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The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22

Then there arose on the air such a
delicious fragrance that all the sailors
came down to the hut and shifted. ana
even the Dignified Captain was rowed
over from the ship--to look after his
men, he said. but of course. that was
only an excuse.
And when the Dignif1ed Captain came
close, he saw in a shed the COW on
soft bed of hay, chewing her cud con-
tentedly, and IN the hut little Dame Dot
sat in front of a rudy fire, with her
wrinkled old hands crossed on her hlua
aproned lap with the little black hen
at her feet.
The Dignifed Captain stepped from
the chilly dark night into the warm
room.
Good evening, Dame" he said, very
stiff and stately. My men tell me thai
you are baking pies for them. Thev
are easily pleased, like children"
He said this very loftily, although
his nose was shifting the spice-scente1
air.
The Danes eyes twinkled and che
opened the oven door. There in a row,
were the pies-golden, crisp, hot and
delicious-with little bubbles of annie
juice forming on their tops
rs there one for me?" asked the
Dlgnified Captain, eagerly and forget
ting to be lofty.
DdIle DOl LOOK Inem out one by one
and laid them on the table. Finale
she came to one crisis crossed with mas
try, and in the middle was a funny
shaped &C"
II baked that for you, SIR" she said
Good" said the Dignified Captain
and he drew up chair and sat ana
looked at his pie with longing eyes, ana
outside of the door the sailors were
crowded, looking in at their pies with
longing eyes.
So Dame Dot asked them to come IN
and they all filed past the table with
their caps in their hands, shifting and
looking.
And now, If you don't mind sail
Dame Dot, 'I will go to bed, for am
very tired, and have much to do to-
morrow"
So they all filed out with their faces
beaning and the Dignifed Captains
face beamed the most of all.
And the next morning Dame Dot
made the Sailor Boy get up early and
catch big, big fish. and she stuffed
it and baked it, and served it for din
ner with egg sauce from the very LAST
egg that the little black hen had laid
that morning.
1t was wonderful Thanksgiving
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take the COW, and II can't carry the
eggs l can take the hen, and I can
put the pumpkin and the sugar and the
spice in little cart, and away we will
go togetheri" and in her excitement
the Dame jumped up so suddenly that
the little black hen scuttled out of
the door to the stable where the mild
eyed COW was chewing her cud.
The next morning a little procession
started from Dame Dots cottage. First
came the mild-eyed COW, after her
walked the little black hen, and then
came Dame Dot dragging a little cart
in which were the golden pumpkins,
covered with red quilt, some pack
ages and a nest of hay where the
little black hen might lay her daily
egg.
For twelve days they travelled, and
every morning the Dame milked the
cow and drank the milk; then she gave
some grain to the COW and to the lit
tie black hen, and the little black hen
laid an egg.
And all day long they walked the
frosty roads, and when the evening
came, Dame Dot milked the COW again
and drank the milk, and gave grain
to the COW and to the little black hen.
And when night came the COW lay
down, and the Dame rested her tired
old head on the cows soft side, and
the little hen cuddled in between them,
and they all went to sleep under the
red quilt.
AT the end Of the twelve days and
the twelve nights they came in sight
of the deep blue sea.
Now out on the deep blue sea was
a ship, all cleaning wet in the mist,
and on her bow in big black letters
was PAINTED the name, the Merry
Lass"
But the sailors on board the Merry
Lass" were not merry at all. 1t was
very cold and fish were scarce and the
next day was Thanksgiving, and not
a thing was there in the ships pantry
but hard biscuit and salt meat.
oh if we were only home" sighed
the ten sailors, but the eleventh sailor,
who was the Danes own Sailor Boy,
said nothing, but leaned over the side
of the big gray vessel and looked
and looked and locked towards the
hills.
Suddenly there came across the
beach through the rushes and the sand
hills row of strange figures.
Look" said the Sailor Boy excited
ly to his mates. Look"
So they all hung over the sides Of
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the boat and looked and looked, but
they could not make out what the
strange figures were.
Then the Captain Of the ship came
on deck. Bring me my glass;" he or
dered: and when the glass was
brought he put it to his eye, and gaz-
ed, but none of the sailors dared to
ask what he saw, for the Captain was
very dignified and hated questions.
TITS an old woman and red cow
and little black hen," said the Dig
nif1ed Captain at last.
Then the Sailor Boy danced a horn
pipe for joy. ut is my mother" he
cried, for her COW is a red COW and
she has a little black hen."
The Dignified Captain ordered the
boats lowered, and the Sailor Boy and
his mates pulled away to shore where
Dame Dot waited.
II have brought you your pumpkin
pie" she said calmly. when the Sailor
Boy had Rugged her and all his mates
had Rugged her, and then the Sailor
Boy kissed her and all his mates kiss
ed her. for she was really the dearest
old woman, and reminded every single
sailor of his own mother.
Where is it?' asked the Sailor Boy
at last, and Where is it?" asked all
his mates.
from the pumpkin and showed it in
all its golden glory.
1.-The COW will give two gallons Of
milk tonight" she said, land the lit
tie black hen has laid a dozen eggs,
and counting two eggs to a pie that
will make six pies, but to look at you,"
said little Dame Dot, 1T should say
that you needed a dozen pies, and so
l shall put in only one egg to a pie.
and plenty of sugar and spice to make
up"
Then they all Rugged her again and
kissed her, and when they had made
her comfortable in a little hut on the
beach they rowed back and told the
Dignified Captain.
What a remarkable woman!" said
the Dignifed Captain; and he ordered
that Dame Dot should have every at
tention from the sailors, which was
not a necessary order at all.
So the sailors built a fire on shore
and hung up big iron pot, and Dame
Dot stewed pumpkin until the shadows
fell then she mixed 1t into a tempting
custard with milk and eggs and sugar
and spice, and then she rolled out a
crust and f1uted the edges, and put
every one of her dozen pies into bis
brick over that the sailors had heated.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
FUN AND FROLIC
FOR THANKSGIVING
Turkey Race Will Prove Most Mrth Provoking and Old
and Young Can Take Part in lt-A First Thanksgiving
is Pleasing Form Of Entertainment

