The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-30

avoidable let no one entertain sadness
or gloomy thoughts, but with hearts
stu mellow and filled with the warmth
ana cneer OF the Christmas time let ali
enter into the mood of joyousness per-
vading the very atmosphere and step
gayly with the throng across the
threshold of the door between" put
ting the past years unkindness, its
plumbers and failures aside like "a
wornout garment no longer fitting for
the new and better conditions of life
Wnlcn we all intend to and will create
| as We pass the New Years portal
SOME NEW YEAR FEATURES.
! While one does not remove all the
christmas decorations until after the
New Year festivities are past, those of
the table may be replaced with lighter
and more delicate garniture. If you
desire to make the day essentially a
young peoples day you may have a
ch1ldren's dinner. party at midday, fol-
lowed by games, shedding, skating or
| Sle1ghtng parties, according to where
and how you are situated Or you may
devote the day to calling and congrat-
ulations among your friends and wind
up with masquerade dance in the
evening, old and young participating in
the fun. There is an old saying that
what you do on New Year day you
will do all the year round. If this be
true, let us see to it that only Joyous
ness and kindness and pleasure fill the
hours Let no worries or ina inary
troubles SO much as cast a shadow in
our presence.
A very pretty fancy for table dec
Grafton for a children's New Year din
ner party, and one that might be
adopted with slight changes for older
people, was an arrangement of cotton
in the center of the table to represent
snow. The soft cotton was pulled
apart in large flakes and placed on
the cloth and over it was placed loose
ly the thin sheet of glaze from cotton
batting" to represent the icy crust
over thes snow. This was sprinkled
with a little isinglass to give the spar
kle. Smilax and ground pine gave the
green shrubbery. In the center of the
snow mound was a table mirror Dor
dered with the frosted snow, and on
the shore of this miniature lake were
some tiny doll boys and girls waiting
to welcome the little New Year, who,
with rosy face, golden curls and snug
in jacket of fur, was speeding across
the ice on swift skates from the land OF
SHOWS to open another round year of
pleasures and joys for his SUBJECTS:
| Overhead hung a bell canopy, covered
with sparkling cotton snow, and sprlgs
of green with, and there was perched a
saucy sparrow peckfng at the greens
and a funny little Pixie-or fairy peep
| ing over the edge of the bell. Inside
| the canopy and out OF sight were
fairy bells" with narrow green ana
white ribbon attached to each one and
reaching to each name card. When
the children were seated each took up
their ribbon and all rang a merry wei
come to the New Year. Another peal
was rung at the end of the dinner. The
favors were miniature toys. 1t gave no
end of pleasure and delight to the little
people A word of warning is neces-
sary when cotton is used for hollday
decorations. It being very easily 1g-
nfted there must be no candles or
lights with unprotected flames used, or
v6Ilr feast and iollity may have a sad
ending.
Wholesome. Small birds broiled ana
served on rice with chestnut PURGE was
the principal meat dish. The salad was
seeded green grapes, candleo cnerrles'
bananas and oranges cut IN cupes, NIX
/ ed with whipped cream and served IN
orange baskets. The dessert was a
frozen cream. of course, moulded in
bird and animal shapes. Small New
Year cakes were served and tiny little
cups of dark brown chocolate, put no
coffee.
Omen q dozen small clans carefully
and place their juice in bowl ana the
CLAIMS in a china drainer over the DOW DOW
When CLANS are drained WASH qu IS,d
to remove any pieces OF smell. linen
carefully pour the liquor off from any
sand or bits of shell in bottom or oowl
and add to the clans and STAND on ice
tn chill: then add to them teaspoon
of tabasco sauce, tablespoonful OF
vinegar, and enough tomato catsup TO
make sufficient quantity to fill tour
cocktail glasses, or any glass ABOUT as
large as a claret glass. Serve Ice colo.
CANAPES A LA RENNERT.
Mince a medium sized shallot and
fry it a few minutes without coIor1hg
in two ounces of butter. Add two Level
tabiespoonfuls of flour and stir smooth,
then add two cups of rich milk or
cream and stir until it IS smooth ana
creamy Add a pound of picked CRAB
meat, season with salt, pepper ana
paprica. and let it stand over the fre
until lust ready to boil. Have ready
some slices Of bread cut quarter OF
an inch thick and cut into oval Shapes
and toasted on one side. On TINS sue
spread the following mixture: Beat
well together four ounces of sweet,
fresh butter and half a pound of grated
Parmesan cheese season with white
pepper and paprica to suit the taste
Then spread with the crab mixture and
place the canapes on a buttered dish
and set in the oven and let them
brown slightly. Then serve.
ROAST HAUNCH OR SADDLE OF
VENISON.
An eight or six-pound haunch OF
venison roasted will be a fine dish for
YOUR New Year dinner. Or, if you pre-
fer use the saddle. In buying ven1son
see that the fat is thick and clear. The
hoof of the young animal is not much
onened. The flesh will smell sweet if
fresh Many consider the meat great
~ improved by the following treat
ment: Place it in an earthen crock or
large glazed boiler; allow to six pounds
a pint of vinegar scalded with a bay
leaf, a blade of mace. two or three
cloves. a sprig of thyme, two of pars-
ley and dozen pepper corns. Pour
over the venison, and if the weather is
cold let 1t stand for two days. Turn
occasionally and keep covered. Before
using, wash and wipe, remove the
thick skin and lay a few strips of
bacon over it, or better still, rub well
with good sweet butter. Make a paste
of flour and cold water and lay this
thickly-half an inch-over the venison;
put into the roasting pan with enough
cold water to cover the bottom of the
pan and q teaspoonful of salt and
three dashes of pepper, and bake an
hour, then carefully remove the paste
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