Friday, November 27, 1924 Thauluqwnq Prayer Tho antonm. perfect u qour love. lie* over all the Und; And in each field, each glowing tree. H>e aee goor predous hand And to in eoerq aj*gsido church. Oar grateful hearts we raise. To thank goo for gour tfcerries. lord Upon this dag of cLtnl I A ^ ?Christian Herald (Thanksgiving^ Think of a picnic on this day in our climate?the thought is enough to Induce chills I To my great regret I could not be at two places at one time, and. as there was another number on the program for this duy?a "luan" or feast for Indigent Hawallans?I betook myself at an early hour of the afternoon to Luunlilo Home to witness the ceremony from beginning to end. Arriving *n good season there was opportunity for making various observations. The "laying of table" is by no means a neglected art with the Hawaiian*. A grassy strip of lawn Is thickly covered with "tie" (pronounced tea) and fern leaves, plates and bowls are tied up most dexterously with these tie leaves, which are smooth and seem particularly adapted to their various needs. The bowls were filled with "pol"?a pasty substance prepared from the taro plant, the latter being their staple product, every part of which Is | used for one dish or another. This I plant belongs to the coladtum family. I and the hutt only is used for this national dish. Each plute contained a generous supply of roast pig, which Is. indeed, a rare delicacy, prepared after their fashion. The modus operandi follows : Odd Form of Oven. An oven of stones Is arranged out of doors and heated, some bowlders, also well heated, are placed Inside of the carefully prepared pig, the latter Is wrapped In tie leaves (the latter Imparting a fine flavor to the meat), and the bundle entrusted for about seven and a half hours to the slow and steady heat of this model stove. The accessories to the pig and pol were seaweed and a preparation of korknl nats, very Salty nnd a line rellstuto the pol, which is without any seasoning and rather tasteless (varying In acidity from day to day as Si ferments); sweet potato was the vegetable served. After the vigorous ringing of a large bell our old friends. Inino, decrepit and many of them blind, but all decorated with lels (wreaths) filed out and got Into position. Sitting down on the floor may he ensy enough, but the getting down Is n serious performance for rusty Joints, nnd it took them some time before the weary members would fold under properly. A short prayer having been offered by one of their class, they all entered the contest with a vigor and rc'ish that did one's heart good. As our native brethren believe in loyalty to their ancient customs, their fingers did service instead of modern table appurtenances, and It was curious, a9 well as Interesting, to observe their etiquette. Their pol was of two-finger consistency?that-racans that it was thin enough or of just such thickness that two fingers were necessary to inanipuHere's to the i sm | """" ^.V. Oh, here's to Harvest Time. _ The last month of autumn; The month of Thankstnvln The month before Christnn j I like old Novomber, bee? i 'oo wetWr too drr. r.oi .. ' uat jolly and *ui:x., .... J U~ - ta, here's to Thanksgitiuj late it to the mouth?the flrit and , second digits are thrust into the bowl and twisted out In such a manner that I a large mouthful la the result?the process being related as long as con- ' tents hold out. With equal dexterity | they separate the meat particles and pick the bones of their favorite roast I Pi* No Fear ?f Microbes. The microbe theory has evidently not reached the ears of these children of nature; at any rate they do not trouble themselves about anything so abstruse, for one pitcher of water was passed to any one whose thirst tuade Itself manifest, and I noticed how carefully the left-over pol was scraped out of the bowls, only to ba consumed later on by attendants. It was Intensely fascinating to follow their actions, and volumes could be written about their various personalities; but one blind man. who had lately taken unto himself a wife, much older than himself, and. perhaps. an Indian squaw, reenied to mostly Interest the few chosen spectators. This worthy disciple of Hawaii must have dieted especially for the occasion. It was ludicrous to see him, after he had finished his own portion, reach over to his wife's side and slip away a big mouthful of pol or pig. She did rot mind It until she observed the attention It was causing, when she j courteously desisted froiu further appropriations. Little Trouble to "Clean Up." Not the least Interesting was the conclusion. As the old folks were helped to their feet?which the majority could not do unassisted?the attendant very skillfully rolled up this mass of leaves, patch by patch, | flic howls and (dates having previously been denuded of their verdant dress anil set aside, and the debris carted away. In a few minutes everything was absolutely clean. Not a vestige His Last Picture ' was left to betray the previous location of the festive hoard. One old native became ecstatic nnd chanted to a child as though his very soul's existence depended upon keeping It tip without taking breath?the little one, evidently being accustomed to such demonstrations, did nor seem to mind the snapping of Angers, waving of arms and grinning and howling j like one possessed. These chants are called moles, or olloll, according to the Intensity or kind of emotion expressed. in Bradford*s Footsteps Before this year President Pierce, a son of New Hampshire, issued the last previous proclamation to coma from the Presidential desk of a native of New England. Thankful Day j 1* Cf Jr '-i 5BI^5i ^uuM0^^^^^!IIitK0UL*\ th? end of the fall! ?the best of them all! g, with turkeys and plums! ns. when Ss,nt? Claus cornea! use It is not u.i cold nor too hot. f\" '. good things, t. with all that It brings! ?