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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1903)
Fof ' V .v"i I ATTRACTIVE SCHEME FOR DECORATING THE CHILDREN'S THANKS GIVING TABLE. Mif.vt virions of Thanksgiving AI dawn on the mental horizon of VI the housewife who is planning a ism family reunion - or for extra guests the first thought that en ters her mind is the dinner menu. So ab sorbing is this problem, especially to a careful Martha, that in the hurry and bustle of culinary preparation she is apt to forget that there are other things be sides a fine dinner which will greatly add to the success of the Thanksgiving festivi ty. As the season comes when flowers and foliage have so lately perished the outer world seems very barren, and, therefore, it becomes necessary to Infuse as much good cheer as possible Indoors, to give an added feeling of warmth and welcome to the guests. The chief consideration In this direction will, of course,, be the table, which should not only groan with Its burden of good things to eat, but should be made at tractive with seasonable decorations. As the Pilgrim Fathers are Inseparably associated with the great American holi day It Is an entirely appropriate and a novel treatment as well to decorate the table in their honor. The central figure of - this decorative scheme should be a miniature Mayflower, which can be shaped at home after several different models. The little vessel should be full-rigged and its hold filled with a goodly cargo of fruits and nuts. A large creen squash, selected with car In view of the fact that It Is to be halved, will, when scooped out, serve as the hull of the vessel. The sails con be fashioned from white paper, cut with a nicety and sewed to mast and boom, the latter being ordinary smooth sticks. On one of the sails Inscribe "The Mayflower of 1903," so there will be no mlstako about its iden tity. Let the goodly ship sail on a big mirror representing the sea, and have it headed for the end of the table on which reposes Plymouth Rock, surrounded by the "rock bound const" a collection of many shells and stones, gathered in travels or for the occasion. Contrary to the original state of things the housewife can argue that the vegeta tion In the locality associated with the Mayflower has changed within the past few hundred years, so she can hide the ocean's boundaries with delicate ferns and dainty blossoms, which will reflect In the mirror quite realistically. The souvenirs can consist of a bon bon box at each place In the shape of a small shir, ?n the sails of which are the j-- flENERAL MISSIONARY COMMTTTEH OMAHA. Photo by a Staff Artist. the Thanksgiving Dinner - - 3 . , . - H J figures 1620-1903. , They can also be fash ioned, at a trifling expense, out of paste board, tissue paper, toothpicks and some water-color paints. . On. the top of each mast put a tiny flag, about an Inch In di ameter, cut .out of red, white and blue UpFiie paper, using a pin for the staff. The entire cost of the table decorations, In- . eluding the flowers, should not exceed 2. A caterer would probably charge $25. It the good wife fears to undertake the building of a Mayflower owing to a lack of nautical , education, she can still. have her . Mayflower, and in place of . the home-made sails she can substitute some from a child's sailboat. As to the bonbon favors, small boxes may be purchased ready made, and tiny boats may be pasted on, the flag being added as before. At the beginning of the feast there is usu ally a trying moment of suspense to every hostess. Such an embarrassment" at the Thanksgiving dinner can be averted by a resort to a ' novel Idea In the shape of souvenirs. It will be a charming prelude which will Insure a safe crossing of the Rubicon.'" - - ' These souvenirs, which will delight the children as well as the grown-ups, should consist of a unique assortment of animal, Insect, .fruit and flower caricatures, which may be fashioned into ingenious forms from small fruits, vegetables "and nuts. 'The first glimpse of the objects will set in loquacious play the fountain of mirth and words. J To accomplish this result a very slight expenditure of money is necessary, for the requisites are in nearly every house hold. These consist of oranges, lemons, dried fruits liko raisins, English currants and prunes radlsBes,' lettuce, celery, parsley- leaves, fishbones and toothpicks. A shelled almond will be the foundation for that cheery hcarthsldo musician, the cricket. To make, take a sharp penknife and cut off lengthwise and crosswise nar row strips of the skin to Indicate wings and breast. Six toothpicks should be bent Into correct angles and be pushed into the side of the almond body for legs. A black currant should be pinned on for the head, with black-headed pins, which will serve as eyetu ft horse hairs are available, two of these will represent the Uttle crea ture's antennae; otherwise, use two fine straws from a broom. For a harmless mouse take a light col ored radish with a long, slim tall. Pin to this a raisin for the head. Push two -raisin seeds Into the head for eyes, and pin above them two Uttle ears cut from al mond skin. Four blunt toothpicks will make excellent legs. i n j P., f kit . I - T -s, , OF TnE METHODIST BPISCOPAI CHTJRCII I2i SESSION AT THE FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, I H ' V ' t . AV yhl mayh owir - '- N-'v., ;'- 1 . 