| hats. If you are ingenious, you can
rip the trimming from some old pic
ture hats of your own and insert a
high crown If necessary.
When the costumes are ready, the
men and boys will be only too willing
to add to the fun by playing the parts
Of their several times great-grandfath-
ers.
II the family is fond of amateur
theatricals, an appropriate performance
for Thanksgiving day is The Court
ship Of Miles StaHdish' Americans
are so wont to associate the day with
New England that this little picture
of the first settlers there is a timely
one. 1t can be given at any kind of
party it is especially fitting at a
First Thanksgiving, when the audi
ence, as well as the actors, are in the
dress OF the old days.
A quiet form of fun, and the sim
plest one possible, is a cranberry
stringing. This is an excellent way
to pass an afternoon or evening with
almost no preparation. Plenty of
handsome red cranberries, plenty of
strong thread and some large needles
are the only things absolutely neces-
sary. In addition, the affair is made
pretty by the use of tally cards and
well-schosen prizes.
Look over the cranberries carefully,
discarding all but the big, round ones
that will make good beads. Put a
bowl of them on each of the little
tables, which should be arranged as
for progressive card games, with seats
for four persons at each. Give every
player a needle and a spool of thread.
A good way to choose partners is by
matching the colors of the thread,
having two spools of each color.
AT a signal everyone begins to
string berries as fast as possible. 1t
sounds far easier than it is. The
needle must go through from end to
end. A higgledy-piggledy string is
instantly barred out by the inspector.
1t is wonderful how the thread will
insist on tangling just as you think
you are moving on oiled wheels.
At the signal everyone stops string
ing. the inspector measures strings.
and the partners who have the longest.
when added move up.
The artist of the family should have
provided as appropriate tally cards
for punching as her ingenuity could
invent. Plain white cards might be
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decorated with turkeys, pumpkins or
sheaVes Of wheat. Cards made in the
form of pumpkins and painted yellow,
with a curly little green stem for the
ribbon to be tied to, are pretty. A
more elaborate form of tally card is
Make it of yellow silk, paint the
creases, and instead of punching, stick
in a pin at every progression.
The prizes are al! a matter of in
diVidua taste. Some times turkey de-
signs can be found in silver orna-
ments. A real pumpkin, decorated
with ribbon, makes a good BOBBY
prize. The prize winners should be
permitted to wear their long strings
Of gany-cOlored berries, in which they
will look like barbarians.
Uncle Sans Thanksgiving" is a
game for quick thinkers. Give every
body paper and pencil, explain the
contest, then set the guests to work
at it. Each one must write as long
list as possible. OF the things that
Uncle Sam has to be thankful for
receiving in this year of 1903. 1t is a
fine test in contemporary history.
Il never thought of the Pacific
cable" someone will say after the
time is up.
Lets see, have we any new battle
ships?" somebody else will frown,
chewing a pencil.
Isn't Uncle Sam thankful cause
I've got new French doll?" some
body will pipe.
II some Of the company are real
wits there will be clever answers
facts dressed in pleasantries. Judges
should choose the best list. Let the
prize be some form of an Uncle Sam
"a silver or a bronze Uncle, or a
framed poster of the benevolent gen.
tleman. If there is a BOBBY prize, let
it be an Uncle Sam doll.
A Thanksgiving masquerade is the
tolliest end of the day. A dance is
always the best fun there is, and the
costumes appropriate to the day are
scope does not seem broad at first
glance. But thinking will produce
something. An occasional Puritan
costume on the floor is pictur-
esque. Somebody who does not
want to be beautiful can be very
funny as a turkey. A costume of
feathers, topped off with one of the
turkey masks to be had to the toy
shops, represents the gobbler in good
fashion. A charming pumpkin Co.'S
tune can be made of yellow silk. Let
pumpkin leaves and stems trail over
it. Make a pumpkin cap of yellow
paper.
Miss Cranberry can deck herself
with ropes of the strung berries. THE
Mince Pie" can wear dangling orna-
ments of painted cloth pies and a
large pie on his head. THE Sheaf of
Wheat can wrap himself in grain in
such a shape that he takes the form
Of bound sheaf, with the heads FLAIR
in govt about his own head. There
are hundred other possible roles.
Let the hostess rack her brains and
discover what they are.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
THE ADVENTURES
OF A PUMPKIN PIE
BY TEMPLE BAILEY.
Illustrated by Resale Arthur

