New-York tribune., 1906-11-27
A THANKSGIVING TEA.
Old Fashioned Colonial Dishes To Be Used
Effeetively-Odd Decorative Schemes.

At Thanksgiving tea to be given tomorrow in
the attractive apartment of an ingenious young
matron the whole scheme of dining room decora-
ton. as well as the costumes worn by the hostess
and her assistants will be characteristic Of q
Colonial Thanksgiving.
To begin with, daylight will be excluded from
the pretty, mahogany furnished dining room,
which will depend for It's illumination yellow
candles IN rosy checked apples by way of sticks
These lights will be arranged like many tallow
dips around the entire room on the plate rail,
while hanging between each. from long brass
nails will be punches of brilliant yellow field
On the centre of the cosey round table, with its
cover Of snowy damask. win stand basket fash
ioned from large pumpkin and heaped with gor-
geous fruit Bunches of grapes will cluster effect
lively around the high arched handle and trailing
vines will be arranged gracefully about the whole
Then, TO complete the Thanksgiving flavor Of this
pretty ensemble, there is 10 be of yellow
dies in bright appe-sticAs around the centreptece
with lot of little silver and cut glass dishes OF
bonbons in the form of pumpkins, cranberries and
kernels Of corn disposed here and there about the
table.
lovely old Colonial silver teapot and there to
be dainty turkey sandwiches Si to go with 1t. and
old oid fashioned pound cake without @ f@rostpg, @ that
n SeeRn old fashioned ~ nave
AS for niady hostess and The cr9wd of, Of pretty
Out Out in We Wonderful Old full dowered skirts cbued
The last set in this carefully thought out scheme
will be the punch, served hot from a large old
silver punchbowl which has its history, have
the silver cups from which the guests will drink
their steaming brew before leaving the dining
room
THANKSGIVING DECORATIONS.
What shall the prospective Thanksgiving hostess,
wearying of the obvious combinations Of
turkey, pumpkins, fruits and flowers. turn to for
something a bit different?
Well she might do worse than to arrange low
broad bow pot" as our great-grandmothers would
high in the centre of the shaggy, football headed
blossoms naughty turkey gobbler in bronze
papier mache
From yellow bow tied around his turkeyshp's
places, where the decorative note of Thanksgiving
would be still further expressed by the plate cards
One novel plate card is a small and ''hand paint
ed turkey. which fastens with invisible wire
Thanksgiving post cards also make most appropri-
ate place cards.
Paper ramekins resembling turkeys with out
spread wings; decorated paper doilies, and bonbon
found in styles galore at the shops. Roasted tur-
keys, "strutting turkeys natural looking nuts,
pumpkins, cranberries and slices of pumpkin pie
everything think of that is in any way
style OF case or receptacle or even in chocolate
itself. The variety of faVOrS is perpleXng as it
IS interesting. a novelty is in the form OF nat
ural looking peanut, about three inches long 1t
contains paper cap and tiny toy or trinket, the
small opening being tied with narrow ribbon. The
bright red snapper, ornamented with gilt turkey,
is another popular form. Small bars of chocolate
which perched turkey and tiny knife
and fork, are unique. Individual moulds add 20
the charm of the salads and ices, while sandwiches
and cakes become more tempting when shaped
fancifully by the of the little cutters that
be bought in any hardware or department store.