The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-29
Birthdays O Bayard Taylor and Ed
gar Allan Poe Come in January
Directions for a "Bayard Taylor
luncheon Of the Nations

" the Nations.
January brings two American poets,
oiieHdays for the club luncheon series
eIaL OF Bayard Taylor, who was born
a. hennett Square, Pa, January II.
1870 ana of Edgar Allan Poe. whose
birthday anniversary comes later in
the month.
Bayard TayIor's reputation as tthe
Great American traveller makes a
eHahge possible in the arrangement of
Tue programme and detail for this one
losI iahcheon, at least From his first
sreat Journey to Europe, made in the
middle foTties, to his death in Ber-
In IN 1875, Bayard Taylor gave to the
world series of travel volumes and
STORES which are fascinating II style
and SO varied in scope and experiences
lhat the sophisticated and untrayeled
nave been wont to dub him an Ameri-
can Munchausen. Taking the truth
and the untruth of the volumes, how
ever. they form series so interesting
that his ability as poet and novelist
Is oVershadowed by his fame as a tray
oe more appropriate than "a Bayard
Taylor luncheon OF the nations
Representative of his book on "A
Journey to Central Africa, the Lands
OF the saracen," have an African table.
His Visit to India, China and Japan
makes an oriental table very appropri-
ate and his Summer Pictures of swed-
en-, Denmark and Lapland" will make
q pretty Scandinavian table. An
American table should be added and
possibly European table, If an ex-
ira one is needed, but the countries
chosen will give an oddly of entertain
nent which the English, French and
Italian tables have lost through much
use
For the toasts choose from each
table a speaker to give a bit Of ex-
perlence OF travel-personal, il pos
sible-from the country the table rep
resents. Or a descriptive sketch from
the works of Taylor, which have been
mentioned may be made interesting.
At the close of the service or between
courses a short programme OF vocal
or instrumental music representative
of the various countries should be
given.
Every course should, in its turn, be
representative of the countries, like
wise. For instance, the famous Indian
soup-MuIlagat open the
luncheon, or, to be more strictly prop
er III the choice of the opening course
for q luncheon. there is Scotch broth
The fish course may be heralded from
America and New England, at that,
as the first Of the American strong
holds. This course may be Goldfish
steak in New England style, served
with we1l-buttered johnny cake.
Africa should be represented in the
meat course and any one favored with
an old black nanny some place along
the family line may have number
of good old dishes to draw upon. Bel
gian hare or rabbit may be served to-
look like .possum, although the rabbit
itself with the good luck its left hind
foot is supposed to carry for the At
rican native, is an appropriate and APP
petizing dish. With this. of course,
must be served sweet potatoes. For
the salad serve Brussels sprouts or Je-
rusaIem artiehokes with East Indian
pickles The dessert may hail from
the frozen nor h, and nothing will
better carry gu the general idea of
the ice and the snow than the dessert
which the youngsters of Norway are
wont to call "pif-paf." This is served
much like charlotte russe-in bowls
or cups and eaten with a spoon-from
which its name is derived. 1t is made
OF quantities of whipped cream, slices
OF cake and rich, red raspberry pre-
serves. The whipped cream is dropped
in the bottom OF the bowl, the slices of
cake are thrust into this and the pre-
serves are dropped over this in little
mounds. This Is repeated-the cream.
the cake, and the preserves-until the
bowl is filed. With this may be
served Russian tea, sweetened with
preserves, If American stomachs can
withstand this onslaught, or the
sweetening. which is characteristic,
NAV be omitted. The bon bons for this
affair may be the Chinese sweets, or
the sweets Of every country may be
chosen.
The decorations for the tables, OF
course, must represent the countries.
For the American table, red. white and
blue, with the menu cards bearing this
quotation from the poets Incident
of the Crimean War Forgot was
BritaSn's glory.
For the other tables the eolors Of
the countries may be carried out or
the representation may come through
the fora of the country. For Africa
90 10 Taylor's wonderful poem to XII
inandiaro, the monarch of African
mountafns'-these lines 50 wonder
fully describing the country's variety
os growth:
Zone above zone
The climates OF earth are displayed as
an index,
Giving the scope of the Book of crea-
From clouds and from cold into sum
mer eternal,
There in the wondering airs of the
Tropics
shivers the aspen, still dreaming Of