Dame Dot finished reading her letter
from the Sailor Boy.
Poor thing" she said to her little
black hen, "he can't come home for
Thanksgiving, and so he sends me his
love and a packet of tea
The little black hen pecked at the
Danes shoestrings and craw-ed laz-
lily.
And he's just longing for one of my
pumpkin pies, poor fellow" said the
Dame, and she wiped her eyes.
For the Sailor Boy was far away on
the coast in a fishing boat, and Dame
Dot back in the hills missed him very
much indeed.
IF he could only have one OF nv
pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving" she
mourned, and all day long she thought
and thought and thought of her Sailor
Boy and how he longed for pie.
Now out in the Danes garden was
a pumpkin, great and golden.
HE must have some of it," said
Dame Dot positively, "all mixed with
milk and eggs and sugar and spice
and baked brown and crisp"
But the more she planned the more
impossible it seemed for her to carry
a pie on a twelve-days journey to the
coast.
At last, however, when the shadows
were falling over the country side, and
the Danes candle glowed like a little
red eye in the window Of her tiny cot
tage, the Dame spoke again to the lit
tie black hen.
II can't carry the ME
The little black hen turned I'D an
inQuirinR eye.
And I can't carry the milk and the
eggs, for they would spoil"
The black hen stared steadily.
But II can't carry the milk, I can
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feast, and the pies were the most Won
derful part of it. and when the Dig
nified Captain had eaten his whole pie
to the very &C" on the top, he rose and
made a speech.
81 hereby appoint Dame Dot the
Ships Maker of Pies. She shall live
in this hut, and we will take care OF
her and of the COW and of the little
black hen, and she shall live on the
coast and bake pies for US, and be near
her Sailor Boy until the end of her
days"
Then Dame Dot thanked him with
tears of JOY in her eyes, and all Of the
sailor boys had tears of joy in their
eyes, and one of them cried
"Three cheers for Dame Dot!"
And they gave three cheers with
will.
, Three cheers for the GOVT"
And they gave them with a will.
And three cheers for the little black
hen"
How they laughed and shouted-and
the Djgnified Captain laughed and
shouted the loudest Of all.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
OLD HOME
KITCHEN RECEIPTS

