The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-24

dressed up Inside II tho regular bis
cult or cracker stuffinS OF the country.
black with pepper and thick with salt
and thyme and sweet marjoram. BUT
the outside OF the beast is what claims
the attention OF the President He likes
IL rugged I'D and in a different style every
year
This year Mrs. Cleveland will place
ribbons around the turkey or deep
brown hue to get OF its crisp sides. .ha
ribbons are knotted at the sides OF the
platter and laid across with skewers to
hold them in place. The turkey Is brought
on whole. not carved AZ the side, and the
President removes the siewers They
are laid upon a plate with the ribbons
clinglng TO them. and they remain there
through the body OF the feast. This rib
bon decoration is a very pretty one and
easily managed. Last year Mrs. Cleve-
land banded the turkey with strings OF
snilax.
TArHAGE's IrnKFY MOUTH
DR.. Talmage, President Cleveland's pas
tor since ne went 20 Washington 10
assist" the Rev Mr.. Sunderland. has
the biggest turkey mouth" according
to his own say, of any one in Washing
ton. The good doctor has scarcely been
installed in his new position when a re-
porter waited upon him TO know his
turkey preferences.
II am cosmopolitan In my likes" said
the doctor because | have travelled so
much. Therefore pardon me when | say
that want my turkey stuffed with little
English oysters and trimmed with French
fried potatoes. Each year there is HI
tie wicket fence OF the brown potato
strips placed around the turkey. and
when he is brought i'm he looks like pic
ture i'm child's story book. And can't
the poor turkey get out OF that fence!
asked my little granddaughter once.
1.-THE turkey should be very small and
very young. like him cooked quickly
and served red hot. The potatoes make
a very nice addition 20 the Thanksgiving
dlnne- that IS usually replete with mash
ed tbings-mashed potatoes. mashed tur-
nips and mashed something else. The lit
tie crisp potato sticks are liked by all
/ have eaten roast turkey with small
bread fingers arranged around him like
a wicker fence. This is a very good way
with Vienna sticks"
Joe Jefferson has the biggest turkey
feast OF all. Tiny Tins God bless us.
every one" could be brought in appro-
priately at any portion OF the feast. like
the benedictlOn that II was. Mr.. jefferson
fills his house with bosom friends. and
has his dinner served at the good old
fashioned hours OF TO 7. IL is two meals
I'm one. Between the courses .here are
speech-making and singing. Mr.. Jefer-
son always has to recite something and
the dinner is an entertainment for which
he could easily get SIS per plate, without
wine.
JEFFFBs oN's PRETTY GfRL.
ar
the room TO be covered with green water
cress. And l like it to be borne in by a
pretty girl. These two things are obliga-
tory. Ia tho hands OF pretty girl a
bronze turkey with green things trailing
from II is a thing OF wondrous beauty.
The bigger the turkey the better. like a
great big bird and very pretty serving
maid. These go together and make the
one and most important part Of the
feast"
This year my turkey feast will be
taken with draughts from my new Low
ing Cup"
Bishop Potter's Thanksgiving turkey
IS a matter OF much interest with the
good mans friends The Bishop begins
by declaring that ne is not going to have
a Thanksgiving turkey; there are too
many people that need IT," But his par
irillVI'lr uttl1It lfltI ne Shall tHJON one.
AS early az Monday OF Thanksgiving
week the turkeys begin ~ come I'm. one
two. three four. five. six an hour. All
the friends Of the Bishop send one. But
the Bishop Is determined 10 thwart them.
Last summer. in those two weeks IN the
slums, he saw too many people that need
ed good food for him TO indulge I'm selfish
luxuries, and down 10 the slums the tur-
keys go I'm baskets. An old servant dis
tributes them
But the Bishop has his dinner. on
Thalksgtving-Day he goes out to dine
with some good host, and there is a tur-
key served I'm the Bishops own style.
This Is turkey with truflles and surround
cd by boiled vegetables. The vegetables
are boiled whole and are placed In their
fright ooloring around the bird The
Bishop carves the bird by the hosts re-
quest II like turkey cooked anyway
on Thanksgiving declared the
Bishop the other day. because am
sure to be giving thanks, and whatever
comes before me is good-yes. If IT'S
horsehesh garnished with bitter herbs"
DsPHw's OLE NANNY.
Chauncey Depew actually licked his
chops when asked about his Thanks
giving dinner Give me-" he said. "a
Dlfl from my nuiSOn river farm cOOkcl
by an old nanny from Virginia. No
one but 4 Southern darkey can cook a
turkey. a colored woman knows how 10
spice up the animal until It tastes like
a drop OF sweet nectar. and she under
stands getting II rich and done Give
me ole mammys cooking every time. We
used 10 have an old mammys 10 lazy she
wouldn't move. but when 1t came "a
Thanksgiving time she'd rouse herself
and cook a turkey to the taste of the
| queen, or to my own taste-quite as criti-
cal a one"
A man once undertook to get up q
book OF 100 ways TO cook a turkey, a.
recommended by great men, but wher
/ he'd got his 100 ways from his 100 greai
men he found that there were fully 50,
more just as great, and each enyiou.
10 tell his own recipe for his nationa