Evening journal., 1910-12-20
DECORATIONS FOR
THE XMAS TABLE
Turkey Legs Should End in
Fluffy FrilIs Of
Paper

The average woman is now thinking
seriously about her decorations for
the Christmas dinner table. Time was
when TO make q pretty table required
The combined skill OF a carpenter and
upholsteror and q plumber. Now the
shops are so full OF pretty things that
an the hostess has TO do Is TO buy her
decorations. This Is sometimes diff
cult. too, when money is scarce, but
Il IS astonishing for how small sum
pretty things may be had in the shops.
Last year very attractive table
had as its centrepiece miniature
Christmas tree. This was hung with
chains of gold and silver and was
lighted with tiny colored tapers. il
rested on the mound formed by a
turned-down bowl which was covered
with red crepe paper and banked with
holly.
At each cover stood a tiny paOier-
mache Santa Claus, bearing a lighted
taper also; bronze turkeys stood at
the corners OF the table, apparently
treading paths made of red ribbon.
The tapers were all lighted when
dinner was announced, lighted can
dies were placed here and there IN
the room and on the table, and so
neither gas nor electricity was used
and the effect was very attractive.
The ices at the dinner were in the
form of Santa Clauses. each OF which
carried Christmas tree bearing n
lighted candle over his shoulder, and
each OF which stood in bed of spun
sugar
Another dinner table had as its CEN
trepieco a r0omy sleigh, made Of ever
greens. From this strips of broad
ribbon extended to each plate. To
the ends OF the ribbon were attached
fayors, which were hid In the sleigh
and which at the end Of the feast
were withdrawn by pulling the rib
b0ns. Reindeer were attached to the
vehicles.
The candle shades here were Of red
and red rose lay at each cover.
Tho only decorations one house
keeper allows on the snowy cloth
which covers her Christmas table are
REQ roses and brass .candlesticks, the
candles which the latter contain re-
manning unshaded, in true Christmas
fashion. Tho roses are arranged loose
ly in cutglass or silver vase and
used as a centorpiece,
Poinsetta may take the place OF
the roses when Il is desired, for Il,
too. makes a very effective trimming.
The dishes served may in them
seltos be made very attractive. The
turkey dish may be ornamented with
aspic: The turkeys legs should end
in fluffy frilla OF paper.
The grapefruit Will, of course, be
made gay with maraschino cherries.
The ices should be of some form suit
able TO the festival; the icing Of the
cake should be red.
Whatever the cooks feelings ON the
subject. the guests viii enjoy the pud-
ding more If &c comes IN in a dish
blazing with alcohol.
Red mints will add to The decor
atiyc effect
At the shops all sorts of charming
favOrs may be had. Thus the man
whose thoughts are chained to his
business might receive as his gift a
miniature cash register made OF
papier-mache, but following in every
detail the regular article. For the
person who talks about the weather
continually there Is a tiny thermo-
meter: a chocolate pipe may be had
for the smoker. a champagne bottle
for the dinner-goer, a purse for the
mercenary and a typewriter for the
ncar-author. Toys may be had TO
suit everyone. indeed. and they add
much 20 the iollity OF the occasion If
they are produced at a proper mo-
ment