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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02
A COLOR
DINNER
Unique Plan For Christine
Eve Function III Which
Courses Suggest the
DC aston
BY ANNA n. SMITH.

IN PLANNING this dinner Il was tho
especial aim OF the hostess To
: make it peceliafly apprcprlsta 10
tile season without freapassjDe
upon the menr and the scheme Or aac-
oraiion Which belong to Christmas
day. Having been bought up IA tie
good old traditions OF Christmas holi,-
ana christmas turkey, it seemed little
less than sinful to forestall this aesl
ancient and honorable o. fea Is hy
serving rs specialtles on Tho da he-
tore. The dinner and aces Sss.'l &.
evolved II conformity with this yiee..
were suihelsH y novel and baui.fnl
TO be Of interest to any hostess en-
terfaining at this as0n.
The guests sat down to round
fable. c0~e cd with white damask in
the center stood a lafge cur glass bowl
hlled with low masses of ev rens
ann the deep green Christmas fa.n. iiS|
base wresthed about With evourd pine.
Over these lay so;t white co.soft.
glistening With diamond dust tosler-
wise mica dustl in realistic Imitation
Of snow. The four esudlesi icks we're
q eut glass, their shaacs whit ~fi~ed
TOD and bottom with the 7nnwv,
5parklinE cotton and friuved rifh crts-
tai beads. Placed between we're Acn-
bon dishes Of eut glass and silver con-
tanning white cream waters and g'aca
1onbons Snowhalls, bought at a |
caterers with bonbon boxes filed with |
andy hidden inside. stood At each |
over near the place afds. wf'eh were I
white, with the names in silver Tho /
1rst course. a grapefruit cocktail. |
which was in place when the dinnerl
Ees served. carried the effect still |
.srther. the 3tandards Of the exquisite.
ilender-stemmed glasses being buried
Y the same glittering snow which
erned the keynote of the scheme Of
decoration. Altogether the table pro-
'ented picture which waa wintry in-
iesd, but veTy beautiful.
As the courses followed each other
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02

IN turn. POE genesai motive. 20 to
speak, q The dinGcr developed When
nc sup appea sd. served in gold
Banded plates. i Dsre en its surface a
single sisr cui from red piinento. az
tho FIRST suggestion of Christmas. The
ertrce s0'iadr'l a sill cleaYcr note, the
rcd and eo'f laniFkins in which it vas
aerN91 c ring 0h their saucers. sur
roun3ej ,. ~rceths OF par Il ?7
piled, ~ 1hiiher IL ended. Although
Il was, o. COZ gc. III tho shilleully man.
s-ed color transition that The unique
charm Of TIE dinner lay n, menu vii
porhsns be Of interest as one which ia
approp~iats TO the season without in
anr WY infringing upon the tradi-
tinpal dinner Of Christmas lay. II Is
given below. 1ith the recipe for the
roast pig. aad others which may not
be familiar:
Grapefruit cocktail
Cream Of asparagus soup
Olives. celery, salted nuts
Sweetbreads Ia NeThurg. in ramekins
Roast pig with German forcemest
Drowned sweet potatoes. tar-
apple sauce IN jelly CUPS
Endive and celery salad
Biscuit glare
Nut waters and small cakes
Coffee
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02

camp. uf course you made an attrac-
fiNc SroAp ~ your comrades on thar
memorable otltlng9 Every aernber of
y win appreciate tHptefnlly printed
ana noun'ed copy. while the host ana
hostess are sure 10 think much of q
nicely framed enlargement of Tho s.s,, q
of their summer happiness
Those whose vacations were sueDf o
nc 1872 shore should not forget the pos
sihiiifies OF The simple bluc-rriut
process for rendering marine views. If
framed enlargement Is to be made
at enlarged negative must flrst be pre-
pared on glass OF raper~-a sssnple op.r-
aton-and the blue print taken from
lhat Anotlrer Way wplld be TO make
Q broniide cniargenent dirnc.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02

The lucky bean game can be
PLAYED al any informal dinner.
b supper, chiidren's party. fancy
dress dance or masquerade Each
gcest OH arrival, is asked 10 partake Of
snail piece of cake. a BEAN being
hidden in one OF these pieces. The
lucky finder of the bean becomes king
on queen u the evening, aii,: is
crowned with great ceremony, The
sovereign holds fnt sway for the resr
Of tae evening. Whatever he or she
does all must follow suit If ne chooses
70 rep around the room. all must do
so, K h- drinks all do the same; in
fact. ercrv action has 10 be initiated
W the other guests. or the penalty III q
forfeit. C. r..
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02

