The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-07


Luncheon of the Nations"
January brings two American poets
birthdays for the club luncheon series
that of Bayard Taylor, who was born
at Kennett Square, Pa, January IL,
1925, and of Edgar Allan Poe. whose
birthday anniversary comes later in
the month.
Bayard Taylor's reputation as "the
great American traveller" makes a
change possible in the arrangement OF
the programme and detail for this one
poet luncheon, at least. From his first
great journey to Europe, made in the
middle forties, to his death in Ber-
lin in 1878, Bayard Taylor gave to tho
world a series of travel volumes and
stories which are fascinating in style
and so varied In scope and experiences
that the sophisticated and untraveled
have 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 O tray
eler. For this luncheon nothing could
be 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
pretty Scandinavian table. An
American table should be added and
possibly a European table, If an ex-
ira one is needed, but the countries
chosen will give an oddty of entertain
ment 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-
perience of travel-personal, II pos
sible--from the country the table rep
resents. Or 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
-Mullagatawney- open the
luncheon, or, TO be more strictly prop
er in the choice of the opening course
for 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 well-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 a number
| of good old dishes to draw upon. Bel
gian mare 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 ap.
! petizing dish. With this, of course
must be served sweet potatoes. For
the salad serve Brussels sprouts or Je.
rusalem artichokes with East Indian
| pickles. The dessert may hail from
the frozen north, and nothing will
| better carry out the general idea OF
| the ice and the snow than the dessert
which the youngsters of Norway are
won't 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, II American stomachs can
Withstand this onslaught or the
sweetening. which is characteristic
may be omitted. The bon bons for this
. affair may be the Chinese sweets, OF
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
Britain's glory"
For the other tables the colors of
the countries may be carried out or
the representation may come through
the fora OF the country. For Africa
go 70 Taylor's wonderful poem to xii.
imandiaro," the monarch OF African
mountains"-thes lines so wonder
fully describing the country's variety
OF growth: