The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-24
Elaborate Preparations Made For
Thanksgiving Day.
NEWSBOYS' BRIGHT DAY
DINNER, BATH AND SEATS AT
THE THEATRE.
Ilfrmary, Penitentiary and Jail In
mates Will All Have a Feast
Services at the Several Churches
In the EMBELLISHMENTS and Ho-
tells All Prepared.

Today is the anniversary when every
one will acknowledge the blessings of the
past year by eating all they can hold.
Some will orally return thanks for the
favors shown, individuals, communities,
states and government, but there win be
no exceptions to the eating part. save
where poverty prevents the procuring of
the feast necessary to make the celebra-
ton a success.
Thanksgiving is an old anniversary
The custom came down from the Pilgrim
Fathers, who assembled in early days and
had a good time, at which they invited
the children of the forest, eating and
drinking. 1t is a well observed holiday
thanksgiving there was feast, on every
returned the day it is the duty of every
citizen to provide feast also.
These dinners vary according to To-
cality- However, there is one article Of
diet which is seldom absent and that is
turkey. Thanksgiving without turkey
would not be Thanksgiving. Once in a
while there is a fellow VINO raises his
head and declares he would rather have
chicken, but in every instance it will be
found he has not the price of a turkey
and has to take chicken because it is
cheaper.
The turkey is served in many styles.
Chief among these is that which provides
for an oyster dressing. Turkey with
oyster dressing is like the famous lotus,
which once eaIen, caused the partaker to
forget his native land. Turkey, with
oyster dressing has caused more aliens
to become citizens of this republic than
anything else. In 1903 an Italian cook in
New York, introduced chestnuts as a
dressing. but it wasn't popular at all,
True. it is served in some places, but as
a dressing cheStnutS are a chestnut The
man who would take chestnuts for dress
ing when. oysters can be obtained should
tramp out grapes eighteen miles south
east of the city of Rome, for he has none
OF the elements which go to make up a
good citizen.
Cranberry sauce always go with turkey
Cranberries are fit for nothing else, save
to look at, excepting sauce for turkey. In
TACT cranberrteS were not invented until
after turkey with oyster dressing was
patented by the American people.
In addition to turkey there are several
other dishes, but the piece de resistance
is always turkey. Down in Missouri they
have 'possum, and owing TO the prev
alence of Missourians in this country
possumS will be found on many bills OF
fare in the city today
Some folks like roast pig and roast pig
ISM bad, but 1t isn't a national dish by
any means. Roast pig was brought to
TINS country by a Chlnaman, the only
good thing a Chinaman ever did bring.
and the people kindly took to it.
Geese. and ducks are factors in some
dishes.
I Accompanying turkey is pumpkin pie.
dlSh as turkey 1t should be made an
inch and a half thick with plenty Of
alspice and no pie should be cut in more
than four pieces. That eminent authority
on pie, Keene, in volume H. page 36
lays this down as a rule. All kinds of
potatoes and other vegetables go with a
Thanksgiving dinner. Then to make the
! matter complete there ought to be a lot
or shell barks, some cider not too hard
but just hard enough q lot of Greeniugs
some Clark & Slower long-cut and clay
pipe.
All these should be served in about the
following fashion,:
Very light breakfast
| Glass OF milk and slice of bread at II am
Then dinner at 2:30. beginning with:
Turkey white meat
Plenty of dressing.
More turkey.
Cranberry sauce
Any other knick-knacks on the table
Little more turkey, please
Turkey.
Pumpkin pie. Then more pie.
A small slice of turkey.
Pipe.
Cider. Apples. SheIlbarks
More cider. apples and shellbarks
By this time it will be late enough to
go to bed
That sort of a menu may not be accord
ing to the ethics laid dow by the chefs
at the hotels and the various restaurant
cooks but it beats all the menus ever
constructed, just the same.
Generally speaking, this city and its
lLSIll ullUIlS Will nave SOOu meals TO-DAY.
| The hotels are getting up bills of fare
which are summers, and Manca's, The
| Merchants. the Delicatessen.- Club cafe
| and other places where the strangers
within the gates go to dinner viii all
be in line with elaborate spreads.
AT THE INFIRMARY.
Mrs. Whipple, the matron of the county
infirmary. has made quite extensive prep
arations for giving the inmates of the in
Stitution over which she presides a sump-
+ tuous Thanksgiving dinner and withal an
inexpensive one, so far as the county is
concerned. for practically everything
which will be on the table including the
turkeys, was raised on the infirmary farm
of ten acres: In the evening an entertain
ment will be given to the inmates by
ladies and gentlemen who have a talent
for music. reciting and making short
speeches. Light refreshments will be
| served to both the visitors and those who
reside in the infirmary, the latter now
numbering about 100 people.
THE NEWSBOYS
The newsboys will be remembered in
| most generous and substantial manner
today. At 10 o'clock they viii file into