A TELEPHONE trick dat seems
IA surrounded by mystery Is, this.
Tell friend that there ir a..
mind reader in town who will
read any card that she may pick front1
pack, When she has selected the
card give her the telephone number OF ,
= friend Of yours who knows the trick.
ne name YOU tell her To ask FOR de-
pends on the card she holds For in 4
atance. II she has chosen the three OF
hearts the last name OF yonr mind
reader must begin With H the first
ielief 81 the suit she has selected. Tie
number OF the card determines the let
ter OF the alphabet which shall begin
me FIRST name Since II is the three
~ hearts any name beginning with tn~&
aird letter Of the alphabet WIN serve
In this case either Charles Harris OF
Charlotte Harmon would do III tho
queen cf clubs had been chosen YOU
might have given Your friend the name
Laura carson The two of diamonds
suggests Beatrice Davis. etc. ii nay4
take your assistant at the other and a
some time 10 figure out the card hntN
mat may be done while she is spp- 4
p9sediy summoning the mind reader
! on will hnd your friend much nsys.i-
ned when she is told exactly what card
she is holding.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02
Hints for Holidays
Contributed by House-1
keepers Who Have Had
Experience

a T our Christmas bazaar green
IA canes (clt on the river bank and
3 closely resembling bamboc) fur
nished the foundation OF a most
effective japanese booth They We're
easily made into a latticed summer
house, over which wild smilax was
trained This keers - glossy green
leaves all winter In the South. When
heavy clusters of loosely made pink
paper flowers were added the result
vas beautiful. Several hundred OF
there flowers we're made In one eve
ming By simply scslloping Two circles
n paper. ono slightly smaller than
the other. twisting them together In
the centre and slightly curing the
petals. They were fastened 10 the
leaves with pins This little fewer
covered booth. with It's lanterns haif
hidden by the flowers and leaves, had
q distinctly Japsucse air. 4.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02
\ the LEFT HANDED PARTY ths

y The LEFT HANDED PARTY ths
\ host and hostess have their right
hands fastened heaiffa hem IN re--
ceiving their guests Any guest
giving his rignt hand in greeting pays A
Forfeit later in the evening Potato
eces form a part Of the entertainment.
Potatoes arc placed at one end OF the
room IN row. Contestants start from
the n;hsT end. take up the potatoes in
spoons hsld by The left hand. and re-
tul1 e the other end Of the room Ritii-
N q given time Then a large bowl OF
peanDts is pat on the table. ind each
guest removes as many as he can on
ths back nf his left hand Evarything
: done with The left hand, eTen to the
partaking refreshments Mrs. ID, r..
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02

Or ~ acting game called "the
ship. each child assumes the
! r@ac of come officer ar other fea-
ture cf a ressel. Thus. one he
comes sailor, ere pilot. another fos
1orn ops ludGer one sail and so forth
A little story into which all the fea-
tares ot TIE SHIP are woven has bean
prepared in advance. When the game
- IN readiness. some one reads aIoud
the story IS escn child hears his as
snmsd name mentioned he rises and
llsiita e he persia or thing named
Thus. The foghorn blew 4 mourn III
blast. the sail aapped and veered IN
the wind, TIE sailor eilmner a mast ana
ssiutsd his superior oifieer. the engine
pufed. the wheels turned round - Eseh
child as.ag part thinks out ils aeting
witncut assistance From an Older per.
spa. NJ ID.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02

a COMPANY Of boys and girls VINO
IA seem determined TO play "Quak-
er meeting and nothing else,
can often be reused from its
starehed stiffness by the highly intci-
lectual game Of CAT Seat the play
ers IN circle with one in the centre
to be the cat. This animal at once pro
oeetlF to make his moan at the puhlicttv.
OF MIS- position. and with as wailfuil
Waouis as possible, kneels before some
member Of the party and tries 10 make
MIN laugh. The eat can make three
pleas. each as long and dolefui a.
possible. Meanwhile the seated player i
must reach out his hand. pat the cat
on the shoulder aud say. Poor pussy. !,
poor pussy, poor pussy" three times !
without laughing IF he laughs he
inust become the cat. This Is not
game thar can be PLAYED Iorg, but TOD
break the ice # is. rery successf,,I sipr4 4
j = 30 utterly ridiculous that esen the I
shyest must pmile . least bit.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02

