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"I n obedience to the proclumation of the predi- dent of the confederate szates, setting apart- Fri- day, the 27th day of March, as t 68y art/“fasting and~prayer for the nation. all duties wfll be sus- pende on that day in the Army of Northern Viz- ginia. except such as are V necessary for its safety and subsistence. Religious services. appropriate to the occasion. will be performed by the chaplains . K in their respective regiments. ‘ "Soldiers: No ’pnrtjnn of our people have greet- or cause in be thankful to Almighty God than your- M [van Hv has persvl'ved your lives amidst. count- loss dangers: [[0 h is given .yon fortitude u‘n- der hardships and «- nurage in the shock of battle; lie has Cheoreli mu by the eXample and by the deeds. of pour martyred comrades; He has enabled mm in defend your country successfully against the assaults of a powerful oppreuor. Devontly thankful for signel mercieq, let us how before the Lord 0! Hosts and join our hurts with millionh in’ our Md‘ In pnyer, that he will continue Hie mer- ciful protection over our can“, am he will neuter our enemies and net. It naught their evil design}, and thu He will gruelonely rum to our beloved muntry the blessings of pace ud ”entity." ,- . R. E. Lt: General. An order of General ' Lee. suspending all duties in the army of Northern Virginia. save those of necessity, on the day appointed by phe President ‘for ,thanksgiving and pray, in as fol- lows: . ' [The prize‘for‘ the emd'y on Thauk_sgiving‘Was awarded to Harley E. Hurtmaun of Lake Forest, and his essay appears on this page. IQ was herdly to be expected theta. member of the freshman class would capture the prize his time, but several students in English Ipsubinit very crediteble stories. It was decided, in vie this the-t. one story from that clue should ‘oe pu lished becnuse of its merit, end because of the en- couragement which it may give this chee in future contests So it IS that we publishvthie week the clever little story by Cecil Veil, "The. Uninvited (-uest; " the com; ‘ only by Mill The I - Ruthie ith ”I! Overtun Synpho ' nun-t .- .- But it. is with pleasure that we publish the prize winning story, “Rody, my Soldkr _Boy” By Bliss Althea Willmnnn, fooling sure that our rend- ers will take as much pleum‘o in its perunnl as we did. ‘ Each story wag submitted under: 1 number. In that the judge (lid not know the lumen of any of the compeuton. When. by 3 process of diminution the number of ”nibble stories was reduced to three or four, the task of the judge we- then truly a bin] hue. thmiption Price 31.50 a Published every Saturday at Highland M, 1m By the . Sheridan Road Publishing Company RALPH 1. um 11mm The result of the prlu‘ nary competition wgs. var) gratifying to the editor or glue Nan-rn, bringing lorth u it ("(1.50 may stories of excel- lent Inn-it. Highland. Park News-Letter Entered at "In M '0’“, Hm M 111., an SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Thanksgiving in the Army Announcement lnd became of the en7\vith the following- 5Com die Copy 35:1905 Nuwsl.er-rnn, ories of excel- s number. so unes of any of a! elimination 'u reducedtao us then truly I publish the lldkl' Boy" by thnt our rend- pernsnl ‘ss we i its. member of The Theatre inst Mondsy evening wen we“ fill- ed with sn spprecis'tive audience 0! mnsie lowers. the others. thst one was Techsikowsky's well known: sixth Symphony. his “Swan Song” “Puke tique." Although this work is often-rendered in port. it is qeldqm thst one he. the opportunity to enjoy uninterruptedly the entire work in font movements. The depth of feeling shown inlhe work esrries 'the listener with it from the light some joybnsneesot the second more-nut. to the utter. desolate despair oi the finsle. The genius of the composer of each s nymphony is nppronched ‘ only by the conductor and orchestra giving‘ Inch I .____II A h .‘HIGHLAND rut-.unwsunm What shall be said of the erhemenc 0! Mrs. Fesumden, who hos mode ponible a building, ‘of Which we had dmmed. Inn hardly 'du-ed hope to 'to possess. Give honor to whom honor hi due. A Bumm'nn. W'Au'rloF-Ludy £0 out for babyjnd do light house work Sundays. Address hi. this office. At last the corner stone of the Carnegie Library has been laid and if the finished building is as at.- tractive as the plans represent it the humans of Highland Park Inay well be congratn'llted upon poasessing so fine a property. To uin,EDuoB:â€".