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C- THE COLUMBIA EVENINMISOURIANFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24.1922 PACE SIX THE COLUMBIA EVENING MISSOURIAN - PubUlpdTrfT rteauc eicepj 5aodr T 0. Vi.wo.tun rnblubtns AMocutldo. lac. J.J lu Xtf H.U. Colimibn. Miwwri. ALfOISO JOHNSON. Matm Cub-ia-Adnoce Slcn-ptjoo Kjm. 3 no. 6 mo. 1 jr. f.. Ctrricr VM -0 M-0 M.n ia.Couttj -7S ,J0 sc0 O.ii,). p-a.1T .'g IJ0. 'so tlcnWt Amhl Bre OtciUlloru EmereJ SwanJ CUm Mlh Mlt ' TELEPHONE MMBERSl Nwi 2JJ AdvrrtmCK (.4 Cnaittum 55 iwJ.tr AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION With the rumor that tome twentj-two "raeniments to the federal Constitution ire likely to be proposed soon comes the question of the function of the national Constitution. The Constitution should include only the fundamentals of government. It is s'sinly the link which binds the Nation. When too many details of government arc thrust into it, the purpose of the Constitution '.i attacked. Particulars deal with municipal and state legislation and with conditions of the time not with permanent qualities of a constitution.' Industrial and social qutstions, undreamed of a hundred jears ao. which many persons are urging be written into the Constitution will be as absurd one hundred jcars from now as they were unthought of when the revo Iationary fathers framed it. When this country reads into its constitution de ta'Is of legislation, it is making difficul ty for another age when such conditions wj have changed. The legislation of this age will probably be clumy and inappropriate for another age. When it i necessary for the federal roterrment to deal with social and in dustrial questions, a blanket amendment conferring upon Congress power to leg islate concerning these problems is wis er than a detailed amendment to the Constitution. The Constitution of a government, like the constitution of any organization, should be so simple a to contain only those;cliaractcristics of truth which will endure for all limes. The sultan's departure from Turkey makes him the record wife deserter. ALLIED CO-OPERATION The Allies, especially England and France, must see the imperative need of co-operation if they are to settle the Cer- 3S .- nun and Turkish problems with har mony. The leaders of both countries ljve spoken for harmony in a united ef fort to effect a settlement of the prob lems. But these same leaders have failed to carry out their expressed sentiment in actions. The co-operation to which they point as necessar) has too often been conspicious by its absence. The seeming impossibility of the Cer man situation and the complexities of the Near East crisis are still awaiting rettlement; and settlement will not come until the Allies come to an understand ing of the practibility of co-operation This co-operation calls for sacrifices on the part of the nations concerned. National interests must be considered, if necessary, as offerings to be made on the altar of compromise. Public opinion in France and England is demanding that the leaders forget national prejudices and effect a mutual harmonious settle' mentiof all the differences on the two big problems. The leaders have only to agree to the sacrifices; then, it is hoped. the settlement will come peacefully, nat urally, and quickly. pie in the rural districts to bee that an other request is made at once and that the demand will be urgent and insiatent enough to bring results. This is not a matter that can be set tled by the authorities alone. The serv ice is as good as can be expected usder tLe conditions. But those conditions need not exist if the people of Columbia are anxious enough to have them improved. Now- that the White Owls have organ ized, the Ku KIux Klan should not run out of feathers. Nearly 300 Years Ago Pilgrims Held First Thanksgiving Service NEWS OF THE STATE. A charter was issued vefterdav bv Sec retary of State Becker to the Missouri Electric Light & Power Co. The one-house council p'an of city ?avcrnmcnt vras defeated in Kansas City bj a vote of 32,179 against to 13,373 for. W. C Ram-ej, who has been in charge of the St. Louis and Hannibal Itailroad for the la-t jear and a half, lia been made general manager of the Kinglm-railroads. Final adjournment of the state board of equalization was reached jeterdav. This is expected to have an important hearing on proposed bond issues con templated b) some of the smaller cities. It was announced Wednesdaj at the oEcc of the State Highway Commission that