'wu . - w:. A "PirXIRrM FATHERS" TABLE. A realistic turtle may be mado out of a prune, with head, tall and feet of cloves, pushed In at the proper points. A spider may be made of a large French prune, using a large raisin for the head. At one-third the distance of the length of the prune tie a yellow string to indicate the segments of the body. On the under sldo tie eight fishbones, four on each side, In imitation of the walking members. From the raisin head two horn-like appendages should protrude. These may be of the pointed ends of toothpicks. .. A lemon makes a comical miniature pig, providing it has a prominent base for a snout.' Slash the mouth, push in a couple of cloves for eyes, pin on ears cut from onion ekln, twist another place of onion skin' for a tall; then lns?rt the toothpicks for legs, and you will have a pig. , There Is no end to the possibilities thnt lie dormant In a potato, for instance, and a little practice will enable the experi menter to make all sorts of amusing souv enirs, which may be' fastened on a namo card, with an appropriate quotation, or merely placed beside a plate "on a paper dolly! . , ' - - i To1 make flowers out of vegetables, such prosaic articles as beets, rutabagas, white ' turnips and carrots will .be needed, all of which should be of medium else and per fectly clean. If " the . housewife will ex periment, she will be surprised at the re sults. , , ' - For example, very natural cilia lilies can be made from the white turnip, using a small portion of a carrot for the cantor. Beautiful roses may be made from beets, and delicate tea roses may be closely imi tated by using rutabagas. The fruit which Is to serve as the final dessert course- may ornament the side board until the proper time for passing it arrives. A simple arrangement is to plla the fruit In pyramid shape on a large tray, grapes of purple, -green and pink, great golden oranges, yellow pears, red, frreen and yellow bananas. Here and there t'iok ferns among the fruit and all about the edge of the tray as well. As to the house Itself, the fields and woods are full of beautiful things which lend themselves to decorating, and the wise woman will provide herself with branches of bitter-sweet, the rod nr.il orange of which Is not to be despised. She will also employ autumn leaves, gathered In the autumn. Neither will she forgt the trailing blackberry vines, the evergreen fern, or the great ears of corn which Should hang from mantel and chandeliers or hanging lamps. 1tl V ''. CENTERPIECE FOR THE THANKSGIVING With theso simple decorations carried out, the memory of them will remain to those who shired In the pleasure long after Jhe recollection Of the menu has pv.sed away. LOUI8H K. DEW. A Labor Question "What are you feeding to those hogs, my friend?" the professor asked. "Corn, professor," the griziled old farmer, who knew the learned gentleman by slRht, replied. "Are you feeding It wet or dry?" "Dry." "Don't you know If you feed It wet tha hogs can digest It in one-half the time?" The fanner gave him a qulirical look. "Now, look here, professor," ho said, "hoir much do you calculate a hog's time Is worth?" Lippincott's Magazine. The Mystery Deepens A Nebraska young man waa on his way to be married.. He had progreFsed as far as the aisle of the church and the organist had struck up the Jubllnnt wedding music. , Then he was observed to turn pale, to totter, and finally to lean toward the bride and huskily remark: "I have changed my mind," and finally to rush from the church. His friends contended that he was seized with an attack of nervousness, but the out side public wl'.l want to kjiow what it was that the organist played Just before the attack came on. And the mystery deepens when we learn that it was not "Hiawatha." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Testing a Tenderfoot District Attorney Haymaker of Pittsburg had a scare the other evening that he will remember for some time. He hail been call ing on friends and on his way home walked down a railroad track for some distance. Hearing a train approaching he remem bered that In days gone by he and his boy companions used to try to walk down a track and let a train pass them without turning around. By way of testing his nerve he kept on walking until the strain became terrible. Perspiration poured down his face and at length he could no longer rerlst looking back. It was well that he did so, for the train was on the same track with him, something that had never oc curred to him as possible. Mr. Haymaker just had time to jump down an embank ment when the train dashed by. It Is the last experiment of the kind he will ever undertake. -'--.-- ....... ..J t i s'il - v - t - v -i - 1