CLOSE TO HEARTS
OF ALL AMERICANS
Particular Reason Why Thanks
giving Day Should Be Gen
erally Celebrated Here.
OYE of the oldest nnd best beloved
holidays in the whole year
comes to us this week—oldest In
our history hecnuse the Puritan
fathers celehrnted it when they did
not celebrate Christmas, best beloved
because it Is a holiday all our own.
typically American through nnd
through. Nations nil over the world
celebrate Christmas, New Years and
Easter. Even our Independence day
has its echo in the French July 14, but
Thanksgiving day Is the entire proper
ty of the American people, and per
haps this adds the extra luster which
makes it a day apart in the heart of
every citizen.
Its origin was in the farms, where
the harvest senson was closed with a
day set aside for the giving of thanks
for the crops just harvested. In real
ity it is a national harvest festival, hut
its meaning has come to cover more
than just the harvest seasgn alone.
Now this holiday Is nccorded us for
the rendition of thanks for the bless
ings of the entire year.
We find that during the Revolution
the observance of this day for giving
thanks had become so general that
congress recommended each year a
Thanksgiving day. This was an an
nual occurrence until the end of the
war, when a day was set aside In
1784, for rendering thanks for the re
turn of peace. Again in 1789 Wash
ington appointed a day of thanksgiving I
for the adoption of the Constitution.
It was in this year nlso that the Epis
copal church formally recognized the
right of the civil government to rec
ommend such a feast day.
Sympathy is the only charitable gift
cf some people.
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LONDON, Nov. 21.—The occupation
of Ramadie has carried the British
Mesopotamian army some thirty miles
upstream from its previous outpost at
Eeluja. This is the distance measur
ed as the the crow flies, but it is near
ly double that distance by the wind
ing Euphrates. The British convoys,
though moving by day, pass each
other in the darkness of a London
fog, and the white dust which covers
the faces of the Arabian porters gives
them the ashen complexion of circus
clowns.
On the right bank of the Euphrates
the flat alluvial soil of the delta is
left behind and one comes to the first
low dunes and pebbly ridges, while
the roads are better and easier. It
was on ground of this nature that the
battle of Ramadie was fought.
The British troops showed them*
selves in excellent condition, after
their long march, being put through
a two days manoeuvre battle after a
night march. The heat, however, was
no longer oppressive. The nights are
now fresh and cold and the health of
the force is excellent.
When the Briush forces entered
Ramadie, they found many signs of
the confusion and surprise of the Tur
kish forces. The British eye witness,
writing from Ramadie, says:
“A deep gully west of the town was
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strewn with miscellaneous litter for
half a mile, including pack-saddles,
furniture, books, suit cases and of
fice paraphernalia. Forty horses and
bagge animals have been collected and
some 30 eamels.”
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UNIVERSITY WOMEN NEEDED
FOR AMMUNITION WORKS
STRASBURG. Nov. 21.—Now it is
the women students of the Universi
ty of Strasburg who are soon to be
drawn into the semi-military universal
civil service that the Reichstag de
cided upon more than a year ago. On
the bulletin board of the university
there has appeared an announcement
notifying the young women that they
are needed for ammunition and simi
lar works.
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Sporting goods, cutlery, flashlights,
at The Northwestern Hardware Co.
GERMANY TO TAKE HALF
BELGIUM'S CROP POTATOES
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Nov. 21.
—According to Vry Belgie. the Ger
man administration in Belgium has
decided to appropriate for Germany
use half the entire crop of potatoes-,
fruit and vegetables. The other ha’f
is partly used for extra rations to
workmen who are engaged in work for
Germany.
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JAPAN'S NEW Y. M. C. A.
BUILDING DEDICATED
(By Associated Press)
TOKIO, Nov. 21.—The new building
for the national headquarters of the
Young Men's Christian associations
throughout Japan was- dedicated Sep- "
tember 24. Its beauty attracts atten
tion in the midst of the great student
center of Tokio.
AN ounce of proof is worth 1 j
J a pound of argyment. A U
□ pipe of VELVET proves more □
than a page of print. r
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Clothes Are
.l56' 1. Distinctive Style.
! 2. Quality Fabric. I
3. Careful Tailoring. j
4. A Good Reputation. I
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Design comes first and is all important. The Collegian de
|! signers are^recognized authorities in their profession.
Quality standards in materials are assured by the Collegian
system of factory inspection by mill experts.
; Tailored perfection has]been achieved by carefully building
up an orgahization of skilled workman who rank foremost
in their trade.
The ADLER REPUTATION is based on these three IMPORTANT
i FACTORS. It extend? over a period of more than fifiy years and
is back of every suit wearing the COLLEGIAN LABEL. '
AcJar Collegian Clothes, In a wide
variety of new styles and faeries, are
new on display in our store.
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