_ * THE CHEROKEE SCOUT. MU IpWpfe V it thank ^ rTiTrC^_^r^^5-"' Since last our ?; X ' v'V: //JvJ-^^t,We have grown C? ~ - A * fortune's 5 -- 0s l* thank fracio jp^bla*' "I^^P^a^yM^ietuabethank w Ai^^Thatlovehelc ^T^ j^-^hen love and < fe. Vt) ' '?>e Deed of 6 iMBS^ " Let us be thank Thnt ut across n purple blue sea to some far Invisible shore. Somewhere be- R yond that misty horizon lay home. Not a that home meant very much to Janet t since the death of her only relative, an _ nunt. But. somehow, around Thanksgiving time a stranger In a strange j lund Is likely to be homesick. And this beautiful Hawaii, with all its glories, still luul no-adequate sul?stitute to offer for the cold wintry t skies and Monk harvested landscape, j, for the cranberry sauce and aroma of t roasting turkey with which the national holiday is associated. I, Therefore Jnnet sighed and found t herself wishing that Jim Denting, the good-looking young principal of the ^ school where she taught, were not engaged to the daughter of the island's j wealthiest sugar planter. e If he hadn't been?oh. If only he hadn't been! Then the friendliness he j had shown her since her arrival could ( have meant so much more to her?the s forerunner, perliups. tf something so c much more satisfying even than friend- .. "hip! ? Janet rose and, with an almost unconscious gesture, stretched out her ^ arm:; toward the purple ?ea. "What , does life hold for one?" she murmured . wistfully. . "A trip to Hilo and the crater!" Janet thought for an Instant that someone had spoken, then realized that It was merely her own thought. That little Imp within which represented a great longing as yet unfulfilled had taken this moment when lonesomeness ( surged within her and time hung ] h-avv on her hands to prompt her. Why not use the emergency Cttnt^nnd j take the trip to tlllo? Not that It would take the whole of It. at that. ! r-.ly. once t'?e meager litiuf hontfhtv fllnrln Tromo?a have on her life? Junet felt sorry for i Jim. In fact, she had felt sorry ever ' since the day when Gloria bad called I for him at the school, had found him telling her about the wonders of Kll- i auea, and had peremptorily summoned i him to her side with the' most frigid x of glunces at Janet. Jim engaged to that iceberg! Two' days later, seated luxuriously in the party automobile which runs to the crater of Kilauea for the benefit of tourists, Janet wondered why she was not happier. Here she was, temporarily seated in the lap of luxury, hired though It was, about to gaze on one of the world's greatest sights, the bubbling, restless lake of molten lava i which is the crater of Kilauea. It < must be because she was. In spite of 1 the score or so of effervescent, gush- i Ing tourists, In reality alone. Sh^ bad s !1C one with whom to share the wonder. I Then, as she stood on the very brink of the vast lava sea, she saw him?the : man who had been so persistently In t her thoughts. He was alone, and had < withdrawn apparently from a second s group of tonrists whose automobile s had. no doubt, preceded hers. He i stood with arms folded, gazing down 1 ;o the color! ul depths below. \ RPHY. NORTH CAROLINA ful ?^>t only b^use I universal thanks were told "~ J> greater in the world's applause;" j \ newer smiles surpass the old? ' ? ,.tt ful?thankful for the prayers us answers were long, long delayed, t f all upon us unawares, V is in greater need, we prayed, \b-lj J ful for the loyal hand^T* . ^ 1 out in welcome to our owJ-^7 >nly love could understand wines we naa never Known. M ful for the longing eyes iir secret to us as they wept, iund. with a sweet surprise, upon their Uds, and, smiling, slept. be thankful that the tears ~;y + ... - f re not all been drained away,'*Jjffij> rem still, for all the coming years,* , , on the dead face of today. W1 ?James Whiteomb Riley.' x : Where was GloriaT Janet's puz- j led eyes searched the crowd in vain. | 'hen, resolutely, she crossed over to im. "It's my first visit, Mr. Dentins." he said abruptly, "and I'm even more inpre.ssed than I had expected." At the sound of her voice he turned nerause?oh. Janet, my darling, it's rue!" The gathering darkness was cloakng the two of them as Jim drew learer. Janet's heart had leapt within her ut she held herself sternly In check. "I?I?oh. can't you see that even If cared, we couldn't arcept thla at the xpense of another's happiness?" Jim smiled grimly. "Don't worry, have suspected for some time that Jlorla was tired of me. You merely erved as un excuse. And she saved ne from doing what I should have lad to have done In justice to her? nd you!" Some time later. Jim explained how is had reached the bungulow where anet hoarded Just after she had left; tow he had missed the steamer, but olned a pn rt j* go In g ^ieir o1 wi j He Waa Alone. -acht; how he had planned to tell her werytliing ut the very summit. "And now?no more homesickness. lanet!" lie admonished her tenderly ifter hearing her part of the story. 'Our honeyiuooq shall be a trip to the States!" Janet smiled. "It doesn't need turcey and cranberry sauce after all to uake a Thanksgiving. This is the ealest Thanksgiving I ever had!" ($> by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Domesticating Wild Turkey Turkeys are not naturally shy. and It s thought that it should no? he diili:ult to propagate them und* r CondiLions of seim-domesticulion protect-! ng them anil helping out their fooc (apply, while interfering \.iih th.-.r iberty as little as possible. The readiness of the wild turkey to; iccept domestication is evidenced by he fact that, notwithstanding its n<> iuire Wl\ Kf vyJ THE CHEROK! Phone 20 ii t. J E:rE:Qjj? ; A Worn O Is a Lu Such a stove wastes how much, but certainly new one in a tew years. It also wastes time a cook in the world can't meal with such a stove. . eyesore which makes the kitchen. GET AN IM If you don't want your, old range to continue shooting dollars up the chimney and producing unsatisfactory meals in return for hours of patient toil, get a new Imperial. 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