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Chef Omaha Club,
TS a far cry from ' the first
Thanksgiving Day at Plymouth
Rock to the annual feast of
foot ball and turkey by which
the younger generation of
Americana observe that day
formally set apart by the chief executive
cf the nation for rendering thanks to an
All Wise Providence for bountiful har
vests and peaceful years; but perhaps the
spirit of the old Puritan might find more
in common between the days than we,
who only view his life In the light of
history, might be willing to concede; for
with little stretch of the Imagination the
returning spirit, not Informed as to the ob
ject of the game, might see a worthy sue
' cessor to the Indian fighter In the young
man who, with little care for himself,
hurls his body Into the midst of the fight
and thinks little of wounds and broken
bones provided he accomplishes his pur
pose; while the garb of. the embattled
elevens can vie In uncouth appearance
with the painted savages, whose desire
was that of the brave to the twentieth
century, to Inspire dread In the hearts of
his opponents. To carry the analogy fur
ther, there might be found something of
the spirit of the' Indian squaw In the
vociferous and shrill college yells which
go up from the side lines when the young
women flaunt the colors of the favorite
college to encourage the warriors to do
and dare.
But while the returned spirit of the
Pilgrim rather might find something In
common w-lth tho foot ball player, he would
no doubt st id agast to see that some
of those practices denounced by him as
heathenish had been transferred frn
Tuletlde, a source of honor to his soul,
n that Aav ivhlnh Via aet aaMa. for Solemn
thanksgiving; for the Pilgrim was not a
man given to the pleasures of the trencher,
It Is recorded that on the first Thanksglv-
Ing day the early settlers of the common-
wealth of Macsachusotts ate turkey, but
nowhere is it found that they did bo from
choice, but rather that it was the only
meat they could secure for the occasion
and, tf that primitive hunter had been com-
pelled.to return with squirrels, it Is highly
probable that the expressions of gratitude
for the generosity of Divine Providence
would have been equally as sincere and as
long, while we. their successors would have
professed to find In the arboreal rodent a
peculiar flavor which no other food prod-
uct possesses.
With the cycle of the years there has
developed an entirely novel method of ob-
serving what was once a distinctly New
England festival. It was not until after
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the close of tho civil war that the ol-
servance of Thanksgiving day became com-
mon to the country. In the western states
the descendant, of New England families
made pretense of meeting to commemo-
rate the festival, but they admitted that
their effort wa, little more than a hollow
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south and central states wondered what It
was all about. Like many another New
England custom, Thanksgiving day finally
spread over the entire natlqn through the
unobtrusive but perslntint practice of the
Yankee school teacher. It may be that
the Pilgrim Fathers were the real found
ers cf the present American republic, but
this can only be in the sense that their
descendants were of the character that
draws all things to them, and as ancestors
they imparted those traits of perseverance
and dogmatism which finally conquers all
things and forces the acceptance of tra
ditions as historical facts mainly through
their repetition.
Thanksgiving day In now an American
Institution, but what tho Yankee school
teacher could not do was to transplant to
his or her new home the environment of
New England. Thanksgiving day on Its
native soil was a family festival. It was
the real homecoming day of the year.
From all parts of the New Ensland stntes
men and women looked forward to the day
when they returned to the home of tholr
parents and gathered under the home roof
children grandchildren, grandparents and
not infrequently greatgrandparents. to Join
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with neighbors, also returned rrom many irom reaiauraiiia.
places. In the old family pews of the vll- w. E. Murray, caterer at the Rome hotel
lage churches to return thanks for the oilers the first. It will be seen that Mr.
blessings of the year, and to pray for a Murray displaces the traditional pumpkin
continuance of the special favors of God, pie in favor of English plum pudding, and
which to the minds of those worshippers ),jie the Puritan might see in this a con
was as personal and as direct as the watch- ce8aon tQ Christmas and prelacy Mr. Mur
ful care of a pa"ent 'or child, while ray t.8ts that the pudding is more to be
especial punishment for specific offenses de.lrej. flila Is th way Mr. Murray would
was no less direct and certain.
