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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
TRLANKSGIvING DINNER.
How to Decorate the Table for It
Rather Inexpensivcly.

h1IneF lHexDenSlNSIH.
Harper's Bazaar: AS regards the decor
alton of the dinner table in these days
Of extravaganza, when the standard of
domestic expenditure is so high, a little
originality is more appreciated by the
discriminating than a great display Of
money. 1t is a very simple thing to give
to florist an order for roses with which
to garnish it. But the day represents
something more than the fashions of
this hour. Behind all the present Gus
toms turks a strong sentiment of old
fashioned gratitude, which gave origin
to the first Thanksgiving celebration,
II was after the earth had yielded her
increase that the feast was called and
it was markedly agricultural. The early
settlers knew little OF dollhouse roses
and orchids, nor of the rare dishes with
which the American palate OF today IS
tempted to taste another course.
Let US, then, have a degree of appro-
Driateness about the coming feast, and
discarding the latest evidences of over
civilization, return to the spirit of the
past.
Instead of costly flowers for the cen
ira! ornament of the table. make cen
ter-piece that Will delight everyone by
its novel appropriateness. On a mirror
plateau place pumpkin, the yeiowest
and fairest that ever SlOwed De .Ween
rows of fading corn. The top must be
cut off and some of the center removed +;
the space is then lined with smilax, as
paraSuS fern. or the hardy dog-tooth
fern that every country boy knows de-
fies the frost and can be found as fresh
under the snow as when wet by sum-
me- rains.
Heap the space high with lady-apples,
graceful punches Of grapes, and yet
more ferns. allowing a few of the lat
tee to stray down the side and rest their
pretty tracery on the white cloth.
That is all. The cost is very little, but
the enjoyment Of the decoration will be
evident, especially il the clever femme de
famille keeps the affair TO herself until
dinner is served.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
SHOES OF THE SEASON.
How the Old Ones of Last Season
Nay Be Worn Ont.

New York Sun: Women will have a
chance to wear out their old shoes this
winter, at least 50 far as the fashions
arc concerned. There is the most con-
venient variety in the footwear shown
now. You will find a little of everything
in the windows, piccadillys and round
toes and square toes and New York toes;
serse heels and Louis XIV heels; laces
and buttons; calfskin and French kid
Everything goes.
There seems to be a little preference
jority OF winter shoes have pointed toes,
but not of the sharpest variety. They are
not pretty. They have the air OF having
started out TO be a round toe and of
having suddenly concluded TO be pointed
This causes an aWkWardneSS OF outline
by an increase of comfort Tan shoes
are still very much in evidence in the
windows, but women dG not seem to
take kindly to them f1r autumn and
winter wear: Caifskn is the favorte
material for heavy shoes. In dress shoes
a good many cloth tops are shown, and
one Fifth avenue firm displays high dress
shoes with steel bead embroidery on the
toes Slippers are of ali materials, ap-
parentIy, and they al have bows on
Oh satin ribbon to match the gown.
Sometimes they are merely butterflies of
satin, spangled with gold and silver.
The pins and buckles used with these
stones, cut steel, gold and silver
Riding bcets have broad. plain tops,
minus the wrinkles that formerly char
acter:zed them. Bicycle boots are now
as regular a feature of a stock as they
cnce were unknown. They are shown IN
the same styles which prevailed during
the summer, with the addition of q heav-
Ter one in calf.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
To Make Sand Ta-ts.

Rub together with the hands half a
pound of butter, one pound of white
sugar and two eggs. When well mixed
add one pound of -four and mix until
smooth. Then stand in a cod place I'm
til the next day Cut off a small piece
of the dough- roll very thin and cut with
a cake cutter Wash the tops with rose
water, or the white of egg; sprinkle with
sugar and cinnamon and grated NUS
Bake in a hot oven. Watch carefully,
for they take but an instant to bake if
the oven is right. These cakes are dainty
and delicious, and may be kept for two
or three weeks in a cool place II carefully
covered. This supper may all be pre-
pared on Saturday. and is very easily
served, at the same time is very attrac-
tive if care is taken.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Here is more than full justification
for granting her new Il ial 1t may al
most be said with certainty that she
viii never again be convicted of muir
DER in the first degree It may be
doubted whether there will be 8. yer
dict OF murder in the second degree.
Her case is noteworthy as showing
what can be accomplished IN the re-
form of criminals when special efforts
are made IN their behalf All criminals
cannot be reformed. perhaps a majority
of them cannot be. -but far more can 5c
than are.
Crimes like Maria. Barberi's. while in
the laws eyes they may be committed
with reconciliation and malice afore-
thought, are rarely planned. bur are
prompted by uncontrolled passion.
Those who commit them are not OF the
habifual criminal class. Nor is the
passionate murderer like Maria Bar
heri SO dangerous to the peace and
welfare of society as the proving
burglar and the habitues CT criminal
resorts.
How to deal. with the captured and
convicted criminal is an easy matter
How to deal with the ex-convict that
he may not return to his criminal
habits. and how to prevent the increase
of the unconvicted criminal class. this
is the great question. It is an ever
present and apparently unsolvable
problem.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Chop together a quarter of pound Of
English walnuts and two ounces of grated
cheese. half a teaspoonful of salt and a
slight sprinkling Of cayenne pepper. But
ter the end of the loaf OF bread "a sand
witch loaf is besD, after removing the
crust; then cut off, butter the LOST again
and cut. You will find that you are able
TO make much thinner sandwiches in this
way Then cover with the nut mixture:
Place over it another slice of bCttered
bread. The sandwiches are much neater
if cut perfectly square. then diagonaliy
across Pile or pretty plate, and if
necessary for them to stand cover with
a wet napkin and place in a cold place
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
Saratoga Chins in This Way.

