The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22

of warmth and welcome to the guests.
The chief consideration in this di-
rection will, of couse, be the table,
which should not only groan with its
burden of good things to eat, but
should be made attractive with sea-
sonable decorations.
AS the Pilgrim Fathers are insep-
arably associated with the great
American holiday, it is an entirely
appropriate, and novel treatment, as
we'll, to decorate the table in their
honor.
The central figure of this decorative
scheme should be a miniature May
flower, which can be shaped at home
after several different models. The
little vessel should be full-rigged and
it's hold filled with a goodly cargo of
fruits and nuts.
A large green squash, selected with
care in view of the fact that itais to be
halved, will, when scooped out, serve
as the hull of the vessel. The sails
can be fashioned from white paper
cut with a nicely and sewed to mast
and boom, the latter being ordinary
smooth sticks. On one of the sails in
scribe THE Mayflower of 1903,' so
there will be no mistake about its iden-
ity.
Let the goodly ship sail on a big mir
ror representing the sea, and have it
headed for the end of the table on
which reposes Plymouth Rock sur
rounded by the rock bound coast
a collection of many shells and stones,
gathered in travels or for the occa-
sion.
Contrary to the original state of
things, the housewife can argue that
the vegetation in the locality, asso-
ciated with the Mayflower, has
changed within the past few hundred
years, so she can hide the oceans
boundaries with delicate ferns and
dainty blossoms, which will reflect in
the mirror quite realistically.
The souvenirs can consist OF bon
bon box at each place in the shape of
a small ship, on the sails of which are
the figures 1620-1903 They can also
be fashioned, at a trifling expense, out
of pasteboard, tissue paper, tooth
picks, and some water-color paints.
On the top of each mast put a tiny
flag, about an inch in diameter, cut out
of red, white and blue tissue paper,
using a pin for the staff. The entire
cost of the table decorations, includ-
ing the flowers. should not exceed 81.
A caterer would probably charge SIS.
If the good wife fears to undertake
the building of a Mayflower owing to
a lack of nautical education, she can
still have her Mayfower, and in place
of the me-made sails she can sub
stitute some from a child's sailboat.
AS to the bonbon favors, small boxes
may be purchased ready made, and
tiny boats may be pasted on, the flag
being added as before.
At the beginning of a feast there is
usually a trying moment of suspense
to every hostess. Such an embarass-
ment at the Thanksgiving dinner can
be averted by a resort to novel idea
in the shape of souvenirs. 1t will be
q charming prelude which will insure
safe crossing of the Rubicon.
These souvenirs, which will delight
the children as we'll as, the grown-ups.
should consist of a unique assortment
of animal, insect, fruit and flower
caricatures, which may be fashioned
into ingenious forms from small
fruits, vegetables and nuts. The first
glimpse of the objects will set in
loquacious play the fountain Of mirth
and words.
To accomplish this result very
slight expenditure of money is neces-
sary, for the requisites are in nearly
every household. These consist Of