The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-21
TIA NIX SOWING
TABLE DECORATIONS

VT IS as Tar a cry from the Thanks
giving celebrations Of the pill
grim fathers on their rockbound
"a New England coast in actual
count Of time as I'm the ways Of pro-
viding and decorating the modern din
ner table around which many OF their
descendants will gather on the APP
pointed day OF thanks which we all
honor.
IN this year OF grace and on the COM
ing Thanksgiving day the twentieth
century housewife Will find her great
est source OF annoyance in selection
Of good things TO prepare for her
guests rather than in offering up a
paean Of praise that the family has
enough and to spare. as did the host
esses on the first celebration Of the
feast day. &c..
How the practical Narthas and hon
est IL a bit. hard listed Johns Of colo
NAL times would stare I'm establishment
If they could see a perfectly appointed
Thanksgiving table Of the present
time-f0r instance, the very charming
room and the board 10 be seen in the
illustration. about which viii be gath
party Of dinersi How they would
blink their eyes and possibly criticise,
and not altogether favorably. the cleo
trio lighting Of this festive board! But
the up 10 date hostess viii add TO her
list of mercies the very fact that she
IS able 10 run electric wires inside her
pumpkin candelabras instead OF using
the old fashioned troublesome. sput-
tcring candles Of yore For this dec
grafton she viii select small pumpkins
cut in the usual iack-O'-lanteTn style.
and when placed about a centerpiece
or at the TOR corners OF the table the
effect win be wonderfully good.
Tail centerpieces are again in vogue.
so n this modern hostess has an
eperEne that has been relegated to the
garnet for n decade let her hunt IL up
and give it the place Of honor on her
Thanksgiving table. Burgundy and
white grapes in graceful clusters may
fin the dish, and nothing is more at
tractive than 20 trail long sprays OF
autumn leaves from one tier TO another
until they fall to the base of the
epergne Thanksgiving comes rather
late for natural autUmnal foliage in
most parts Of the country. but # is al
ways possible to buy the artificial
leaves and use them without injury to
ones artistic conscience. Autumn
leaves. too. make mighty attractive
place cards with n pale yellow spot
left pUrpOsely in the center OF the card
FOR the guests name
Pumpkins are expected at the
Thanksgiving feast. but the hostess
who can show a prize winner in the
shape Of this luscious vegetable will
be thought very clever If she uses II
in painted form on her name cards.
Such cards are easy to make. Color
the body of the pumpkin a heavy vel
low and the ribbon a deep blue. The
ribbon IS tied about the stem and ar
ranged in conventional fashion around
the pumpkin Write the name Of the
guest upon the end OF the ribbon which
appears ar the bottom These souye-
Mrs win be remembered long after the
g7stronOmic dainties are forgotten.
ChrysanthemUms are. Of course. the
flowers that most appropriately do
duty for Thanksgiving day decorations.
And a simple and very effective table
adornment may be carried out with Q
tail horn OF plenty-the cheap tin va
riety that has been nicely gilded and
then filled with a few handsome long