The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 48, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 27, 1934 Page: 3 of 8
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THE CASS COUNTY SUN
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Our Tkanks^mn^ Day
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My Puritan grandmother aurept
and spun
And prayed to Cod on Thanks•
giving Day,
Her soul content with a work well
done
And her heart too earnest for
pleasures gay.
But 1 like to think that her irk-
some load.
Travail and labor and urge and
goad,
If as joy—because she was he 10
ing a road
A road that should be my way.
My Puritan grandmother biased
a trail
And looked to Cod on Thanks•
giving Day,
And how can I dare to shirk or/ail,
I who have such a debt to pay?
Teach me, Lord, as I kneel in
prayer,
To lift her torch in my hands, to
dare
To keep unsullied and straight
and fair
The road that she made my
L. MITCHELL THORNTON
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tlE Mortons had moved their
big round dining room table
. into the living room by the
b 1 fireplace Jus/: for the day.
"The Ore will be so cheerful^
(if for our Thanksgiving dinner
tuncl tlieu we cun slt nroun(1
!in(j listen to the radio," sug-
gested Corinne, the younger daughter.
Mrs. Morton was trying bravely to
hide the grief In her heart at the ab-
sence, for the tirst time from their
holiday table, of her son, Tom.
There was an enforced air of cheer-
fulness as they all set to work to lay
the forks and knives and make the cen-
terpiece of pumpkin and chrysanthe-
mums.
Tom had disappeared more or less
mysteriously from the home town and
the family circle more than six months
before and no one, not even his mother
nor Ids sweetheart, Beth Arden, had
heard a line from him. The fact that
he was a temperamental lad and had
been possessed with the belief that he
was a round peg in a square hole had
led all those who loved him to believe
that he had merely disappeared of his
own volition but had not met with ac-
cident or foul play.
When the big table was fairly groan-
ing under Its weight of food ajid the
turkey lay brown and tempting on the
platter In front of Mr. Morton's place
there was not a member ot the party
who did not want to quote the trite old
lines, "There is no tireslde, howsoe'er
defended, but has one vacant chair."
Hut no one said a word about the ab-
sent Tom.
"It is so nice to be Included in your
family party today," said Beth as she
took her seat.
"We couldn't think of anything else
with your own family so far away,"
said Mrs. Morton, kindly.
"Tom always liked the part that goes
over the fence last," piped up Johnny,
the youngest Morton, regardless of the
danger of bringing tears to his moth-
er's eyes.
"He did, dear," said his mother with
trembling voice. But she smiled,
"How about a little music while we
eat, son." said 'he father after he had
helped himself to what was left of the
bird.
Davla, tne fnrnlly radio enthusiast,
was only too eager to tune In some-
thing and drag forth from the air some
of Ills favorite music.
"Nothing like a little good music to
jazz up a family party," he said, turn-
ing the dials with masterly hand.
He got a station that advertised a
good dinner -irogram and resumed his
seat
One piece of popular music followed
another with announcements in be-
tween and .t was not long before the
Morton family had shaken off Its haunt-
ing loneliness for the absent Tom and
was enjoying the program and the din-
ner.
Suddenly came a voice from the loud-
speaker—a voice that startled every
member of the family—and Beth. It
was, undoubtedly, Tom Morton's voice.
••It's Tom!" *aid every one.
"Listen!" said Mr. Morton raising
a silencing hand.
The voice of the wanderer came
clearly into the room.
"In the absence of P.N.D., our an-
nouncer for this hour, who wanted to
join his family for Thanksgiving tur-
key. I w'111 malte the announcements
j/or W.F.K."
•'But what's h« doing? How does he
PILGRIMS' FAST DAY
PREVIOUS to the start of the Pil-
grims from Leyden, Holland, on
their trip to America, a solemn day
of fasting was decreed, the day be-
fore leaving, the 21st day of July,
1020. After the landing In Ply-
mouth, the Colonists experienced
great hardships, and as a means ot
evidencing their reliance on Al-
mighty God a solemn day of fast-
ing was proclaimed for Wednesday,
the 10th day of July, 1023. On this
day no food was partaken of from
sunrise to sunset, but the entire
lay was spent in religious observ-
ince and prayer.—Washington Star.
happen to be ihere?" asked the Incor-
rigible Johnny.
"No one knows more than you do,
Johnny," said his mother. "Walt and
see."
"Anyone wishing to request special
numbers from any of our artists may
call Shopklns S8S8," Tom's voice said
after a number of singers had done
their bit.
Mr. Morton "oso quickly and went to
the telephone in the rear hall.
The family seated around the dwin-
dling dinner was breathless with inter-
est and excitement.