the contract for the steel and con crete bridge over the Missouri river be tween Lexington and Richmond would Te let December 4. Contracts for the, improvement of twentv-threc miles of highways in Bar ton, Carroll. St. Clair. Stoddard and Andrew counties have been awarded bv the St3te Highway Commission at Springfield. The approximate cost of the improvements will be 5121,000. MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE COLUMBIA'S MAIL SERVICE The mail service in Columbia lias been irregular and uncertain for some time. At some houses recently there has been only one delivery a day. This is not only an inconvenience but a real loss to some persons. For one thing, the postoffice facilities are inadequate. The buildingilself is too small to enable the handling of the increased amount of mail. The service cannot be improved until the postoffice facilities are increased and improved. The matter of improving the postoffice building and facilities has been brought up before federal authorities and a de cision is expected within a few days. This improvement, if it is granted, will not have come through the concerted efforts of Columbians. The matter of poor mail service has been a problem of long stand ing and yet it has merely been talked about. If the request made to federal au thorities is not granted, it is for the resi dents -of Columbia-as well as the peo- Mr. B. A. Barrv went to llall-ullc ves teida). Mr. C. F. Bruton lift for HalUville jestcrdav. E. J. Bauman went to Centralij vester daj on business. W. M. Oakman went jesterday to Kan sas City on business. Mrs. C C Pickering went yesterday to Kirksville for a visit. Mrs. F. Gooding went to Sturgeon Wednesday to visit her daughter. Mrs. R. L. Hope went to Ceatralia yes terday having visited friends here. I Enochs returned to St. Louis Wed nesday after being here on business. Mrs. O. Byrne arrived yesterday from Baldwin, Kan, to visit her son. Hale. Miss Ruth "McCoy of S"kestonarrived yesterday to visit .Miss Mabel Drinkwa ter. Mrs. Ray Pollock and daazhter. Ruby, went to Kansas Gty yesterday to vi-it .Mrs. J. Jacobs. Miss Kathleen Young returned yester day to Kansas City after visiting Miss Phoebe Shouse. Mrs. J. R. Anthony of Rocheport went to Hallsville yesterday to visit her aunt, Mrs. Margaret Carlis. Estijr Le went to Ccntralia Wednesday- to meet bis wife who was coming here from Kansas City. P. E. Hammet, who has been in Colum bia on business, lift this morning for his home at Farber, Mo. Mrs. Fred Barents went to Paris, "o., Wednesday to visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs D. C. Mitchell. Miss Ida Rea Pearson returned to Mexico Wednesday after visiting at the Chi Omega house over the week-end. .Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Van Buskirk re turned home yesterday to Centralia, III, after visiting Mrs. Van Buskirk's grand father, Jacob Hoffman. Eight students in the floriculture cla'j, of the College of Agriculture went to Brown's tSation Wednesday afternoon to visit at the farm of II. A. Farmer. Mrs. St. Clair-Moss left yesterday for Kansas City- in the interests of the Mis souri Movement Campaign. She will re turn tomorrow. William Smith, who has been employed by F. W. Neidermeyer here, left this morning for Quincy, HI, where he will spend the Thanksgiving holidays. Mrs. A. C. Siebert returned to St. Louis Wednesday after visiting her daughter, Elizabeth, ct the Phi Mu house and her son, Ted, at the Kappi Sigma house. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kobson and two children of Boston, Mass, and Mrs. C W. Bridgewater of Memphis, Mo, arc tailing. Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Carl at thiir home on the Rocheport gravel road. Mr. and Mrs. Robson will leave Sat urday for San Francisco, CaL. Mm which place they will sail Nov. 30 for Pekin, China. They will do missionary work in China during the next five years. .Mrs. W. J. Parrish and William Par rish," Jr, who have been visiting in G lumbia with Mrs. E. II. Guitar at 408 Hitt street, left this morning for Mar shall, for a visit before returning to their home in St. Louis. Z. C. Qevenger, director of athletics in the University, left yesterday after noon for St. Louis. He will convene with the St. Louis Alumni Association there on University business. Mr. and .Mrs. F. E. Cillett left Colum bia this morning to attend the funeral of .Mr. Gillett's mother, Mrs. W. D. Cil lett, at Hamilton, Mo. Mr. Gillett' is a student in the Graduate School of the