The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06
FOR THANKSGIVING DINNERS
one ELABORATE SCHEME o.
TABLE DECORATI01.

srheme Even ID HestcssS Dress
A New York'woman is having pumpkin
color gown made 10 wear at her Thanks
giving dinner and she has ASKED the
men guests TO wear In place OF tho usual
dress tie ono Of pumpkin color. Her
women guests escape with a request 70
wear bit Of pumpkin color somewhere
about them.
u don't dare ask each TO wear q pump
kin color gown. much as ! would like 70,
knowing that Ia comply with my RICHEST
would mean in most cases ordering q
new gown she explained.
Thanksgiving dinners less popularr
On the contrary the Thanksgiving dinner
| h more popular now in New York than is
was some years ago when traditions re-
auired that city folks should get up early
and make slow and mostly uncomforta bic
journeys into the country to eat heavy
afternoon dinners in solemnity and
dulness.
New Workers with country houses
have them open as rule for the holiday
but the lively party gathsred there 10
made up mostly Of friends. not relatives
who golf or motor or do somsthins eke
out OF doors all day long or up Tn the dinnsr
hour. which N or q O'Clock. That sort
OF thing will be done this year On the
other hand there are many New Workers,
of whom l am one who like 10 plan and
do plan for dinner In town on Thanks-
giving. often including among the guests
country relatives who are clad Of this
chance IN pay little visit tn town.
Il do not mean that whole family
representing two or three generations
~ asked. Mercy. no, That sort of dinner
party would never do. auppoeing outside
guests are asked There are strictly
family dinners Of course given even
among fashionable folk. but these host-
e-ses make virtue 81 necessity usually
and go through with the function AZ a
sort Of duty
-Theup 10 date New York THANKSGIVING
dinner IL Jolly affair which gives or
ought IN give every guest something to
be thankful for. As rule il 10 topped
on with an sfterpiece % an equally jolly
nature, which cuts ont cards and card
tables. though-any sort Of game in fact
played for money. Yes. this structure
applies To bridge too. Nearly every
Thanksgiving dinner includes several
young persons among the guests. which
ins'ires usually q livelier. more varied
programme than ordinary
This year I have invited twenty addi.
tionsl guests 20 come At . o'clock and
! have put my dinner hour az sarly M
$50. which is permissible on HOLIDAYS
but would not he tolerated at other times.
because the dining room must he partly
cleared before Q O'Clock. q few charades
in character being on the Programme.
No amount Of coaxing could persuade
this hostess to divulge the remainder Of
her programme
Naturally said she. i don't want
nv guests TO know what is in store for
them. Eighteen are asked for dinner and
the table and dining room decorations
will be strictly in keeping with the &C.
casion- These AZ described by her hear
out the statement ~ more than one caterer
that the ornamentation Of the Thanks
giving dinner has reached a scale OF
elaboration which would have been called
wildly extravasant by our New England
forei athers
| To begin wit h her tablecio,h is Of pumr.
kin colored satin covered down the mid
die and near the edges with cluny lace.
Nearly every course will be served
on deep yellow ware. A an innovation
this host c~@ will serve real pumpkin pie.
! which although ordered from a Fifth
avenue cat ersr. need not. abe says, fear
comparison with the article concocsed
in the best % country kitchens. and small
china plaf - ~ suitable color being hard
to find. the pie will be served on wooden
plates with pale yellow cent? res and pump
kin Cnlored INNS decorated in turn with
tiny autumn leaves 81 vivid tint These
plat e. made IN order by young woman,
are artistic and likely to lend intsrsse
to the pie course.
| The individual ice cream hoAeanrs.
some oblong. others oval or round, are
Of pumpkin colored PAPER machs. the
cover heaped with autumn leaves. The
mt holders are tiny pumpkins; larger
pun kins with turkey handles hold the
bonbons Place cards. the color of birch
bark. are lettered in pumpkin color
and decorat ed with his satanic majesty
clothed in usual black and flame color.
Inst cad Of a floral centrepiece there will
| be a cider barrel OF natural color hooped
with pumpkin color and heaped with gor-
geo,,s autumn leaves: This cont aims the
somcly mounted with gold hoops In
tended for cigarholders.
Suspended above the table 10 tho
decoration which includes the women's
favors. This Ia a huge pumpkin made
OF nine pieces. each shaped like wedge
Of pie. which fall apart at tho loosenins
OF 4 string This IL done at the close Of
the dinner Inside Of each wedge. which
10 really a wooden case with n clasp. In q
pumpkin color satin case enclosing a ANAL
Japanese fan embroidered in gold and
gorgeous colors. Besides the fana and
the cigar cases comic favor will he
given with every course
Every electric bulb In the room will be
covered with pumpkin jack o. lnnsern.
Additional larger jack o lanterns will Be
suspended from the ceiling.
A. place which makes speciality
Of table decorations there are fascinating
cent r~pieces and pieces TO hang above
! the table which are designed as favor
| holders In some cases the favorD In
| shapes suitable to the season cost any
where from a quarter mp TO 81 each and
these are provided by the dealer In
other cases the centrepieces are bought
without favors, the hostess choosing 10
substitute more valuable things. shifting
each TO tn" guest for whom II 10 intended:
| A centrepiece new this year. Intended
To he hung above the table. . huge