These may be done on Saturday and
heated for Sunday nights supper. Pare
and put IN ice water for an hour half a
dozen large, smooth potatoes. Slice very
thin into slightly sailed water, where
they should remain an hour. Then drain
i'm a colIander. At least half an hour
before you wish to fry the slices put on
the fire some lard Dry the slices on a
clean towel, place in a frying basket,
and when the fat is boiling plunge them
in until a light golden brown Drain on
brown paper and stand in a cold place.
Sprinkle with salt. When you wish to
use them place in the collander in the
oven Serve quickly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Representative Timberlake has intro
duced bin into the Georgia general
assembly. seeking to make it unlawful
for any female to wear any article of
mems clothing, or any costume that
appeals TO the passions of men. The
bill specifically prohibits the wearing
Of bloomers, tights, divided skirts and
short waists. This is the first time
we have ever heard it charged that
boomers and divided skirts were
article of mems clothing, or that they
appealed to the passions of men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

The anti-Bryan press is still pursu-
ing Mr.. Bryan. His every act as a pri-
vate citizen they do all in their power TO
hold up to ridicule. Mr.. Bryan is
defeated presidential candidate, but ne
takes his defeat as one worthy TO hold
the high place TO which he aspired. His
conduct is dignifed in the extreme, and
there is nothing to warrant the anti
Bryan press attempting TO make fun OF
him. Their efforts are entirely mis-
guided and out of place.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

An exchange. speaking OF the sea-
son of rejoicing, gives quite a full ac-
count of the origin of Thanksgiving
day. 1t says that at the first thanks
giving dinnsr there We're oysters,
ducks, geese and turkeys. all wild and
supplied by the Indians. The weight
Of some of the turkeys is given at 81
pounds.
The Continental congress, it says,
proclaimed Dec. IL, 1777, as Thanks
giving day for the victory over Bur-
goyne at Saratoga. That date was
continued as a day of Thanksgiving
until 1884. Then no such date was pro-
claimed for the next five years. In
1889 the proposition for one was de-
feated by the congressman from South
Carolina, who objected to it on the
ground that it was unconstitutional
and a usurpation of state rights
President Washington, however, took
up the matter, and on his own motion
and authority recommended Nov. IS
as a national Thanksgiving day, which
every state excepting the Palmetto
state then respected. That date CO.
llicRQEd Will ll4C lOOA III 49,
November, and on this precedent that
day has now become a fixture for the
thanksgiving celebration. The selec-
ton is George Washington's, and 1t
would be most appropriate at every
recurring Thanksgiving day dinner to
toast his memory.
No fresh proclamation was issued
from the capitol until 1895, when the
president again proclaimed the fourth
Thursday of November for thanks
giving. Governors of states yearly is
sued proclamations, but Jefferson had
objections to ordering religious OBJ
seryances. and so no national one was
proclaimed thereafter until President
Madison picked I'D the broken links
in the thanksgiving chain and appoint
ed the fourth Thursday Of November.
1915. on the occasion of the declara-
ton of naval peace with Great Britain.
Another presidential interregnum fol-
lowed. and a long one, until President
Lincoln proclaimed Aug. 6, 1863, on the
occasion of the victory Of Gettysburg.
He proclaimed still another for the fol-
lowing November. but the season was
not propitious to the Union arms and
thanks had to be given that events
were not worse. President Grant con-
tinued the national thanksgiving and
additionally proclaimed the 4th of July
1876, as an extra day of Thanksgiving,
in honor of the declaration of indie
pendence.
With Americans the day is some
what of a mixture of the Fourth Of
July and Christmas, certainly two in
gradients well calculated to make a
perfect day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
THANKSGIVING.

It may well be doubted whether Of
the many millions in America who will
observe today as a day of thanksgiv
ing more than a comparatively few
will observe it in religious sense. 1t
has lost much of its character since
its institution by Governor Bradford in
1921. 1t was then a day Of fasting,
now it is day of feasting. Now it is
a day dedicated to tde family, when
all who can gather round the hearth
stone. The heaTcs of those who do so
gather round are filed with thanks
that they are there, and their memo
ries are filed with thoughts Of the
dear departed dead No year rolls
round but some loved one. friend or
relative. has passed away never again
to join the happy group that gathers
round the blazing hearth.
When one looks over the cold hard
world and sees so much sorrow and
poverty. sees the seeming right fail
and Injustice triumph; when one sees
the incessant war of man upon man
and knows of all the bitterness it
creates and how the heart of man IS
too often filed with hatred. day Of
thanksgiving at times seems like a
day of mockery. 1t should not be.
There should be thankfulness that
there are some days when all the
strife and bitterness. all the sorrow
and regretfulness are forgotten if it
be but for u day.
The American people can be thank
full that they are at peace with all
the world. for it is but a year ago,
lacking a few DAYS, when grim Wis
aged war seemed about to raise his
horrid front and threaten the land.
Happily no such danger now exists.
In our own land there have been
abundant harvests, and for this the
people are thankful. In some other
lands there has been no abundant
harvest. in fact the harvest has been
failure This should cause our Deo-
pie to mourn, for where famine is
abroad there men and women and
/ little children suffer, many even unto
death Let us be thankful for the
blessings we have: let us be thankful
that evils have not fallen upon the
land.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
PEANUT FILLING.
Suggestions for Fixing the Thanks.
giving Turkey.

The peanut. which for so many years
has been the popular feature of the coun-
try fair and the circus. is now creeping
into prominence. Doctors have found
that the peanut IS an article of food,
rich in albumen, CT which it contains 50
per cent and are now recommending
them as a valuable addition to the diet
in the form of soups, purees and such
The following are some of the ways in
which they may be used:
Peanuts rolled fine and added to the
bread stuffing for ducks is a great addi-
ton and greatly improves it. Make a
nnayonnaise dressing, mash the peanuts
fine and stir them in thiclIy and spread
between, thin slices of bread as a sand
witch, or plain buttered bread may be
sprinkled lightly with the nuts. They
may also be finely chopped and eaten
with milk. A very good soup may, be
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Ambassador and Mrs. Bayard have
been commanded TO dine with Quen
Victoria at Windsor castle today. He
viii comply, and no over.zealous
patriot should get the idea into his
head that this command is an attempt
to order an American ambassador
around. Some did get such an idea
when the late James Russell Lowell. at
the time he represented US at the court
with her majesty at Windsor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

THE HERALD is n franchise MEM
beg of The United Press, and re-
ceives che complete leased wire
Overland and Pacific Coast news re-
ports OF The United Associated Press
es, embracing accurate intelligence
of all cur-esaf events in tfe whole
world. With its special wire and
operator in it's own Office THE HER
AID is daily I'm Immediate possess
sion of the latest news up Till the
hour of s;ofnE to press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
TALES OF THE DAY.
Too Much Candor.

New York Herald: Two fair young
girls sat in dainty boudoir gazing into
each others eyes
1--WE are such good friends. Marcia"
said one. and we can afford to say to
each other Just what we think. Now,
l have such a splendid scheme. Suppose
we start out today by telling each other
the exact truth, without regard to any
question of politeness.
How perfectly lovely, Lobelia," cooed
the younger girl of the two. Lets begin
right away. What do you think of me?"
Il think" said Marcia, shat you are
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

almost as pretty as you think you are,
and when you don't try to be, you are
the most charming girl in the world
the other .and do you know that when
you came in | was thinking that you
looked just like enc of those big feather
busters which had taken a notion 10
walk? Only your feet are so very large
that the Illusion was not quite perfect"
Two disheveied young women, with their
faces cross-hned by scratches. were
taken out of that aristccratic mansion
FIVE minutes later and hurried in an am
buiance TO the nearest hospital.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

General Buckner will address the
Young Mems Democratic club of Bos-
ton December u. 1t is believed that by
that time he will have sufficiently re-
covered from the effects of that terri
bic showing under he got November 3
to be out and around.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

The suggestion made in the political
columns of a contemporary that only
Aornons are TO be deputies under the
new county government is too absurd
for anything. The contest was between
Democrats and Republicans and not
between Mormons and anti-Mormons.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Steps have been taken by Joseph S.
Nickel and other capitalists for the
organization of a company for the pur-
pose of operating a factory for the
manufacture of beet sugar at Chilli
Gothic. o. Emmit's old distillery, a
mammoth plant which has stood idle
for Is years, viii be used. Make the
lawns of mint and the place will be
complete
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Burglars entered the residence of ex-
President Harrison the other night and
stole a gold watch belonging to Mrs
Harrison. The Harrison residence was
also burglarized of a valuable nominal
ton sometime in May.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Il escaped being a confirmed dys-
peptic by taking Ayers Pills in time. ."
This is the experience of many. Ayers
Pills, whether as an after-dinner pill
or as a remedy for liver complaint, in
digestion, fiatulency, water brash, and
nausea are invaluable
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

The Home Market club of Boston
cheering for MIR. Cleveland shows how
completely he is out Of the Democratic
party. The Home Market club never
has and never will send up a single,
solitary cheer for a Democrat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

made of peanuts by boiling and MASKING.
The Chinese boil peanuts. roll them fine,
mold them in a dough and bake Many
other ways may be discovered by the
contriving housewife for the use of this
hitherto despised article of diet
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Weyler is being severely criticised
for his dismal failure in Cuba We
would much prefer to commend his
dismal failure than his brilliant sue
cess il Cuba
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

If all accounts be true, McKinley's
Inauguration is to rival the coronation
OF the car. 1t is fitting that it should
be so. for he was the candidate OF the
1alr1fn c1,.sc
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

1t is rumored that Weyler will retain
TO Spain for his health. Bad as the
Cuban climate is he will find it much
healthier than the Spanish if he re-
turns now.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

ct is now believed that the esteemed
Chicago Tribune will be able to get
back to its old position on the tariff
question" says the Washington Post
Which, please?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Dick Croker says the ambition of his
life is to capture the Derby. Having
captured New York in the past he GER
tainly should be able to bring down the
DertlY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

The dullest reading in the woria is
the proceedings in a modern heresy
trial One is on in New York now.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Evangelist Moody says that wealth
is not power 1t may be, but it en-
ables one to simulate power.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

The Boston Herald comments at
length on Cabinet Speculations." This
is not a covert thrust at the bond deals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Mr. Bryan has furnished the good
people of Denver food for reflection for
their Thanksgiving.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

II win be impossible to tell whether
today was a day of thanks giving until
tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

The Uncompahgre and Uintah Indian
reservations continue to be the prom
ised land.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

The Fair will contest seems to have
developed more heirships than any per-
son else.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Boston Herald Apparently that is an
excellent suggestion of the encineer-in-
chief of the navy as TO the futility of
building high powered warships without
providing the necessary skilled officials
TO drive and maintain them. Perhaps
If his suggestion is needed the bills for
repairs on our high-priced cruisers will
ret be quite so big or SO numerous as
they have been hitherto.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Senator Cullom says he does not eX-
pect to go into the cabinet His place
is more probably in the ante-room.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Mr.. Cleveland's attitude towards
Cuba is regardant.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Springfield Republican,: Prof Norton's
opinion of the Baechante. expressed TO
his Harvard class in the fine arts, is
that it is fine in technic, but poor in tone
There is no immortality about it save
that Immortality which always attaches
to uglineSs, but it is sensational art in
stead of true art; the poster style, IN
fitting where il was placed in its char
acter and its size, and not classical
Bacchante, but a French fgurante. play
ing the part on a stage. This is perhaps
a tribe too severe. but 1t takes a bold
men 10 question the opinion of Charles
Eliot Norton on the subject of art.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

The first reform in football should he
the cropping of the hair.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

The football players strength, like
SIMPSONS, is in his hair.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

San Francisco Chronicle: The airship
which has caused so much discussion
should be materialized if only for the
sake of the people who are confident that
they have seen it. This mysterious yes
sci bears a striking resemblance to the
sea serpent Every season we have cir
cumstant:al details of the size and ap-
9ea-ahce or these monsters of the deep,
b:.t no one has yet produced so much as
patch of the skin OF the serpent or one
OF the teeth which 1T exposes We should
like something tangible from this mys-
terious aerial visitor-somethng that
would appeal to the skeptics and would
Remove their doubts. which al present
are many and crave.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Cabinets as well as closets have their
skeletons.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

After tea we will stroll down the meadow
BY moonlight. as true lovers Should;
And kiss il the corner OF shadow
Yc-: see by the wood
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Happy the turkey that has no flesh
on its bones.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Philadelphia Times: rumor has it
that no Wine will be used in the White
House under Mckinley. Still there are
times when worse pulls can be used than
that of the cOrkscreW.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Cincinnati Enquirer: Say, Hargreaves,
you have an awful cold. Are you taking
anything?'
Certainly. Thank you. Where is the
nearest bar?"