â€" Overture, .Seppho Goldman. Italian Serenade ' ' , - , Hugo Wolf: Variationsâ€"Suite Op._ 55 Mam-Jay. The sale of season pickete hag been extended un- til December lst. . - ' Overture, Der Fnâ€"isébnzz - Symphony. C. Minor, No. 5 i V -.... -wu â€" Inn-venous rendition u am of Mbndy evening. The can concert. inrthe series will be given“ Ruinia Theatre on Monday evening. Dob. 4th. _£L‘L A._ n I- Bury perform 0- the Orchestr- is II! mist. and the conductor, Ir. Frederick Stock. but Ilia:- hello method well «Inclined to bring forth the booteflon-ot tho musical-tad“ than. time inletpnt. the planning 01 the urination to the al- dknpe. tndyesrinu. Now that tho Orchutn ha ha Qt Ruin]; Puk. ,hunvor. flue mm, u. ,vltplu mob of I" lover: ohm. be“ music. hall: alp- prds dim und price. Rum. Park -- . Thou who hfled ”mm mus-orcha- ln concert .1. Ravlnis Put lousy «duh. 6! this week. mic-0d ..me mega-lo! which his lover fluted the North “on. um. the possible eWon 01 mo [hum]: 9090.".- in the own uir puiliou In: summer. 1(me "a, one 3101:; m. North shore knows the Tho-u Gretna; tn. but 3 treqmz “Mud-nee. It It. concrh in Orchestra Hull In Chicago mall- uuh “nonunion A Tardy Tribute "programme: [xv-unmatmx ' Von Weber. Now, having considered the origin of Thanks- giving, let us see ite,true meaning todey. Some one he‘s defined Thenkagiving as "The music of the heart when its cords are swept by the breeze of kindness.” With such a; definition before us it is not dimcult to see the right aide of day, and appre- ciate ite greetneee.’ "It ion good thing togiv'o thnnke unto- the‘ Lord for it open our eyes to the forgotten bountiee of life and the excellencea in neture mdonr hiiowmen." It in a good thiw in enother way for it ie the payment of e. debt the, the 150111 owee unto God. end bonkrupt indeed ,is the eon! that doe. not l0 much u “3: thenke {or the blaming-e of life. Therefore we should all join in the nice to fiction the made-t day ofxthe whole yeer, Thanksgiving, . Thanksgiving we. not, as some people suppose, originnted for the henth of funnier: and grocers during the week puneeding it. nor wee it institut- ed for the benefit of doctors during the weeks fol- lowing it, nor for the imbere nnd pupils who re- ceive two extra holidays Although theee people were ignored in its establishment. Thnnkegiving is of compufntlvely recent origin, and like most other celebnlione hed ioreruunere. The oldest of which'b'egilfivrnmthe enrliest Biblical times when the Jew: oheerved n dny of Thanksgiving by cele- brating the Feast of the lngnthering end Tnberne- clcs. ~ The ancient Greeks held a feetivnl eimiinr to that of the Jews, end the Bonan- hed e Thenkr giving hex-vent 'which they celled Cemiie. Euro pean unions long before the Pilgrim Fathers gethered their successful humt were in the habit of eppointin'g special day- lor giving til-nits for the eneeeeefnl accomplishment of important under- taking; England held e specie] Thmhgidng e1- ter the defeat of the' Spenieh Armed; . In Holland them-st enniversnlryv of the‘_eeige of Leyden was "wide public. Thanksgiving day. The . first Thnnlngiving'herviu‘, held in North America ween religions ceremony conducted by an Englieh minister named Wolfail. in the year 1857, on the shore of Newfoundland. {This-being [per- hope the first Christien sermon, V and the Hr'nt cele- bration of the Holy Communion in North America. ll‘he first New England Thenkegiving day. how- ever, was rather a. time of recreation than‘s. day of religioué exercises. Even in this early ceremony thevschooljwoy must have had his share for we are told that a feast was prepared for the Indians. and although the children were not allowed to attend the feast. it is only reasonable to suppose that thongs.- today “we. impoeeible tokeep the good things out of their reach. Even the‘striet Puritan mothers at that time would heveeeen their hungry offspring stand about watching them with won- dering eyes while they went about preparing things to pleaee‘the palates of savages, without giving them some choice morsel. But had it pome to paying out several dollars for doctor'l bills it would have been a diflerent thing, and these same mother's would have given their children Dome bit; ter herb of their own: preparing. But the doctor's have, in later years, had their revenge on the echoal boy for coming first in this. end even today, all but the kind hearted homopathic physicians force their young patients to hike pepsin in its bit- terest form or to swallow some equally unpleasant . x Mariam '. " I, 8", H. lbw-n5 Lab I‘m ‘11.. «mo- of ii. win-him dais “.mm than: wo. of tho Mid To'w‘nohip' filth 865001. in compulngfor 1h. pd”, .500!) be no generously chit. dull in on’r work look upon Thank-[idol from 3 school boy’s polnt of View with It. turkey. jun. and pumpkin pie. or from “an. of our olden. But u then any: are intend- odto plane the pnbflc. nod perhap; Instruct it. We are undoubtedly append to resurrect noun very dry may not: nnd an...“ at: our um. know- ledge on this long “unarmed "abject.