The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-25
ENTER THANKSGIVING.
What to Eat-Suggestions for
Entertainment.

In preparing for the Thanksgiving
dinner there are several things to be
considered. First, the depth OF the
pocketbook; second-though really TINS
ought to 20 hrst-the condition of servi-
tude prevailing in the Kitchen; third, the
size. tastes and predictions Oh the
family.
If the pocketbook bulges, the power
behind the cook stove gives consent ana
there is a large family of young peopie
with healthy appetites and digestlons 70
correspond. the following menu may
be considered as thoroughly up to date
yet loyal to tradition: 1870
GP-TO-DATE THANKSGIVING MEM
Oyster CBlue Point Cocktail.
Thin Brown Bread .,as
Bouinon With Whipped Cream.
Bread Sticks. Radlshes,.
Roast Turkey. Chestnut DRESSING Si"Aee
Gravy.
Cranberry Frappe.
Mashed Potatoes. Glazed Sweet POTATOES
Hubbard Squash. Fringed celery
Lemon Ginger SOrbet,
Baked Quail, Hominy. Caullilower-
Cheesestraws.
Pumpkin Pie Mince Pie. Apple RE.
Preserved Ginger, cheese Ialslhs'
Nesselrode Pudding
Coffee.
II a housewife has to do the work alone
OF with little help and the income is mod
crate here is a good, plain, substantial
OLD-FAsHIONED THANKSGIVING
MENU.
OYSTERS on the Half-Shen.
Olives. Celery. Sailed Cnestnuls;,
Roast Turkey, Bread Stuffing, G1hlet
Cranberry Sauce. Mashed Potatoes.
Turnips Dreamed Onions
Cabbage Salad ,,,.oo p,.
uiipiA'n Indian Pudding.
Butternuts. Hickory Nuts
AppIes Popcorn
Sweet Cider.
A housekeeDer should never get so
Thoroughly tired out beforehand that
she will have to sit like deaths head az
the feast. There will be no pleasure IN
that for her or her family and guests,
She should begin her preparations III
time. counting the cost in money ana
strength. so that neither balance VIII
be oyerdr2Wn.
The secret of successfully serving a
THANKSGIVING dinner is to have the
greater =,art of it in readiness before
the day itself daWns The turkey anu
Vegeta bles need to be cooked on ThankS-
giving day, and the pumpkin pie should
be baked fresh that morning, but only
the finishing touches need be given 10
the other dishes. Have the necessary
sweeping and garniShing done carrier
in the Week-the silver polished, and
the old family china or precious bits OF
pewter that make their annual obeis-
ance on this day released from their
Wrappings.
ARIA NGEMENT OF THE TABLE
In arranging the Thanksgiving table,
do not in the name of common sense,
go to the absurdlty of using RIBBON
DECORATIONS which really have no raison
d'etre on any table. The snowy damask
cloth or the polished mahogany or oai1
needs no such fictitious and unmeanlng
friVols as bows and loops of ribbon. II
flowers are used, golden chrysanthe-
NUNS, dark red aSterS or spikes of scar
let salvia-gifts of the late autumn-are
always appropriate Possibly some one
has brought home sprays of bittersweet
or branches of scarlet barberry from the
latest outing If so, we'll and good.
Fruit always makes an effective center
for the THANKSGIVING table, and one
truer to tradition than flowers; not or
anges nor yet California grapes in this
climate but apples, red and yellow, bur
nished until one can see her reflection
in them; yelow-brown pears, and the
rich purple, pink or green Niagara
grapes Arrange the fruit on a low glass
or silver dish. placing a reflector under
It, If possible. An old pewter platter
an Indian basket or jar or a half pump
kin followed out and lined with oiled
paper, all make pretty and appropriate
fruit holders. Arrange the fruit with
an eye to the color effect. and this, with
the scarlet of the radishes or deeper
red of the cranberry, the crisp green
and white of the celery and the rich
brown of the turkey, will give all the
color necessary. If dinner is served il
the early afternoon, no artificial lighi
VIII be needed. If lights must be used
candles are the best means of lighting
as they do not vitiate the atmosphere
of the room.
PLEASING CUSTOMS.
Among the pretty individual famil,
customs for Thanksgiving is one wher,
the united family gather at dusk abou
the fireplace, or even the latterday "hol
in the floor" or prosaic steam pipes. anC
reckon uD the marcies'' of the year
Each one tells in turn what esDecia
thing he has need to be grateful for i,
the year nearing it's close or from
what close call" he has been delivered
Then when the freight fiickers on tn
wall the loving cup is passed and as i
goes its rounds all join in the refrain:
God bless you, and God bless me-
God bless us every one"