University. Almo't 300 year ago, -jiM a year after the landing from the May flover, the Pdgrhn Fathers, in their first settlement, held America's first Thanks giving Day. It was not merely a day of thanks and rejoicing but a three-day cel ebration. These pioneers were far from home, many of their band had died, many oth- Jers had been slain by the Indians," fam ine and disease had hovered over them all through the long winter before, only four of the eighteen wives who had cross ed in the Mayflower had lived through the hardships, but the summer crops wwre gathered, and they were free to serve God as their hearts bade them, and they set aside a day of Thanksgiving. The celebration was in October, as de creed by Governor Bradford, and ninety Indians of the tribe of warriors under Massasoit, a chief who had been kind (o the Pilgrims, were invited to share with them at the feast. Covers were laid for 150 out on the rojgh board tables under the falling autumn leaves. The forest and the sea furnished most of the food for this first Thanksgiving dinner. The Indians brought five deer, and there were clams dug from the sandy beaches, fresh fish and tender lobsters, wild grapes from the woods, and bread in abundance, made by the pionner wives from the late crop of Indian corn. The rustic tables had been hand hewn by the sturdy Pilgrims. The dishes too were of wood, though an occasional pew ter plate shewn under the autumn sun. The tablecloths aril napkins were of fine vh:te linen .brought over in the Mayflow er by the fastidious English housewives. 'The celebration clothes were "home made too. The men wore jackets and knt- hrecche-. red stockings, and high hats. The women wore simple, dark dressy of homespun, with bits of white at the neck and sleeves to make them less somber. Historians seem to agree that the Pil grims probably ate with their knives and used their fingers, as forks had not come into vegue at that time. o foo'ball games served to entertain the first Thanksgiving celtbrations, but tiny were not lacking in afternoon amusements. The Indian guests danced one of ihe'.T fascinating old slow, torn torn dances, and Captain Miles Standish, the famojs character who failed in his love ventures because he woid by proxy, drilled his small militia. They marched, and fired their big matchlock muskets. The chronicler of the time added to its record of the lives of the pioneers that the settlers had foiind "the Lord to be with them in all their ways, and to bless their outgoings and incomings, for which lit His holy name Iiave the praise forever to all posterity." Two years elapsed before another Thank sgiring, while crops failed, and misfortunes beset them. At the next time, the Plymoutli-Coloav--had "gathered to pray for rain, and in the midst of their prayers the heavens had opened and -ent a gererous downpour. Immediate ly the serviie was changed to one of Thanksgiving. A historian says; "It was hard to sav whether their withered com or their drooping affections were most revived." When George Washington proclaimed a Thursday in November to be set aside for Thanksgiving day, there were men in Christian College Notes the new government who opposed the act, objecting to mix religion with state craft. Thomas Jefferson was one of these who denounced the proclamation on the grounds. A I. ..ml.. TfnTniTtnn Yinwv ttttn ....... w .-,, " """ i dox lor an mat seemed always ready to oppose Jeffer- prof. H. M. son, gave a banquet. Cuests arrived be-ej jwuj )esteri fore Hamilton, however, and, through an J wjii j-mfe ie argument as to the sobriety ot a certain lieutenant, got themselves engaged in a rather violent scene by lhe time their host arrived. The fight was stopped, but it had all discouraged the President, and another proclamation was not issued for five years. Up until the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, inanksgmng Day was pro-! .,.. .. , rtf l"e OUUU.li M.UUV1 claimed at various times by various Pros-1 , ,. T. j . .l . .. r it- l- . 