Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

A group Of young matrons met one aft
ernoon last week at the house Of a friend.
An odor of tea was in the air. and the
maid was bringing in thin bread and but
ter.
But what are all these?" asked an in
quisitive creature, pointing to little piles
of odd objects littering the tables and
chairs.
"Favors for my Thanksgiving dance"
answered the ingenious entertainer.
The tea tipplers smiled queerly at the
collection of ears Of corn, strings Of beads,
and assorted vegetables. says the Philadel-
phia Press. Some Of them look like"
Scalp locks" supplied the ingenious en-
tertainer promptly. so they do; SO they
are"
You girls don know anything about
them" she continued energeticaIly:
Thanksgiving parties. not scalp locks, L
mean. You don't belong to big families, or.
at least. they don't belong to you But the
worry Of getting up something new every
November is-is-gtvtng me an object to
live for"
But" began the inquisitive Individual.
her eyes wandering to the barn rubbish on
Yes" said the ingenious entertainer:
you, need variety. One Thanksgiving a
lot 81 Of Children {; WIRE coming. NJ / got up a
sheet between the parlors and darkened the
rooms and threw Up pictures. showing
Miles Standish at the head of his troops.
the departure Of the Mayfiower, Plymouth
Rock. and. oh, all sorts of things. Some OF
the slides we had photographed from en-
The girls had taken that summer in New
England. Nobody goes ~vacationing nova
Gays without a camera Have another cup
THE fun Of the thing was the talk that
went with the pictures. We dressed up
one Of the boys as an Indian and he ratified
off a lot of nonsense about the early
settlers from an Indians point of view. or
course ne was very eloquent about the first
But" started the inquisitiye indiyid-
ual her eyes straying as before.
Yes" said the ingenious entertainer,
that is almost too quiet after a football
game. You should see my men come Whoop-
Ing home. You wouldn't think they needed
leather or war paint to make them into
Sometimes She said, refectively, I've
1nought about a Thanksgiving masquerade.
The costumes would be easy, but every
woman would want to be Priscilla or Rose
Standish. No.. a plain dance is more satis-
factory, unless you have a competitive ex-
animation Of Priscillas; that might be in
Very said the inquisitive Individual.
picking hass up PA a doll with a hickory nut for
u uedu. buI IneSe@
Yes" answered the specialist on Thanks
giving. The table is the first thing to con-
sideri always; This year L have some real
lamp she broke OF suddenly.
See, they are yellow glass, with metal
tops arranged for two small round wicks.
People used sperm oil in them before kero-
sene days and they burned like candles.
without chimneys. The fad this autumn is
bright colored shades. such as are bought
Tor candles. and burn them like fairy lamps
for table decoration; shall bring mine out
turkey dinner Thanksgiving day"
Ing woman; Now. about those corneobs,
Yes" continued the energetic entertain
er. there is one thing that all the experts
IN etiquette tell you is highly incorrect the
rect, but obligatory. at Thanksgiving. You
must pile your table with food as IL to give
the impression of a recent famine. That is
NOT SO easy II you serve In courses, in the
French manner. My swarm insist on the
original f~ashion-seven or eight vegetables
on the table with the turkey and pudding
9no pies ad lib, afterward. l ate q Thanks
giving dinner once where they gave me
preaded cutlets! Such Ignorance as there
Is in this world,'
glad to have found you fn." said the
ihGuisitiwe individual. despairing of recog-
oh. yes" pursued the Thanksgiving spe-
cielist. you were asking about my ger
man favors. or course. It's not really the
but L shall start all the old-fashionei
G Ia L know to begin with. I am send
the evening. and these favors are to. send
folks home good-natured.
I w Farst, fh ibs sb SGrn: ! told a dealer what
any number of trifies in imitation corn
ccbs; some of them are lead pencils for
good souvenirs. T Tihmes b mlGe e clumsy IN ;ir ones sn;sG
oats are the prettiest possible hair orha-
ments; they belong to a Very simple and
askets trimmed with wheat; they will
work I'm nicely, too. '
See: they are made of china and painted,
stem and all. There are Sits in the side
foE eyes. nose and mouth. and you put a
cnndle inside. just as you did in the GEN
gatepost to brighten folks in the evening
for a figure Elm in az a harvest ary studdl annoe al hf Ten these e
calling for them at Halloween. You dark
en- the room partly for 4 few minutes. and
the pumpkin faces shine out in great style
as the dancers move through their evoiu-
tons"
The Thanksgiving specialist was not more
than started. but the inquisitor had moth
Ing more to gain. She was rising.
that witch hazel is the proper flower for
DECORATIONS. II you can get any. 1t is a
at Thanksgiving after the leaves have
fallen. Sometimes the florists have it. but
most people comfort themselves with
chrysanthemums."
The young matrons were running down
The steps. They looked ut one another.
lrrg" asked the inquisitiye creature.
Nothing much" said they all in chorus,
'rniess there is a football game"
The Thalias will give their next party
pn Thanksgiving evening. and will be
.haDeroned by Mr.. and Mrs. w. Ewing
Hall, DIR. and Mrs. J. 2. jackson, DR.. and
Mrs. T. J. Beattie, DIR. and Mrs. c. Lester
Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. Conway F. Holmes,
Mr.. and Mrs. Churchill Bridgeford, Mr..
Hnd Mrs. w. A. Rule, Mr.. and Mrs. T. I.
Brent Mr. and Mrs. j. S: Loose; Judge
Mrs. Leon T. Brown. Mrs. Ira Keebler. Mr..
and Mrs. E. F. Swinney. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Beedy.
A brilliant wedding of the week will be
the marriage ceremonies OF Miss Gertrude