This annual home coming could not pass
without the home dinner. The mother,
looking for days with anxious eyes for the
visit from sons and daughters, knew In her
heart that Lemuel had longed for a year
for meal such s mother only could cook
and that daughters had worried themselves
Into headaches because they could not get
the exact flavor to the pumpkin pie which
came 'natural to mother. So she set out
long before the day to prepare a dinner
which children and grandchildren would
remember for a year. With the fall of the
first frost the finest pumklns. the reddest
apples, the sweetest cider, the tendered
turkey were set aside for this espclal din
nr. Pot herbs and native delicacies of
very sort were prepared for th feast.
Vnlque bowis were filled with Jelly, oddly
shaped bottles with catsup, quaint dishes,
some of which maybe traced their exis
tence to Old England before th voyage of
the Mayflower, were filled with spiced fruit
nd pickles. The choicest china wa
brought out." but this was seldom enough
to accommodate the hur.gry descendants
who gathered around the table and dishes
of every form, shape and description were
to b found cheek by Jowl, all doing their
cart toward the making of the feast which
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If th Yankee school teacher could not
bring the family to the west he could bring
th feast, and after he had accustomed th.
other residents of the prairies to the Idea
of eating an unusually good sneal on this
particular day he succeeded in lesser
measure in adding something of his relig
ious feeling to the occasion; but while he
wa doing tbU th. colleges captured th
day for foot ball and he, with truly Ameri
can ability to accommodating himself to .
all situations gave the morning to prayer
and the afternoon to "rooting."
Nat being able to bring the family re-
union to the west the native of New-Eng-
lang fell Into the habit of taking his an-
nual dinner at the place where he could
secure the best dinner his financial condl-
tlon would afford, and hence hotels, res-
taurants and boarding houses fell into the
Family Thanksgiving Dinner
HILE it Is with the most elab
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orate care bestowed upon anv
meal of the year yiat the
housewife prepares the Thanks
giving dinner, still this meal of
all others should be and Is cer-
taJnly coming again to be one. of the most
"tuple In its appointments. Happily for .
a concerned, the. long-drawn-out course
dinner is going out of fashion, even as a
tate occasion, and while the "new fan-
gled" concoctions with French names are
evidently as popular as ever with the chef,
on the menu of those two essentially home
meals at least, the Thanksgiving and
Christmas dinner, gotten up under mother's
supervision, they must, give place to those
substantial old dishes that tradition has
handed down as essentials' and that are
familiar to every American man, woman 1
anj child. Here is a menu that every,
housewife knows how to prepare and how
to serve:
MENU,
Grape Fruit with Maple Sugar,
Individual Oyster Plos. Celorr.
Cld'.r Jelly and Cranberry Jelly Pickles.
lioast Turkey with Oyster Dressing,
MuBhe(l polateS. Creamed Cabbage.
Stuffed Onions. Escalloped Squash,
Candied Sweet Potatoes,
B 0rown 'sLdwIched.
Mince, Apple and Pumpkin Pie.
Plum Puadlng. with Hard Sauce,
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Mixed Nuts. Coffee.
Serve the grape fruit cut in half. Re
nove the core and fill the cavity with
habit of making unusual efforts to prepare
good meals for this day. Even the tradi
tional landlady of the boarding house felt
It Incumbent upon her to provide "turkey
and trimmings" until now high and low.
rich and' poor feel that Thanksgiving day
jOBt whose low descending sun finds them
going tuvkeyless to bed.
Omaha will observe the day as usual, but
as is becoming more and more popular
over the country, the housekeeper will be
inclined to Join In the feHtlve features of
the occasion and unless . her household
is too large will Join the. others of tho
fatally In taking the principal meal at
some of the hotels or restaurants. Those
who are fortunate enough to have such a
large family as to make this practice
Inadvisable or whose traditions insist upon
the nual being taken at home, though but
two are at the table, are Interested In re
ceiving suggestions as to what may be
prepared for the feast so The Bee presents
four bills of fare, two from hotels and two
serve a Thanksgiving dinner:
Canape caviar.
