The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-23

the least elaborate the work woulc
be lessened and the effect be Just as
good
For instance, there was always E
blockhouse in ye olden days, with can
non before it, and turkeys were roast
ed in the open air. and there were
piles of corn when the harvest was
in and so on. In a farm home II
would be easy to have dried ears o,
corn about, shucks and all showing
and in city ears of popcorn coult
be used
Take the blockhouse scene and pre-
pare the picture for the possible in
vaslon of hostile Indians. Cover 8
Hquare cardboard box with brown pa
per for the log house; trace over il
with black crayon a rude imitation OF
logs, cut slit windows, put on a rough
chimney and leave the door half open
with little doll, dressed as a Puri
tan child, peeping out. About the
blockhouse group some toy pine trees
one or two Puritan men, two maids
and maybe friendly Indian with
feathered headdress. The maids and
child are dressed in grave gray gowns
with white kerchiefs and caps. and
the white men wear buff-colored knee.
breeches. red waistcoats and green
or gray tail coats. The good Indian
wears war paint and. maybe. drags a
cloak of fur behind him. Dolls for
the purpose can be had at 10 cents
aDiece-four inches Highland they
could be dressed in tissue paper.
They are held to the table with long
block headed pins, or rather to a
board upon which the scene is set
and afterward covered over in suit,
able manner. One of the metal tur.
keys, sold now in all the candy and
toyshops for Thanksgiving. could ap.
pear in the scene and also a deer and
a fat goose. The birds and animals
can be had from five cents up.
All the things mentioned in these
dramatic times could be symboized
with pretty trifes bought at the ten
cent store or elsewhere, for favors
The following things are seen and are
all suitable: Papier mache pumpkin
pies. candy boxes made like ears of
corn, kegs. cannon. Indian baskets
and tomahawks. The kegs were al
ways a part OF the New England
Thanksgiving. and they held root
beer-made by the Indian women
and molasses, which was used for
the pies famous to this day.
Another amusing idea for Thanks
giving table scene could be a dem
onstration of the great progress of
the years. This scene might hold
paper aeroplane, an automobile, little
French bandboXes and dolls dressed
to depict the various races that have
invaded the country. There could be
a negro, a Chinaman, Russian Cos.
sack. an Indian laborer, German, a
Frenchman and so on. There should
be little Americn flags for souvenirs
or trimmings, flag candy boxes and
plenty of red. white and blue ribbon
tying souvenirs, place cards and
menus.
The place cards or menus used
must correspond to the two periods.
Little printed cards with very pretty
symbols, old and new, can be had very
cheaply. For the invitation there are
also some Puritan-father postcards
that could De useu, Wnle tne Houein
invitation could be written on a postal
giving any famous American object
or scene. Aeroplane cards would be
suitable.
For childs Thanksgiving party
there are bushels of pretty trifles that
cost next to nothing. The metal tur-
keys, deer, pasteboard cannon. flags,
snapdragons and airships are all re-
produced in tiniest shape. The wee
things which are sometimes put in a
Jack Horner pie cost from one cent
up to five.
All the candy holders made for the
season show some red, white and blue.
while the paper napkins and table
covers have just the right things in
their rough picture borders.