Thanksgiving has been set apart as a day of prayer and thankfulness. But it is looked forward to even more as a holiday. To Father, it means a rest from business; to son and daughter, a football game and a dance. To everyone it means turkey and the rest of the traditional Thanksgiving dinner, but we often forget that to Mother it means a long day of work in the kitchen, of cooking and baking and of dish-washing. It is hard for her to be thankful for Thanksgiving. However, her work could be arranged so that she would be practically free from cooking. The following menu has been planned with the purpose in mind of a maximum amount of preparation the day before.