EEEkAL new ideas for DEBUr-!
aNIE TEAS have developed ir1
- our town. One is to tie the en-l
velopes containing the inyfistions
VAIN marrow rlhhon instead of sealjs,a3
!hen'-in this case they are delivars52 {
DF messenger. not sent through the4
,naIl Another innovation is 10 he NJ
nome two consecutive days. Monday
snn iuesday. or Tuesday and wednes-
DAY instead OF Just one day as hereto
Or s9.t ms. ms allows for bad weather. ana
''oSe - 'sss crowded H..
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02

1AJ lien making smail p,ncusliIons
" for Christmas, buy wool wad-
w ding, pun it ~ pieces and stun
the cushion with it, 1t comes by
the sheet and Is far better than ANY
other filling. There IS so much iife
% the filing it is a pleasure to use The
cushion. E.S-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02

IN giving an old-fashioned csn,y ,,,a
much better time is snSe,xss 49,
III II the CANDY Is not confined to
"he variety. Slips are written ard
essh one numbered hearing che name
snp leelpe FOR making some particufs-s2
-snns. As The guests arrive thew are
nairsa on and each selects a sin. ana i
I. q ~ ~ 2 e'ases the Kind of candy desis- j
aaaso ,,s sometimes the candy does not3
.-sn ..aa ~ We. but oftener It does and
.ssuiss The ingrsdients ard utensils
.l22gl1 2s9. an pc near as hand. = 1ixsu lGl3
ID e 80 a.zA.sG.. z.fss.ss -.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02

y trimming a Christnias tree there
is nothing more convcnient than
! package - Invisible hairpins to
use for faatsuing the decorations
o he lr3aches H L.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-02

~ PLANNING this dinner i vas tho
/ especial aim OF Inc hGs;rs to
J make it peculiarly apprcpri,ta f0
tilp asaSan ,,.i. s,1,,--
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British challengers Genesta and Gal
stea, respectively. were sloops built
on n compromise between the old and
the Madge types. Then the next de-
fender. the Volunteer. was much more
like the Madge and like tho chal-
lenger. the Thistle. The Defender.
built to meet the valkyrie. and the
Columbia and Constitution, built for
tho Shamrocks. were 30 much like the
challengers In shape that one could
hardly tell one from the other save
By the colors Of the hulls. These con-
ditions brought victory to tho better
sailors and in the seve-al events the
Americans proved to be the best men.
The performances of the American
schooner yacht. Westward. in Euro
pean and Bntish waters last summer
naturally make the yachtsmen on this
sid, Of the pond" feel proud for the
Stars and Stripes carried OF practi-
cally all the honors. even defeating
Emperor Williams schooner. Meteor,
and the much-talked-of British built
schooner, Hamburg. The latter. along
with the ship-yacht ValhaIla, Fleur-
de-lys, Thistle and Ailsa went down
ir defeat in the ocean race Of 1905
when the three-masted American
schooner, Atlantic, won In the run
from New York to the Lizard.
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Interest in yachting has always been
in races, aside from the international
events. and ocean racing has always
been popular. The annual events
from New York to Bermuda for craft
Of less than so feet water line are
notable. The annual rae3 from Cali
fornia to Honolulu. 2.232 miles. Is Of
much interest to the Pacific yachts
men.
The international contests between
the United States and Canada, sailed
on the Great Lakes have done their
share in the development Of the small
yacht, while the Sonder-class events
between this country. Germany and
Spain have been entertaining and pro-
ductive OF goodfellowship. to say the
least. Every yacht club holds at least
one regatta each year.
The history Of steam yachting In
this country dates back only to 1851
when the Colonel John Stevens was
built at Philadelphia by Capt. r. r.
Loper. She was 90 feet long; but 1t
was the paddle wheeler. Firefiy. that
was built in 1884 that had the honor
of being the first steam craft to be
properly classed as one Of a feet be-
longing to a recognized yacht club.
Following the Civil War the ad-
vance in steam yachting was quick
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square-rigged sailing yachts under the
American flag save one or two top
sail schooners. The other square-rig-
gers. like the Aloha, are auxiliaries
and. as such. are classified under the
head OF "steamers'' IL the Shipping
List.
The fastest Of all types Of sailing
craft Is the sloop. and Of recent years
all Of the contestants for the Amer
ica's cup have been Of this rig. The
America, however. was a schooner and
In her great race at Cowes In 1851
she was sailed against sloops and
schooners. The first British chal-
lenger for the cup was the schooner
Cambria. This vessel was a deep
hulled model and against her was
sent the Magic. a centerboard craft
that was the outgrowth of the skim
ming dish that was developed In this
country.
The Magic was victorious and IN the
next three series of races for the IA
nous cup the American defenders
were Of the centerboard type. while
the challengers were Of the deep type
and all were schoonors.
. In 1881 the British sloop Madge,
deep and OF narrow hull. was import
ed and. although she was but 46 feet
1 inch long on deck. feet inches
vide and 8 feet 8 inches draught, she
easily defeated many craft larger than
she. In her own class nothing could
touch her, and she was highly influ-
entail in bringing about a change in
the American type Of cup racer.
The next defenders. Puritan and
Mayfiower. that met and defeated the
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enlarged. You Will see that these
wonderful feet are provided with
pair of hooks, as well al two pads
back Of them. which latter are better
brought into view in Fig. s.. which
gives the back view Of the same foot.
The hairs appear like very large
bristles in these views. The pads are
supposed to be slightly sticky. which
provision aids them in holding on to
glazed or smooth surfaces. They may
serve also. with the bent joints. to
receive the shock OF alighting upon
some hard surface, although flies seem
to be able to Withstand q good deal
Of rough treatment on various parts
Of their bodies. for we now how read
ny they re-establish themselves after
q pretty hard slap with I fan.
Drawing No, shows the whole ny.
the most wonderful flying machine.
as well as the bravest Of creatures, Tor
there Is no beast In warm climates,
however savage, nor any pestilence
which can scare away this warrior.
The framework Of the wings. as
well as the wonderful membrane
stretched over it. is all very Interest,"
ing to view under the microscope. To
the naked eye 1t seems rather plain,
even II very delicate. but you would
be filled with astonishment to behold
Il under the microscope. You would
ind its whole boundary bordered with
small thorns. becoming very large at
the point joining the body. and the
entire surface Of the membrane. COW
cred with unnumbered thousands, II
not millions. of minute thorns. which
are not to be seen even under q good
magnifying glass, but which show>pp
me-. beautifully under the more pow
erful microscope.
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green's as are found in some specimens.

greens as are found in some specimens.
After seeing this spectacle you feel
that there is nothing else on this crea-
ture worth looking at-but there Is.
/ would call your attention to the deli
cate. fern-like antennae. the bristly
and spike-like hairs on the front and
top Of the head. also the black bands
resembling patent leather" which
border the eyes. separating them from
the middle part Of the head. Il
& The mouth In very complicated and
II provided with q proboscis .or suck
ing apparatus. the end of which Is
seen at the lower middle part Of the
head. A detailed drawing Of this from
mounted specimen Is shown in Zig.
3. It suggests the Uncovered foot
and leg Of an Esquimau. The foot"
par. reminds one Of q red-ribbed bed
roo slipper The ribs serve the pur-
pose Of stretching out the elastic and
e. .borate sucking surface. which you
have seen SO often planted upon a
stra..- grain of sugar which fell out Of
its proper place.
The two little thorned organs at
bosis is drawn up they are in just the
right position to examine anything
which II near that organ.
A foreleg OF this animal IL shown
In Fig. 8. Under low power object
i've it looks likeAa small. black tree
trunk. covered with small hairs. and
in some parts with very large. sharp.
stiff bristies.
The most interesting part of the
fiy's leg Is the foot. which we all know
performs such wonderful feats a.
walking up the window pane. across
the smooth ceiling Tor on anything
except the ny paperi Drawing No.
4 shovra fls ton ~ this forefoot much
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ten to fifteen diameters. and even then
the whole fly cannot be seen at once
under the microscope. A front view
of the head OF blow-fiy ID shown in
Fig. 1. 'Ths thousand eyes," or conn
posite eyes. are best observed from
this view. The beauty Of coloring or
marvellous construction Of q fiy's eye
cannot Abe well described In printers
ink. 1t must be seen to be appreci-
ated. However. for the time being
you may imagine the appearance of
an enlarged. convex. oval-shaped or
gan. dotted all over its surface
with geometrically perfect hexagonai-
shaped deprs ssions. a. Il made by .
marvel metal worker,-Yeu may well
Imagine the beauty of such . wdhder-
fully checkered surface when the Night
brings out it's rich maroon coloring.
or. rich golden brown and chanEeable
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development, when tfcy crawl aside
into q place for protection and trans
form into pupae, or little cases from
which they later emerge. full-fiedged
flies
An Interesting fact about flies. which
many do not know. is that they do
not grow. That IN. they attain their
full size in the pupa state and emerge
from this state full grown. Therefore
tho small dies you see win never grow
any larger. as they belong to a smaller
species. When one Of these fiies is
examined under magnifying glass
or microscope there II much to be
admired about him. even II some Of
our friends OF the gentler sex call
him perfectly horrid." after taking q
peek at his srotesqus countenancs un-
der . glass.
A very low power u used. Of about
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and there were built craft like W. K
vanderbilts Valiant that is sa2 fee,
long and, registers 1928 tons. To-day
there are fifty or more yachts Of this
type. all of them capable OF making
cruises around the world, Indeed.
most Of them have.
A notable steam yacht IL the To-
landa. shown on this page. This yacht
Is the second largest ever built. She
was built In 1908 and she IL sos feet
long. She has five deckS and a flying
bridge. Every possible comfort and
convenience is on her. including wire
less. She carries 5000 tons Of coal
and. at IL miles an hour. has a steam
ing radius of 5000 miles. When at
her best she makes n miles an hour.
Yachtsmen have taken the turbine
engine, too, and in Mr.. c. K @. Bill
lings' Vanadis is a splendid example
Of the ocean cruiser. She Is attn
feet long and makes 16h miles an
hour.
The Little Sovereign. 133 feet long.
with q speed Of 33 miles an hour. II q
splendid example Of the express
steamer. embodying many Of the COM
forts of a home afioat
At the outbreak Of the Spanish
American war the Government was in
dire need Of small craft Of speed. and
the authorities looked to the yachts
men. A dozen or more steam yachts
were purchased. Among them J.
Pierpont Morgan's handsome Corsair.
a vessel of 204 feet on the water line
and Of 1000 horsepower.
This yacht, fitted with small guns.
was renamed the Gloucester and her
part IN the battle Of Santiago Ii too
we'll known to more than mention that
she fought two Spanish torpedo boats
and crippled them. Other yachts con-
verted into fourth class gunboats and
under the command of naval officers
did splendid service. Even a tugboat,
the Hudson. manned by revenue on
GERS. was made 20 perform heroic serv-
ice at Cardenas in dragging or the
torpedo boat on which Lieut.. Bagley
lost his life.
With the>development Of the steam
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place, and when we examine one un-
der a microscope, or even good mag
nifying glass, we will find them well
fitted to carry foreign matter about
on their hairy bodies and legs.
Possibly every "pest" has its re-
deeming qualities, and certainly the
blow-fly is an example, and besides
this he now has the distinction Of be-
ing studied as the most promising
pattern for flying machine by one
scientific man. This fly is readily dis
tinguished from the house-fly, being
larger and of a blackish color, with
steel-blue cofored abdomen. He shows
his good taste by his strong attraction
to the odor of cooking. especially Of
moat and vegetables. When he has
nothing else to occupy his time he
amuses the baby by buzzing down, the
window pane, and then walking up
the glass and repeating the novel per-
formance!
He ceases to be amusing to the
housekeeper, however. when she finds.
Notwithstanding her carefulness. that
some fresh meat she put on shelf.
until place could be made for It
in the refrigerator. has been "hy-
blown" That is. the blow-fiies have
deposited their eggs on It. This is
one of the Objectionable tricks OF these
fellows. nor do they select fresh meat
as a cradle for their offspring neces-
sarily, as decaying flesh or cheese and
nitrogenous vegetables are also favor
tte places.
1t II far from pleasant to imagine
the sufferings of wounded soldiers
during hot weather when visited by
these pests. However annoying is the