The evening times., 1895-11-26
Turkey a> Great Men Like Them.

English oysters and trimmed with French
fried potatoes. Each year there is a little
wicket fence OF the brown potato strips
placed around the turkey, and when he is
brought in he looks like a picture In a child S
story book. And can't the poor turkey
get out Of that fence? asked my little grand
daughter once.
very young. / like him cooked quickly
and served red hot. The potatoes make
very nice addition 10 the Thanksgiving
dinner that is usually replete with mashed
things-masbed potatoes, mashed turnips
and mashed something else. The little crisp
potato sticks are liked by all. have eat ten
roast turkey with small bread fingers ar
ranged around him like wicker fence.
This isa 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 appropriately at
any portion of the feast, like the benedict ion
that 1t was. Mr.. jefferson fills bis house
with bosom friends, and has his dinner
served at the good old-fashioned hours of
4to 4. Its two meals in one. Between the
courses there are spceahma king ara siuU-
ing. Mr.. Jefferson always has to rccite
soincthing. and the dinner is an entertain
ment for which he could easily get $50
per plate, without wine.
JEFFERSON'S PRETTY GIRL.
Il Ike my turkey when ii comes in the
room TO be- covered with green watercress.
And i like it 10 be borne in by pretty
girl. These Two things are obligatory. In
the hands OF pretty girl a bronze turkey
with green things trailing from 1t is a
thing of wondrous beauty. The bigger the
turkey the better. like great big bird
and a very pretty serving maid. These go
together ami make the one and most i'm
portant part OF the feast"
This year my turkey feast will be taken
with draugbts from my new Loving Cup"
Bishop Pot tcr's Tha nksg giving turkey
is matter Of much interest with the
good mans friends. The bishop begins
by declaring that he is not going to
have Thanksgiving turkey; There
are too many people that need it," But
his parishfoners declare that he shall
enjoy one. AS early as Monday of
Thanksgiving week the turkeys begin to
come in One. two. three. four, five, six
an hour. All the friends of the bishop
send one. But the bishop is determined
TO thwart them. Last summer in those
two weeks in the slums, he saw loo many
people that needed good food FOR him
TO indulge in selfish luxuries, and down
to the Sums the turkeys go in baskets.
An old servant distributes them.
But the Bishop has his dinner. On
Thanksgiving Day he goes out 10 dine with
SOlnc EO.u lO>t. ana tDefe Is a turkey served
in the Bishops own style. This is turkey
with trufflcs and surrounded by boiled veg
etables. The vegetables are boiled whole
and are placed in their bright ooloring
around the bird. The Bishop caryes the
bird by the hosts request. II like turkey
cooked anyway on Thanksgiving Day." de-
clared the Bishop the other day, ''bccause
l am sure 10 be giving thanks, and what
ever comes before me is good-ycs. II it's
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DEPEW'S OLE NANNY
Chauncey Dcpew actually licked his chops
when asked about bis Thanksgiving dinner
"Give me-" he said, "a bird from my Hud-
son river farm cooked by an old NANNY
from Virginia. No one but Southern
darky can cook a turkey. A colored
woman knows how to spice I'D tue ami
NAL until 1t tastes like drop of sweet
nectar, and she understands getting It
rich and done. Give me ole mammy's COOK
ing every time. We used TO have an old
SO lazy she wouldn't move, but
when it came to Thanksgiving time she'd
rouse herself and cook turkey TO the
taste Of the queen, or to my own taste
quite as critical oue"- J
man once undertook to get up a book
OF 100 ways TO cook a turkey, as recon-
mended by great men, but when he'd got
his 100 ways from his 100 great men he
found that there were fully 500 more,
just as great, aud each envious to tell
his own recipe for his national bird upon
this national HOLIDAY