With the advent of Thanksgiving
time and its old home reunions. there
comes ransacking of receipt books.
New tangled French cookery
seems out of place on the
day sacred to "auld lang syne." The
guests ask for the "old Dishes" for
they feel hunger for those that they
had in childhood-those that Moth
Er." Grandmother" Aunt Saman-
tha" or Cousin Hannah" used to
make in the old farm house kitchen
up the state" back East" down in
old Virginia." or 'over in Pennsylva-
MIA"
For such the following recipes are
given, CLEANED first hand, after long
sampline and most cordial approval.
Cousin Jessie's Molasses Cookies
They are to be eaten with the morn
ing cup of coffee. Put into a pan
1 1-3 cups of molasses, cupful of
brown sugar, beaten egg and l cup
of shortening that has been softened
by the fire. Stir, and add l cupful of
SOAl AlhAhi AANdplllB ldDlGSpOOllll III VI
soda, and l tablespoonful of vinegar.
Beat well until the soda stops "purr-
ing" sprinkle in l tablespoonful each
of ginger and cinnamon, and add sift-
ed flour to mix as soft as can be hand
led. Roll out in a sheet about half an
inch thick cut out with a cookie cut
ter, lay in a creased dripping pan, not
allowing them to crowd, and bake in
a rather quick oven.
Port Byron Fried Cakes-Mix to-
gether cupfuls of sugar, eggs,
tablespoonfuls Of melted shortening, 1
cupful of water, l cup of sweet milk,
4 teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a lit
tie salt and a grating of nutmeg or
any other tiavoring desired. Add flour
to mix very soft, cut in rings or twists
and cook in deep fat.
Card Gingerbread (Windham). This
is an old Catskill Mountain recipe:
Stir together cups of molasses, l cup
of sugar, l cup good "drippings,"
scant cup of cold water, dessert
spoonful of ginger and a teaspoonful
OF soda dissolved in a tablespoonful of
water. Add flour to make rather soft,
pour in a dripping pan or square bis
suit tin and bake in a medium hot
oven. Although not usually baked in
cards" the same rule holds good for
cookies.
Catskill White Cake-Rub to a cream
l cupful of butter and 2 cupfuls of
sugar. Add l cup of sweet milk and
cups of flour, which has been sifted
with a small teaspoonful of soda, and
2 teaspoonfulS of cream of tartar. Beat
well, then at the last, fold in the stiff
fly beaten whites of eggs. Flavor
with vanilla or almond and bake in
bar tins. This cake keeps we'll and
remains moist to the end.
THE Naples" Hermits.-Mix togeth-
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cup of molasses, 2 eggs we'll beaten. 2
level teaSpoonfuls of soda dissolved in
l cup of warm water cupfuls of
flour, l cup of fruit English currants.
raisins seeded, or chopped prunes). 2
teaspoonfuls of cinnamon and 1 tea
spoonful of cloves. Mix as soft as pos
sible, roll out rather thick and cut
with a cookie cutter. A few nutmeats
may sometimes be added for a change.
Cousin Dollie's Virginia Fried Mush
Mix at night tablespoonfuls of
flour with teaspoonfuls of cornmeal
and sift twice. Put in a double boiler
with enough hot water to make a
moderately thick batter. Add 2 tea
spoonfuls of salt and cook two hours,
stirring often. Spread in a large fiat
dish to the depth of one-half inch. In
the morning cut into squares, dip in
sifted flour, and fry very quickly on a
, hot griddle. Serve piping hot
Aunt jeans Germantown Black
Bean Soup.-Wash l pint of the black
or turtle" beans, cover we'll with cold
water and let them soak over night.
In the morning put over the fire in a
soup kettle with quarts of cold wa
ter. Add Il pound of salt pork cut in
small pieces and a pound of lean fresh
beef Cover closely and set over a
moderate fire to cook slowly. Crate or
chop fine l carrot, onions and 1
small turnip. Add them to the other
ingredients, and cook slowly two or
three hours. Half an hour before serv-
ing season with salt, pepper a tiny
pinch of mace and a little ground
cloves. Strain through a colander and
add II gill of sherry or port wine.
Have ready in hot tureen 2 or hard
boiled eggs, sliced, and l lemon cut
in thin slices. Pour the soup over
them and serve. Sometimes very
small sausages are boiled for ten min
utes with the soup and served one to
a plate.
Miss Tunes" Chocolate Cake
This is a Heidelberg" secret, disclos-
ed for the first time. Put into a sauce
pan l cup of sugar, u cup of milk, p
cup of broken chocolate. the yolk of l
egg and l teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat
the mixture we'll and place on the
stove until it begins to boil and be-
comes smooth. but do not let it get
too thick. Then set 1t away to cool
While cooling, beat u cup of butter
until 1t becomes creamy, add l cup of
sugar and 2 well-beaten eggs, p cup
of milk, in which a scant teaspoonful
of soda has been dissolved, 2 cups of
flour, and lastly the cooled mixture
Bake in four tins in a moderate oven
for twenty minutes.
When the cakes are cooled. spread
over and between the sheets icing
made as follows: Boil cups of gran
ulated sugar with Il of a cup of water
for five minutes. Beat the whites of
eggs to a froth and pour the hot
syrup upon them, beating all the while
until well mixed. The icing may be
used at once. If you do not wish to
frost the sides of the cake, a piece of
stiff writing paper can be pinned
around the cake.
Aunt Samantha's Baked Chicken
With Parsnips Wash, parboil and
scrape a quart of parsnips. Split a
spring chicken down the back and lay
in the drippingpan, skin side UP. Ar
range the sliced parsnips around the
chicken, sprinkle with salt and pepper
4 ct Of hut
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22