'after dinner. These lucms, uic suiicssuis ui w asuingion, up to and including James Madi-on, retain ing the custom of issuing an annual pro clamation designating a day for Thanks giving. jvt times before tlie uvil war, vari ous states chose different times for Thanksgiving festivals, but it was Sarah Josepha Hale, a patriotic widow of New Hampshire, editor of "Codey's Ladie's Book," a publication popular with wom en at that time, who effected a perma nent celebration day. She persuaded Lin coln to appoint a special day each year as a day of thanks. He chose the last Thursday in November. In Lincoln's last proclamation, in 1861, he asked the people to "offer up peni tent and fervent prayers and supplica tions to the Great Disposer of Events for the return of the inestimable bless ings of peace, union, and harmony." Mary Piatt, Honora Bailey and Gladys Crouse gave musical numbers at the meeting of the Rebecca lodge Wednes day niglit. New lockers have been put in the classroom of the business department. These will give each student a separate box for all material needed in the course. Belden talked at the chap- esterday on Robert Frost, who liere tonight. Professor Bel den was the guest of the college for lunch. All the faculty members who are mem bers of the Christian Church attended the meeting Wednesday night at the Christian Church to select the site for the new church. The Rev. Walter Haushalter met with the Sunday school committee last niglit meetings of the leaders on the Christian College Sunday school are held each month in order (o keep the work in co-operation with the regular Sunday school work. The junior special class was organized Wednesday night and officers were elected for the year. Those elected were: President, Margaret Davis; vice-presi- I dent, Mary Frances Piatt; and secre tary-treasurer, Mildred Packwood. Miss Margaret Brown was chosen sponsor for the group. Yesterday was picture-taking day at Christian College for the "College Wid ow," the college annual and the .book of views put out by the school. Pictures were taken of the state clubs, student of ficer", home economics girls in the dress es that they have made in class, the gym nasium class and fancy costumes worn at the Hallowe'en party. .MEN PURCHASE WARM COATS Cold Weather Stimulates ISuying Valentino Trousers Are Fad. Cold weather is stimulating the buy. ing of heavy clothing, ay Columbia mer chants. The sudden demand for sheep skin coats is especially indicative of the! fact that there has been a fall Stephens Collece News President J. M. Wood is transacting business in Omaha, Neb, this week. Mrs. C. A. Owcnby of Springdale, Atk, i vi-iling her daughter, Virginia. Miss Lila K. Graham of Coffeyville, the ' Kan, arrived this afternoon to spend a temperature recently. Thee coats are.v.eek with friends. proving to be sales leaders because they .Mrs. J. If. Hickman of Colorado are short ard wear well. Big ulster over-j Springs Colo, arrived this afternoon to coats at the average price of 435 ate pop- visit her daughter, Jeanette. ular. They sell best With the full htk. ( -- uiiiege men s Knees win oe as com asi c....l ir:l.t I , :- .!.:., ..:... ' II a .vutiii iiiiumiuci s a.uii wits niiiici for recent buying indicates that adher ence to It. V. D.'s will be continued. The' farmer is holding allegiance to heavy un derwear which be needs as soon as Jack Frost does his first talsomlning. The city man and the farmer are in favor of the leather jerkin which is proving to be more than fad. j Corduroy trousers are still popular as a' campus drss here, but the extremes in I tins style are la-t disappearing. Una merchant in town refu'ed to lay in aj stock of the Valentino trousers. lie said , that he knew- any one who purchased the extreme style would sopn become. tired of it. One youth bought a pair of peon pants and he has- hated" them ever sinrc.! He was not long having the tailor cut-out 4 the red stripe anil the other fancy trim mings. Columbia merchants think that the conservative style in the corduroy trousers will continue to be popular. Fire Truck. Called to 1007 Cherry, The fire department was called to 1007 Cherry street at 6:30 o'clock yes terday evening. Burning leaves was the cause of the alarm. No damage resulted. ?LONESOME? No Place to Go? If so come to the Cosmopolitan Club Dance Saturday night at Jesse Hall Trot to the ultra-modern syncopated music of the "Columns Orchestra." Only 50 cents a couple. A Thankful Thanks giving For the many folks of Columbia and vicinity who have a Bank Ac count, Thanksgiv ing Day is a day of true thankfulness. Yoaand your fam ily will be equally as thankful next Thanksgiving if brate this Thanksgiving , by starting a Bank Account with us. Remember how the Puritans prospered because they saved and were able to take advant age of opportunities which arose. MtimafkL wsfflSrL ( fu"J:ZZ&j -M YJ flu I sw 1 ASJKgL W41 W 1 cele- fMMJHHuLA WMll f ' f W? v you Boone County National Bank R. B. 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