Cotuit CocktalU
Celery. ,
Old Fashioned Philadelphia Pepper Pot.
Baited Almonds. Olives.
Filet of Imported Sole, la Margucry.
Making of a
N THE small beginnings,,
scarcely larger than those of a
country blacksmith shop, John
Deere, pioneer plow and
Implement maker, laid Id his
day the foundation of an im-
u.ci.ao fortune. Dytng some years ago,
he left this business and fortuce to
his son, Charles H. peere. The son died
recently. Having conserved and managed
with rare and sagacity his luigu In
heritance, he was possessed of great
wealth. The name John Deer Eon ;s
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familiar to every farmer in the land, re
lates th Portland Oregoniaa. It has
stood for years for what it was worth In
the Implement business, which Is to say
It was a guarantee for excellence in lta
special line.
The Deere fortune, however, stands for
more than business energy svnd sagacity.
It stands for opportunity that is not
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Feasts Suggested
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Cucumbers.
Damon,3 Backed Terrapin, Baltimore Styla,
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Braised Sweetbread with Fried Mushroom,
Froien PunThTa la Rome.
Roast Toung Turkey, Chestnut Dressing,
Canberry Sauce,
Mashed Potatoes. Mashed Turnips,
grated maple sugar. Make the crust of th
oyster pics a trllle less short than pi
crust. Servo eight or ten oysters to each
pie and fill with a cream dressing, well
seasoned.
Unless one has a regular 'roasting pan,
the turkey should be baked breast down,
that the basting and substance may run
down and season the otherwise dry whit
meat. When thoroughly baked, turn over
and brown ready for the table. ' Stuff th '
onions with bread crumbs whipped up In
egg and cream dressing seasoned well.
When serving, dish over each a spoonful
of the cream dressing. To' prepare ' th
sweet potatoes, slice In thick slices several
large sweet potatoes. Place a layer of th
potato In the bottom of a stone jar, and
cover with "C" sugar and a .bit of salt.
Then put on another layer of potato and
another of sugar until the jar is full; then
put on a little water, Just enough to'
moisten the sugar. The substance of the
potato will afford sufficient Juice to prevent
sticking or burning. Bake slowly in the'
oven.
One of the nice fruit salads Is made of
seeded Malaga grapes cut in half, sliced
bananas and broken English walnuts, with
a mild salad dressing.
As for the pie, every housewife has her
own receipts for that, as well as for her
own plum pudding, and it may be comfort
ing to add in conclusion, that even though
guests have been Invited, the whole dinner
may be served In three or four courses at
tho most.
Chlffonade Salad.
Cream Cheese and Bar lo Due.
English Plum Pudding. Hard and Brandy
Snuc-e.
Cafe Parfuit; t'ancy Cakes.
Cafe.
Tolf Hanson ot the Calumet compromises
on the question of turkey, giving his opin
ion either in favor of the wild bird from
Missouri or the tame product of Nebraska.
With this alternative his bill la as follows:
Canape Anchovies.
Salted Almonds. Preserved Rose Leaves.
Blue Points on Half Shell, Club Style.
. Hearts of Celery. Queen Olives.
Educator Crackers.
Bouillon en tasso.
Sweetbreads In Cases, French Peas.
Froien Punch, a la Thanksgiving.
Turkey stuned with Oysters,
Cranberry Sauce.
Mashed Potatoes. Baked Squash.
Glalzed Sweet Potuloes.
.. Boiled Homer Squab. Pin Money Jelly.
Imported Endive, French Dressing.
Pumpkin Pie.
English Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce.
Cream of Erie Cheese. Bar le due Jelly.
Ice Cream.
Mixed Nuts.
Cake.
Fruit.
' Coffee.
Ralph Kitchen, maimjer of the . Paxton
is somewhat inclined to give optional dishes
and In the following bill he suggests that
Jockey club consomme may be used In
Large Fortune
purtunlty of growth that comes with the
transition from the old to the new, from
the sickle, the grain cradle and the flail
to the reaper, the header, ths thresher
and great combined harvester, and from
the plowshare, clumsily fashioned by the
village blacksmith, to the sulky and the
steam plow.
The inventive genius of the American
mind was auxiliary to this growth was,
indeed, a part of it. The Dei res and the
Oliver and the McCormlcks naoiek that
stand for the best that Is in the agricul
tural Implement trade in an age iu which
the best of one year was cast aside for
something better than the best tne next
were not Inventors; they were maiiu-,
facturers, merely bringing out In chilled
steel and in iron the ideas that were sub
mitted to them by great army of in
ventor and experimenters. The country
grew, their business grew and great wealth
becam their portion.
SUNDAY BEE : NOVEMBER 24, 1907
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CHARLJE SCHWARC.
Chef Rome HoteL
plac of turtle soup, that roast beef may
take place of turkey, apple fritters in place
of sweetbreads, and plum pudding In
place of the conventional pumpkin pie. Hi
bill of fare is:
Blue Points on Half Shall. -
Green Sea Turtle Soup with Maderta.
Heart of Celery. Queen Olive
Roast Young Turkev. Chestnut Dressing
Cranberry Sauce.
Candled Sweet Potatoes. Green Peas.
Sweetbreads In Cases, American Style.
Waldorf Salad.
"Old Fashioned Pumpkin PI.
Boston Ice Cream Bricks. Fancy Cales.
Co fl ee.
J. C. Dennis of the Chesapeake offers th
lowing, leaving a selection between .young
pig and turkey:
Blue Points on Half Shell.
Mock Turtle Soup.
Baked Filet of Columbia River Salmon
mail re d'Uotcl.
Kalamazoo Celery.
Olive,
Newport Flakes.
Roast Young Turkey, stuffed.
Cranberry Sauce.
Chicken Patties, a la Delmonlco.
Lobster Salad, en Mayonnaise.
Whipped Potatoes. Early June reas.
Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie.
New England Plum Pud.ling,
Haru or Brandy Sauee.
Neopolltan Ice Cream.
Coffee.
Assorted Cake.
Progressive' Events in
PPRECIAT1NQ the importance of
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electricity aboard modern naval
vessels the government has
opened in the Brooklyn navy
yard a school In which minor
naval officers and seamen are
taught the rudiments of electrical science.'
The object Is to give members of ships'
crews a general knowledge of the theory
and practical application of electricity,
thus Increasing their efficiency and their
opportunities for examination. The school
Is equipped with working models of elec
trical machinery employed on war ships.
"Few persons realize," says the New
York Tribune, "to what variety of uses
electricity Is now put on modern war
vessel, or of the need of qualifying a num
ber of enlisted men to operate or repair
the electrical appliances which form a part
of its equipment.
"Electricity wonderfully facilitates the
work which has to be done on a warship.
It elevates the guns, brings up ammunl.
tlon from the magazine and communicates
advice to the gunner regarding his aim
from a post of observation In on of th
top. The same magical agency supplies
lights Inside and outside a ship, open and
closes door and hatches, actuates auto
matic Indicators, drives ventilating blow
ers and winches which control a great va
riety of hoisting tackle and even perform
the humble office of mixing dough for th
cook. Telephones ar already in use for th
distribution of orders, and are to be em
ployed to pick up fog adgnals transmitted
through the water. W ireless telegraphlo
apparatus 1 another Xanntlsl to th outfit
by Leading Chefs
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I Chef Paxton Hotel.
of a battleship or cruiser.