By the smile she saw on Mr. Mor-
ton's face and the trace of tears in his
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"Listen!" Said Mr. Morton, Raising a
Silencing Hand.
tine eyes, the mother knew that there
was no bad news of her son.
Mr. Morton sat down before he told
his story.
Tom, It seems, had become dissatis-
fied with his slow progress In the home
town and was nshamed to keep on
moving from one failure to another
and, In spite of what he knew was
not the right way to do it, he had left
to try some work he had always felt
would be in his line—managing a sort
of spectacular advertising department
for a large store.
He had found a berth In a city near-
by and had been very successful In
conducting a radio studio for bis Arm.
He had waited to let bis family hear
of him In just this way because he felt
that It would make it a real Thanks-
giving for every one—most of all for
him.
"And he's on his way here now—be
here in an hour and a half," finished
the fnther.
"And the turkey's tail is gone," la-
mented Johnny.
"Never mind. My son shall have a
wonderful dinner and—oh, Beth, you
will help us to try to hold him, now,
won't you?"
Beth nodded a little guiltily. Perhaps
she had been partly to blame for his
disappearance but she would make up
for It now. Absence had taught her
that she loved Tom.
ffi. McCluro Npwm>ap«r Syndicate.
WNO Service.
BE THANKFUL
WHAT the adversities which we face
today are insignificant when com-
pared with the hardships encountered
hy the heroic Pilgrim Fathers, who
nevertheless found cause to offer hum-
hie thanks.
HOW MANY WORDS
NEEDED TO "SAY
IT PERFECTLY"?
A British professor saya It requires
a knowledge of SO,000 words to read
the London Times Intelligently and
adds that there are 8S0 words, with
which a person limited to that num-
ber could say anything he would be
likely to want to say, and "say It
perfectly."
The evident Inference is that the
erudite London newspaper employs
40,150 words that are superfluous,
mere excess baggage. At least, that
would be the Inference If we acaept
literally the theory that the best
writing is that which says some-
thing in the simplest possible sort of
way.
But of course it is not always lit-
erally true that a worthwhile thing
may be said "perfectly" In the sim-
plest sort of way, especially If the
sa.ver or writer Is to be limited to
850 words. The perfection possible
by that method is no more than what
is Implied In the statement that a
"perfect" piece of music may be
written with eight notes all In one
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is found in the fine shades of mean-
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arate one word from another very
similar one.
The London Times, we suspect,
will not resent the British profes-
sor's reflection on Its surplus word-
age but will be content to leave the
sort of simplicity he had In mind
to—well, to the sort of publication
read by those whose word knowl-
edge encompasses only 850.—Detroit
News.
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Mr. Coffee-Nerves . . .
lie can't deliver the ^oods
CAN t HELP IT IF yOUR ORDER
HAS^T ARRIVED VET? WHAT
DO yOU WANT ME TO DO..
CARRY IT OVER MYSELF?
TELL HER IF SHE'S
IN SUCH A HORRY,SHE'S
WELCOME TO COME OVER
AMD llET IT I
SAy- yOO SHOULDN T £
TALK THAT WAV TO MRS. f
EMERSON...SUE'S ONE
\ ! -T' DON'T TAKE ANYTHING
""£ • OFF OF HIM! IF I ~
VOOK HEADACHE
INGESTION, HE'D I
well - these
PEOPLE 0RIVE M£ HALF
CRAZY CALL! NG ME UP ALL
THE TIME. THgy GIVE
ME A
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tct-l m1m if he s
to deliver a
i'd hate to lose you, tom...)* health lecture. he'd
> CURSES ! BLAME THIS
MEDDLING doctor! HE KNOWS
I CAN'T get IN My DIRTV WORK
Z/ AFTER POSTUM GETS ON
■™e job!
IT SOUNDS LIKE COFFEE-
NERVES TOME, TOM. CUT
OUT COFFEE FOR AT LEAST
SO DAYS... AND SWITCH
TO POSTUM INSTEflO!
better get a box and go
out on THE street !
but being short-tempered
with customers will have
to stop! if it5s youR health
THAT MAKES YOU OCT THIS
way... you'D BETTER GO
SEE A OOCTOR
tri •_>
all right, doctor... if
you think it*s necessary.
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' tom is so obliging amd court-
eous latelv...lVfe never seen
A person change THE WAy
He HAS !
it would make a change
in anyone to be able to
sleep soundly again...
and to get rid of he ao-
aches and indigestion,
the way tom has oone
Since he switched to /
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Banger, J. E. A. & Erwin, W. L. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 48, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 27, 1934, newspaper, November 27, 1934; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth340998/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.