Mexico (Mo.) Dispatch TO New Yor
World.


Probably the queerest inscription ever
seen on a tombstone is one on monu-
ment over a grave in Bethel Cemetery
in Montgomery county. 1t reads:
Kind friends 1 have left behind.
Cast your votes for jennings Bryan.
II. P. Hudson, who has the distinc-
ton of being the author of the inscrip,,
ton, was in Mexico last week and toiu
how it happened.
Henry Norris. at whose grave tne
monument stands" he said. twas one
of the strongest silver men In the coun =,
try. Before he died he said that IL
nothing but a board were erected over
his grave he desired silver verse upon
it. l am the tombstone-maker a.
Montgomery, and was requested 10 az
with Mrs. Judge Oliver and Bud Har-
rison, in thinking up an appropriate
verse. -
1.-The above came into my mind, aoS
I said It over to the other members ol
the committee, and they said II was
great. So chiseled it on"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22

His Record-"Mister Jedge'" saiu
the old darby, in the Rural Just ten
Court "I been Twin 'roun' mere ',it
years; / amt never been lyncheo "a
en- de only boss 1 ever stole Tn 49,
me EN- broke my two legs! "-A't~'
Constitution.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22

or thin slices of salt pork. Put
enough hot water in the pan to pre-
vent burning, and bake until chicken
and parsnips are done to a delicate
brown. Put the chicken on hot plat
ter and arrange the parsnips around it.
Make a cream gravy from the drip
pings in the pan and serve with sweet
potatoes.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22

Grandmother's Cider Apple Sauce
Boil a gallon of sweet, unfermented
cider down to 2 quarts. Have ready u
bushe1 of nice sweet apples, pared
cored and CHARTERED Put the cider
in a granite or porcelain kettle, and
when boiling add as many apples as
the kettle will hold. Cover and SIM
mer very slowly without stirring, until
the apples are tender. Skim them out
into a stone pot and add more apples
until all are cooked. Pour the syrup
over the apples and put away to COOL
The next day drain off the syrup. boil
down until quite thick, and then re-
turn to the jar. The pieces of apple
should be distinct, tender, rich and
juicy.
Aunt Miles Yankee Puffs.-Beat 2
ounces of butter to a cream. add 2 ta-
blespoonfuls of sugar. the well beaten
yolks of 3 eggs and beat again. Add
cupfu1s of milk, a saltspoonful of salt
and dredge in slowly small cupfuls
of flour. Flavor with IL teaspoOnfuls
of vanilla, and fold in the stffiy beaten
whites of the eggs. Fill buttered tea
cups half fun and bake fifteen min
utes in a hot oven. Serve with hard
Salpp
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22

Aunt Samantha's Baked Chicken
With Parsnips. Wash, parboil and
scrape a quart of parsnips. Split a
spring chicken down the back and lay
in the dripping-pan, skin side UP. Ar
range the sliced parsnips around the
chicken, sprinkle with salt and pepper,
dot with bits of butter until half
Middletown transcript., 1903-12-19

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