating By Hot Water Vapor Steam Pipeless Furnaces Full Line of Pipe and Fittings AND MILL SUPPLIES -ALL SIZES OF Terra Cotta Pipe and Fittings Estimates Cheerfully and Promptly Furnished. : 66-16-tf A Risky Investment, MAY FAIL YOU - ust In Time of Need. funds. MEMBER FEDERAL a scheme that is not secure? not be tempted by the offer of big dividends. Insist upon safety for your Your account is invited. 14 3% Interest Paid on Savings Accounts. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK STATE COLLEGE, PA. Why put money in Do g RESERVE. SYSTEM Make your Holiday Reservations Early > 4 Silverware Brass Diamonds Watches Jewelry Leather Etc. Modern banking includes ciated with the public conception of the business While its main function is to gather together the scat- tered resources of a community into one reservoir, thus mak- ing them available for use in large enterprises, to rceive de- posits, pay checks and make haust the wide activities of the business. For example, a problem that confronts many persons is the proper investment of money; always a difficult task. The desire for large interest returns, the hope of gain in princi- pal is always present, and often blinds the investor to the risks involved in such hopes. Perfect security in principal should be the first consid- eration. Yet this is often subordinatéd to the desire for gain, and thus investment becomes speculation. The banker who, by study and experience, is qualified to advise can render a real service in this department. The First National Bank Bellefonte, Pa. f-4¢ ® F.P. Blair & Son PENNA. many offices not directly asso- loans, these offices do not ex- Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co. 98 cents. ONAN also Stouts. convincingly low. Specials November Lot 1 10 Dozen Fine Fabric Gloves, 2-but- ton or strap gauntlet, in Grey, Beaver, Brown and Black, all sizes, regular $1.50 quality—Special price we ~Tiot 2 | 15 Dozen Black-Ribbed Hose for Chil- dren; sizes 7%; to 9%, inclusive; regular 25c. quality —Special price 15 cents. New Striped Dress Flannels and Brocaded Silks Just received the latest coloring in stripes. nation of beautiful coloring in russet, blue and green, 58 inches wide—only $3.50 per yard. A combi- Coats and Dresses The cold weather is now with us--- see our specially low prices on Coats—Fur and Self- Trimmed. Dresses in the New Woolen and Silks ; Blankets and Comfortables You need not fear the cold with our warm Blankets and Comfortables. Prices that are Lyon & Co. « Lyon & Co. Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work. Boys School Shoes Guaranteed to Wear or a New Pair Given a Bush Arcade Building Only $250 Store Open Thursday Afternoon Yeager's Shoe Store THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA.
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