The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-22
HAPPY CARRIE CARELESS
THANKFUL FOR BABY CLEVELAND
AND OTHER THINGS.

How TO Mix Up Thanks giving Drinks.
Women Should Rejoice That There
Are Plenty of Tail-bearing animals,
Plenty of Sealskiu Coats and Plenty
Of Good Times Planned for the Win
ter.
(CopVrioht.)
New YORK, Nov. 21-The President has
reminded US that it is time to be thankful.
He tells US that the year is drawing to a
close, and that many causes for content
ment and thankfulness have been given to
US. He says that the harvests have been
abundant, no calamities have befallen us.
and that peace and prosperity have pre-
vailed generally. He says that fair employ
ment has been given to labor, and that
industry and commerce have brought such
generous returns that the wealth of the
country has been greatly increased. He
says, moreover, that there have been no
heavy burdens and no unequal laws inn
posed, and that taxes are lower than ever,
OF course the President is right and it
really is time to be thankful. To be sure,
the proclamation slips along in such
smooth manner that it is somewhat mis-
leading and makes you think for q minute
that everything has been all peace and con-
tentment and fair sailing, and it ignores the
humps and bumps and hard places In such
a calm fashion that you are led TO think for
an instant that after all there have been no
hard places.
But the President is not a woman, you
know. and he has not lived q woman's life
during the past year, or he could not have
said all that he did so calmly.
If he had been a woman, he could not
have stated that no calamity had befallen
the people-right in the face of the fact
that the Mckinley bill has sent the price of
seal skin up at grand bound, which makes
the cost so high that only the silver spooned
individuals can afford to have sealskin
coats.
The President hasn't been a member of
the woman's committee at the worlds fair,
that is certain, or he wouldn't have had so
much TO say about peace and harmony and
tranquility.
The President hasn't had to keep up with
the latest styles in woman's clothing. He
hasn't had to sew thousands of beads upon
his coat to make it fashionable. and he
hasn't had to embroider monographs on the
instep OF all his stockings. Nor has he been
compelled to trim his hats with a kind of
jewel bedecked lace that took him hours and
days and even weeks to make.
He hasn't done any OF these things, don't
you know, or he wouldn't be willing to say
that no heavy burdens have been imposed
upon the people. But aside from these little
inaccuracies OF statement, the Thanksgiving
proclamation ID raeally very good thing
and a model OF its kind. The only fault is
that 1t was written by a man, and you can't
expect man to have q thorough UNDER
standing Of things.
After all. the biggest thanks of Thanks
giving day are rendered over the good din
hat a. IN
giving day every one has dinner at noon.
1t is an old custom so long established that
people would as soon think OF having a
Thanksgiving dinner at 6 O'clock as of serv-
ing wine to the guests In a milk bottle.
The Thanksgiving dinner is served at
noon or about o'clock. Sometimes, some
predetermined matron will dali in her pre-
parations until the hour of she feast is post
poned until 3 o'clock, and then she thinks
herself rewarded by the semi-famished
state with which every one comes to the
table.
But the Thanksgiving feast, o. the
Thanksgiving feast You may eat anything
and everything then. Turkeys and chiokene
and ducks are brought on all at once, in
reckless disregard of the proper order of
events, and spoon vegetables and fork vege.
tables are served up without consideration
of entrees or any thing else-save that they
are there to be eaten.
At Thanksgiving time, you know, every
one is entitled to indulge in taste OF the
cup which cheers and also inebriates IL one
gets too much of it. Even the most rigidly
inclined temperance people, unless they be
utter prohibitionists, are willing at Thanks
giving time, TO dip into the flowing bowl,
and let the cup cheer as much as it can.
OF course the Thanksgiving dinner should
begin with a cocktail. 1t need not be a
strong one but 1t should be good one, and
1t should be brewed upon the table by the
fair hands OF the hostess herself If you
are from the south, you know already how
to mix as good q cocktail as ever warmed
the stomach and cheered the heart OF gal
liant southern cavalier. But If you live in
the chilly north or have grown up In the
west, you will be glad to learn O thing or |
two about mixing the family cocktail. So |
let the southern woman be patient, while |
the northern, the eastern and the western
ones read and are benefited by a few di-
rections.
1t is Thanksgiving time aud we are pre-
pairing these cocktails especially for Thanks |
giving use. Therefore we won't ask to have
them too strong. But we will make them
SO that every one IN the family may have a
sip, IL not good drink. The one which
deserves the first place. by reason of its
pretty name, is called
CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL.
Take three Jumps of sugar.
Pour over them about two tablespoonfuls |
of Angostura bltters,
Add piece of ice as big as an egg
Pour pint Of champagne over the mix |
ture, and stir up well.
Serve in small glasses.
The coffee cocktail is little stronger. but |
for the younger members OF the family 1t |
may be weakened by the further addition |
of little ice, and it may also be served in |
smaller glasses
COFFEE COCKTAIL.
Take bowlful of pounded ice.
Pour over 1t half gill of brandy.
Add one wlneglass of port wine.
One tablespoonful fine white sugar.
Shake all together very well and CRATE a /
little nutmeg on top before serving.
So much for the regular cocktail.
Now for the temperance drinks. They |
are very nice, and If you wish to substitute /
them for the stronger ones, you may do so
without criticism, for II it is done judic-
iously but few viii be able to detect the
fraud.
SARATOGA COCKTAIL.
Two bottles Of ginger ale.
Juice of one lemon.
One tablespoon Of powdered sugar.
Put large lump Of ice in the mixture
and stir for just a second, and then remove
1t before it has had time to melt.
SODA COCKTAIL.
Juice Of one lemon, sprinkled with nut
meg.
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