The Caucasian., 1913-11-16

HOSPITALITY
Sa1e he te.s WiSs Others
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Thankful SMs


can ask some one to share
your home dinner, some lone
ly soul that has nowhere except
boarding house, q hotel or public res
taurant in which to dine. you will have
done gracious deed Though your din
ner may be less elegant than the one
relinquished, the home atmosphere will
be appreciated by the homeless one.
Thanksgiving is an old fashioned
holiday. and the simpler and more
homelike it is made the greater its sue
cess Much depends on the Thanks
giving tables charm.
The housewife who lives in coun,
try town Is seldom troubled In finding
decorations to please the eye, for she
has the products Of the woods and
gardens at her command. An arrange
ment of small pumpkins or red and
yellow apples or purple grapes or
even yellow field corn heaped in the
center of the table and perhaps set OF
by the green tassel-like foliage Of the
pine or the more somber hemlock is
most attractive
Nothing can be more appropriate at
this season than the abundant use OF
fruits and vegetables as decorations
for both the dining room and the table.
Ears Of corn with the husks drawn
back and made to stand out like the
petals Of flower will adorn mantel
and si7eboard artistically. Bittersweet
vines with the gay pods of the wild
rose will lend beautiful touch Of col
or to dark corners and grain tied in
punches with wild grasses adds to the
picturesqueness Of fruit piece. Ii
brilliantly cOlOred autumn leaves have
been pressed they will effectively dec
crate the table, Baskets made of
pumpkins filed with red. green and
yellow cOlored fruits may be used on
both sideboard and dining table, but
the striped gourd is even better.
Chrysanthemums are very handsome
flowers. but if one decides on some Of
the highly colored vegetables as re-
ceptacles let the flowers be white.
Tiny paper pumpkins make attrac-
tive place cards, or if one is skilled
in the use of water cOlors clever
ones may be made from water color
board decorated with fruits or fiow-
ers. Tiny canoes Of birch bark to
hold the boutonniere make acceptable
souvenirs.
Attractive dishes for salads, en-
trees and some of the desserts are
made from beets. carrots, turnips, pep
pers and apples from which the CEN
ters have been scOoped, while red cab
bages followed out and having the
outer leaves curled over look like
huge roses When used for individual
service the peppers, turnips or apples
should be set on lace paper doilies on
small plate. The larger vegetables,
however, are set on the cloth on
doilies unless there is danger of stain
ing the cloth, sin which case q, plate
should be set under the dolly for pro-
lection. Wooden tOothpicks are used
that handling need not spoil the
beauty. Bananas. oranges, lemons, ap-
pies, grapes of white, red and purple,
with raisins. offer color schemes cas-
lily carried out in all decorations.
If one has not the time or talent to
make place card favOrs. very clever
little papier mache bonbon boxes may
be bought. representing roast turkey,
mince pie. pumpkins or other designs
appropriate to the season. Tiny WISH
bones polished with sandpaper and
tied to card are very satisfactory
and suggest the kindly thought Of the
hostess.
For children or even for their eld-
ers there should be no lack of Thanks
giving jollity. After dinner games Of
blind mans buff. puss wants corner
or button. button. who's got the but
ton serve to Danish formality. Old
fashioned dances, the t0asting of ap-
pies. making Of candy. roasting Of
chestnuts and popping Of corn are all
amusements in which both young and
old can unite for the time being.
There are secrets in corn popping as
in other arts. Let the corn be well
npened and dry: do not put too much
in the popper-oDly enough to cover
the bottom. Let IL heat slowly and
swell gradually. and when the first
kernels snap hold II still where It will
be intensely hot. but not burn. until
they all begin to turn into a white
foaming mass. ~ you have not an
open fre not even coal crate. re-
member that corn pops beautifully over
kerosene or gas stove.
| One Of the easiest kinds Of candy tn
make is brown sugar taffy. Maple
sugar can he used with delicious ~.
suit. In granite saucepan melt three
tablespoonfuls Of butter. add one
pound OF brown sugar and stir till 1t
II melted then add the juice Of one
lemon AMI one or two tablespoonfuls
# vinegar Let II boil about FIVE min
ntes without stirring. Try by dripping
IN cold water: when 1t will harden
pour into .,lttered pans and when lit
tie cool en-. into squares A cupful OF
butterput meats may be- added to part
Of this Maple sugar can be used in the
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