| Show PRETTY thanksgiving DAY DINNER TABLE i X IX N a X by ADELE MENDEL OV much easier it Is a tor for the hostess of today to prepare for a thanksgiving dinner than it was for the hostess of a hundred years agol ago then it meant not hours but weeks of planning for tho the hostess had bad none of the ho conveniences or labor saving devices that wo we are so familiar with as necessities today no indeed her dinner had to bo be cooked on an open fire not on a modern range 1 or gas stove stova electricity would have seemed nothing less than a miracle the simple utensils used in the home of the present day would have caused tho the greatest amount of astonishment A lemon squeezer would have been regarded as it a carf curious object but then so would have been a food chopper an egg beater or a can opener the coffee was always roasted and ground at home there was no prepared mustard cocoa vanilla gelatine or prepared yeast string beans lima beans asparagus or peas were not served in november tomatoes Tomato ea were called lovo love apples and were not recognized as aa a vegetable everything was homo home made for groceries were not delivered at the house in sealed packages there wore were few hothouse flowers auchus such as wo we are accustomed to see adorn our tables the flowers were all ot of the old fashioned variety orchids were wera unknown the chrysanthemums were very small roses were ware not like the roses of today but carnations were used in abundance invitations had to bp bo issued a long time ahead to insure a reply if the guest resided abany at any distance verily we have much to bo be grateful tor for when wo consider how many wonderful inventions there havo have been to lighten tile the housekeepers labors now when thanksgiving Is celebrated in every state in the union there Is no one who something to be ba thankful for thanksgiving ever Is a day of pleasant reminiscences a day when the family and friends are gathered around tile the well laden table in a spir it of rejoicing hospitality Is the note of affie day and it really ought to be a pleasure and a gladsome task to plan a thanksgiving dinner the housewife of 1912 will bo be wise it she bho follows the example ot of her great grandmother and plans her dinner and table decorations in ad vanco 6 BO that she will havo have little to do on thanksgiving jay ay the decorations for a ing table would bo be very effective it if it had for or its main decorations the turkey for what la Is a thanksgiving dinner without sturkey a turkey the table cloth around the edge of tho the table Is trimmed with large albed turkeys cut out of crepe paper in realistic coloring paper turkeys hold the place cards tho the same isamo bird ornaments the napkins small baskets trimmed with chrysanthemums mums hold the salted almonds for far the center decoration of the table uso use a largo dark red basket filled wibb cars of corn the imitation corn and leaves can be made of 0 yel lov ioni paper with green paper for leaves wheat oats fruit or flowers or anything in keeping with the harvest ides may bo be used A college girl who has taken up the business 0 of f making table souvenirs and decorations decora tlona has gone to Aine americas ricas early history tor for the ampro appropriate little things used at thanksgiving taking the year 1630 as the proper period tor for her charming trifles the year in which the first thanksgiving was celebrated in boston the clever girl has baa turned out lattio puppets dressed dreisel as the pilgrim fathers indians and many a fair now new england maid known in song and story she has made crude cardboard houses bouses covered with log edg cabin paper and tor for the animals ased by the first settlers estt lers she goes to the toy store where suitable and cheap trifles are found for tho finer thanksgiving tables v she arranges her new england scenes of those long ago times are as instructive as they are aio beautiful the cen ter of the isble table la Is always used for the ahe picture she aie wishes represent and there her quaint dolls doll sher her puritan maids and men her primitive homes wigwams wild turkeys deer ducks cannon and whatnot what not she will turn out pictures as amusing to grownups grown ups as to children some of this brilliant womans comans no tlona dons could be copied at it home with very little expenditure the history books give any number of pretty scenes to copy from and by choosing tile the ie least i as elaborate the work would bo bd lessened and tho the effect be just as good I 1 for instance there was always a blockhouse in ye olden days with can non before it and turkeys were roasted in the open air and there were piles of corn when the harvest was in and so on in a farm home it would be easy to have dried ears of corn about shucks and all showing and in it a city aaa ear of popcorn could bo be used take tho the blockhouse scene and prepare the picture re for the possible invasion of hostile indians cover a square cardboard box with ith brown paper for the log house trace over it with black crayon a rudo rude imitation ot of logs logo out cut slit silt windows put on a tough rough chimney and leave the door half open with a little cioll doomed ir as a purl tan child peeping zut ut about the blockhouse group somo some toy pine trees one or two puritan men two malda maids and maybe a friendly indian with feathered headdress the maids and child are dressed in grave gray gowns with white kerchiefs and caps and the white men wear buff colored kneed knee breeches red waistcoats and green or gray tall coats the good indian wears war paint and maybe drags a cloak cloah of fur behind him dolls for the purpose can be had bad at 10 cents atlace four inches high and they could be dressed in tissue paper they are hold held to the table with long block headed pins or rather rather to a board upon which the scene isa W so set t and afterward covered over in suitable manner one of the metal turkeys sold now in all the candy and toy shops tor fr thanksgiving could appear in the scene and also a deer and a fat goose the birds and animals can be had from five cents up all the things mentioned in these dramatic times could be symbolized with pretty trifles bought at the ton ten cent store or elsewhere tor for favors the following things ate are seen and are all suitable papier raache pumpkin pies cand candy boxes mafle made like ears of corn kegs cannoni cannon indian baskets and tomah ilke the kegs were always a pat of the now new england ig g and they hold root beer made mad by the indian women and malak ses see walh was used for the pies fa to this day another amusing idea for a thanksgiving tab e scene could be a demonstration on lot of the great progress ot of the years yeara this scene might hold a paper japer aeroplane an automobile little french bandboxes band boxes and dolls dressed to depict the various races that have invaded the country there could be ba a negro a chinaman a russian cossack an indian laborer a german a frenchman andio and so on there should be little amerlyn flags for souvenirs or trimmings flag candy boxes and plenty ol of red white and blue ribbon ribber tying souvenirs place cards and menus for a childs thanksgiving party there are bushels ot of pretty trifles that coat next to nothing the metal turkeys deer pasteboard paske board cannon flags snapdragons and airships are all reproduced iri in tiniest shape the wee wea things which are sometimes put in a jack horner homer pie cost coat from one cent up to five all the candy holders made tor for the tha season show some ted white and blue while the paper napkins and table covers hive have just the right in their rough picture bor lordots bordo dots tB |
