Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-26
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.

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Don't talk to me of the solemn days
In Autumn time Of splendor.
because the sun shown fewer rays.
And these grow scant and slender
Why, its the climax of the year
Tho highest time of living
TIL naturally Its bursting cheer
Just melts into Thanksgiving.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
MENU SUNDAY.
Breakfast.
Grapes and Apples.
Cereal.
Scrappel Fried Sweet Potatoes
Wheat Pancakes.
Coffee
Dinner
Vegetable Soup
Celery Picked Pears
Pot roast OF Beef
Mashed Potatoes Turnips
Beet Salad
Apple Dumplings with Lemon Sauce
Coffee
Supper
Scalloped oysters
Bread and Butter, Pickles
Baked Apples Stuffed with Ounces
and Cream
Spice Cake
Tea.
With a hard year financially disap'
pearing behind us. and the new one
coming, not altogether assured, there
are thousands OF homes all over this
dear broad land of ours whose in
mates devoutly thankful for all theti
"marcies." still feel that they cannot
really afford two and half OF
three dollar turkey for Thanksgiving
Well. while Sir Turkey Is sim tn,
ideal Thanksgiving figure head few
of US are so lacking in resourceful'
ness that we cannot get up dinner
to be thankful for, even without HI:
Majesty. with two dollars in tn,
treasury and six to provide for, VIVA
is the best we can do for a Thanks
giving course dinner that VIII give
everyone plenty to eat and be thank
full for? Let us consider,
II we have had our own garden t.
levy on during the summer and hav
put up home made pickles. iolles ant
seasoning herbs and vegetables tn
task Is easy and we shall have some
thing IT, spare for extras. II Inc cup
board and store room are bare am
everything has TO be purchased fro:
butcher or grocer the plot iaick"ns.
! But we can do II.
Cream of Tomato Soup with
r Croutons or Noodle Soup 81
: Stuffed Roast Leg Of Pork with
t Apple Sauce or Apple jelly
or Chicken Pic with Gran
2 berry Jelly. or English Meat
y Pie with Bsrherry or Grape
Q Mashed or Sweet Potatoes.
, Mashed TurnNs or Hoilcr
Onions.... ... ... ... &c.. ..
! waldorf Salad with choose
Crisps. or Cabbsgo Salad
, Cream Dressing ... &c.. ... ..
homemade Mincc or Pumpkin
Pie go. .,, 't' .t' '.' -
Bread and Butter 90. =
which leaves balanc" of 90 cen
for popcorn, nuts or coffee as pr
ferred.
THAN Is SILL I'M i''~' 'itFN io4'S'
Even with money to burn" Il
most appropriate THANKSGIVING deco
ations are those that can LARGELY
had for the gathering Autumn leave
festoous of ears OF corn, their hus
turned back and braided togcthc
/. cookie burr basket that the childr
can make and III with sprays OF bl
tersweet barberries or mountain a'
NJ strings of horse chestnuts, glossy a
rs brown, intermingled with ropes OF ~
III low kernels OF corn OF popcorn r
Virginia creeper making beautit
oo decorations as also cat tails. grou
of bell peppers in all stages OF r'r
IN ness from deep shining green to fla
Us Ing scarlet.
For q centerpiece. yellow desi
70 consists of q large yellow pumpkin
no bronze green hubbard squash.
lir stem END cut off. tho contents scool
an out and the edges cut In fancy sha
or finish as Q basket with handl
lime with waxed paper and MI W
rosy checked apples, purplegrap
golden oranges. ruddy pears W
sprays of Autupn leaves and Ere
or crimsoning vines. trailing gracef
Ily over the outside.
A tall crystal vase with bunch
Y. fluffy yellow chrysanthemums make