"Some of the application of electricity
here enumerated have been made exten
sively In the merchant marine. Others ar
distinctly military. A few are of such re
cent origin that their development is still
incomplote. The oldest of them, with th
exception of telephonic conversation, has a
career which dates only from the Invention
of the dynamo, twenty-five or thirty years
ago. In NeUon's day electricity had not
rendered the slightest practical service to
man. Its uses were hidden in a remoter
future than the propulsion of ships by
team."
Alomioora CoaAaetor.
Aluminum conductors have recently been
placed on the market by on of the well
known cable companies. Bar aluminum
conductor have been used already but
Insulated aluminum cables have up to th
present time been practlcaltV unknown.
The difficulty of making sound Joint ha
prevented a larger use of aluminum for
commercial purposes; but this difficulty.
It is slated, has been overcome, and both
mechanical and "sweated" Joints can b
made. Th makers claim that th elec
trical and mechanical properties of th
Joint are superior to those of th wire It
self. Th section of an aluminum conduc
tor is much greater than that of a copper
conductor, owing to th relatively low
conductivity of aluminum. A 60 per cent
saving In weight I claimed over copper
conductor of the same capacity, with an
Increase In diameter of it per cent. Vul
canized bitumen is used for Insulation.
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Pastry Cook, Rome.
the Field of
being lighter than paper for the small de
gree of Insulation.
Economy la Motor Driving.
Th relative economy of direct electrlo
mootr driving lias been given in recently
quoted figures from a large New England
mill, in which a 300-horsepuwer motor op
erates fifty-two ring spinning frames. Th
coat of the motor was 12,060, and of th
belts and shafting $034, making total ot
12,694. With direct connection fifty-two
three-horsepower motors would be required,
at a cost of 15.200, showing a difference In
favor of group drive of 12,660 so far as first
cost Is concerned.
Actual test showed, however, that 171
bosepower was required to drive th shaft
load alone with no frame In operation.
Th smaller efficiency of the small motor
reduce this net difference to an equivalent
of eighteen horsepower which, at fJt per
horsepower-year, give 1460 as th excess
annual cost for power of th group system
as compared with th individual.
Wlreles Telegraph la Cklaa
The German government's new wireless
telegraph station at Talngtau, China, Is on
top of th Dlederichs Hill, 33 feet high,
next to th signal station. For ships com
ing from th direction of Tschallen-tau
light this hill appear as th farthest hill
toward th south, and stand clear of th
Bismarck. litis and Prince Henry moun
tains, lyuig farther north. Th square
towered building of th signal station, a
well a th nearby mast of th wireless
apparatus, is easily recognised a long, dis
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Chef Commercial Club.
Electricity
tance out at sea. The system In use I
"Telefunken," of Blaby-Arco, with a mast
and counterweight (Gegengevicht), the dis
tance of activity belnu about 100 nautical
miles. Th direction of the main wave
activity I southeast; however, the direc
tions from east to south are fjlly free.
The station is the property of the Klaochow
government, and is used to communtcat
with men-of-war of the German navy,
but will b thrown open for general publlo
us before long on condition which hav
not as yet been determined.
Drainage and Cultivation.
It I stated in the Frankfurt Gazett
that extensive operations are In progress
for the reclamation and cultivation ot th
vast peat bogs of Kunigsmoor and Mar
cardsmoor in the Leer district. East
Frlesland, which cover an area ot nearly
25,000 acres. In the first Instance a net
work of canals will be carried out, reach
lug a total length of about twenty-flv
mile. ' At th Junction of the main canal,
about eight and one-third mile in length
and 164 feet In width, with the high road
from Leer to Wlttmund, a generating sta
tion for electrlcty, for light and power
purposes is to be erected by the Haneeatlo
Blemans-Schuckert company and the Augs
burg and Nurnberg Machine factory. From
this point th current will be distributed
over a wide circle soma thirty mile In
diameter. Th' fuel used will t peat, and
th plough and other machinery employed
In th reclamation work will thus be driven
by mean ot power generated from th
produot of th bog. It 1 proposed to
many other towns.