Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-25
THANKSGIVING
IN WASHINGTON.
Turkey Will Win q Rattle Over
Cuba and Colombia
Tomorrow
7 He BIG BUG
How the President and Members
ef His Cabinet Will Celebrate
the Day

WAShlNGIUN, ~. u, NOV. 20
The machinery OF the government in
the national capital will come to a
standstill tomorrow, the Panama af-
fair, the Cuban treaty and other mo-
mentous questions will be forgotten
for the time being and everyone from
the president down will unite in the
observance of that most character
istic of all American holidays
Thanksgiving day The day is u.s.
ually quiet in Washington, socially
as well as officially, but congress be-
ing in session this year things may be
different. The turkey dinners, at least,
will he more numerous than in pre-
vious years.
President Roosevelt believes in
celebrating the holiday in good, old
fashioned way and consequently it is
sure to be a jolly Thanksgiving in the
White House The Roosevelt chill
dren are home from school, and they
are bound to have romp, In which
their father and mother will join The
clerks will not report for duty and all
official engagements will be post
poned until the following day. In the
morning the president and his family
will on ~, nj ~ t., nft
they will receive some visitors in a
social way. Dinner will be set at Z
p. M, and several friends will be in
vited to share IT.
The presidents steward gives him
self no concern regarding a Thanks
giving turkey for the executive
table. For more than twenty-five
years Horace Vose, of Westerly, R. |.
has had the privilege Of supplying the
presidents turkey. This Is in pur-
suance of custom which was estab-
lished by Senator Anthony when Pres
ident Grant was the chief executive.
AS long as the senator lived he bought
turkeys for the presidents, and when
he died, Mr.. Vose kept UP the custom,
and each year sent the best bird he
could find in his county. The colossal
fowl which will satisfy the appetites
Of the Roosevelt household tomorrow
and fill the White House kitchen with
its fragrant aroma weighs in the
neighborhood Of thirty pounds. He
was hatched last Spring and as ten.
derly reared as a young colt destined
for the race track.
The menu for the Thanksgiving din
ner is always simple one Mr.. Vose's
turkey Is the piece de resistance. and
the other dishes served are typically
American. The dinner invariably be-
gins with Chesapeake oysters. Flaky
Rock fish from the Potomac. terrapin
from the eastern shore and cranber
ries from Cape Cod are included in
the menu.
All the members Of the cabinet will
eat their Thanksgiving dinners at
their Washington homes. Secretary
and Mrs. Hay will have family party
at their boarding place. Secretary
and Mrs. Shaw will dine at their home
In Massachusetts, avenue. and will
share the holiday feast with their chill.
dren. The attorney general is fond
OF his own fireside and prefers sim.
pie home dinner to any feast in which
he is to participate. The secretary OF
agriculture has little to buy for his
Thanksgiving dinner as turkeys and
other gifts come to him from all
over the country. The secretary Of
the interior. Mr.. Hitchcock. and his
family will dine In their home In X
street. The secretary OF the navy.
though the recipient Of many invita-.
tIons. will probably follow his usual
custom and dine with his batchelor
cronies In the Wordon House.
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