St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-21
Minneapolis Ladies Given
Some Hints Worth Re-
membeping.
One Menu Presented, Which
Will Probably Be Suf- n
ficient. 7on
But Some Suggestions on the
Art Of Dinnep-Giving ~ ~
Follow. los
Pertinent Pointers to Hosts,
Hostesses and Tn cir 10
Guests. :.

Christmas! What scenes the very
mention of the name conjures up before
us! How it makes the mouth water
and the eye glisten with anticipation OF
delightful palate titilation! AS the
magic name falls upon the ear, how
quickly are the curtains which veil the
future from prying eyes parted. reveal
ing such visions of snowy white table
cloths. shining silver, cleaning cut
glass, sparkling wine, golden brown
roast turkey. or goose, or duck, or,
On! rare sightl roast pigl and what
tempting sauces and jellies, and, sur
rounding all, beaming with pleasure
at the feast spread before them, what
bright. happy faces that, ere the hour
be past, will smile contentedly from
above swelling waistcoats, while
the exquisite joys of indigestion
begin to perform acrobatic feats
in their endeavors to fasten graphing
hooks into the retaining wall of the
proprietor'S stomach All, dear old
Christmas! What would the world be
without yOu. your devoted satellite, the
Christmas dinner?
But did yOu,- CONSCIOUSNESS gourmand
for appetites have no cnnsciences), ever
think of the time and patience and exer-
ton spent upon that delightsome feast
before it was spread out before
you for complete humiliation? Sin
ners are but ephemeral creations,
but long hours are devoted every
year to the connection of those mnues
which are to the soul of the lover
OF good eating what his first suit
of ''Store clo'es" was 10 Tomkins' boy.
Men never think of these things. Gaily,
airily they trip down town in the morn
ing to play pin pool for the drinks and
to fiirt with their animated phono-
graphs, alias typewriters. while their
wives lock the babies up in the china
closet and go out into the kitchen in
prayer and a blue bingham apron, with
the foundation and interior decoration
OF Christmas dinner. These trials of
the fair (when yoa agree to their opin-
Ions sex are appreciated by the GLOBE,
and 1t will, briefly and succinctIy, as
the politicians say when they intend to
take 195 minutes more. present to the
overWOrked housewives of Minneapolis
some choice menus. left over from the
great remnant sale, for Christmas din
nerS.
In the first place, always say "menuY
with the pure Celtic pronunciation.
SHANE YOu.',
Billofare is never used except by
those coarse, low-bred people who ride
In hacks and eat pie for breakfast, and
have three kinds of apple sauce for din
ner and wear diamonds. Then with
''mane you' firmly fixed in your mind.
begin the construction of your dinner
and build it so hat when your brute of
husband says, ''Some women never
learn how to cook" you will know that
he does not ''mane you" A slight cir
cumstance occurred last month which,
no doubt, still exerts an influence upon
many of the best families of Mime
apolis who will be called upon to give
Christmas dinners and upon the people
who attend them. Mindful of that fact,
name you is here presented which
readers are at liberty to use without re-
gard to the Mckinley bill. Name you's
are usually written in French, but force
OF circumstances necessitates the writ
ing of this in Minneapolis, the printing
being done in st. Paul. Here it is: