Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-11-07
THANKSGIVING
HOSPITALITY
Share the Feast With Others
Less Fortunate and Realize
How Much You Have to Be
Thankful For.

your home dinner, some lone
ly soul that has nowhere except q
boarding house, hotel or public res
taurant in which to dine. you will have
done gracious deed. Though your din
her 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
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 off
by the green tassel-like foliage of the
pine or the more somber hemock 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 sideboard 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. If
brilliantly colored autumn leaves have
been pressed they will effectively dec
crate the table. Baskets made of
pumpkins filled 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 IL 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 flow
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, turMps or apples
should be set on lace paper doilies on
a small plate. The larger vegetables,
however. are set on the cloth on
doilies unless there is danger Of stain.
ing the cloth, In which case plate
should be set under the dolly for pro-
lection. Wooden toothpicks are used
to hold leaves and husks in position SO
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
tfnd RI ri f,fu 30,
and suggest the kindly thought Of the
hostess.
For children or even for their ED.
ers there should be no lack Of Thanks.
giving jollity. After dinner games OF
blind mans buff. puss wants a corner
or button. button. who's got the but
ton serve to Danish formality. Old
fashioned dances, the toasting 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
ripened and dry: do not put too much
in the popper-only enough to cover
the bottom. Let it heat slowly and
swell gradually. and when the first
kernels snap hold it still where 1t will
be intensely hot. but not burn. until
they all begin to turn into white
foaming mass. If you have not an
open fire. not even coal CRATE. re-
member that corn pops beautifully over
Kerosene or gas stove.
One Of the easiest kinds Of candy ia
make is brown sugar taffy. Maple
sugar can be used with a delicious re-
suit. In granite saucepan melt three
tablespOonfrls Of butter. add one
pound of brown sugar and stir till 1t
is melted. then add the juice OF one
lemon and one or two tablespoonful
Of vinegar. Let ii boil about five min
utes without stirring. Try by dripping
in cold water: when it will harden
pour into buttered pans and when lit
tie cool cut into squares A cupful OF
butternut meats may be added t. plrt
of this. Maple sugar can be used in the
same way. Aiso when the candy is
ready 10 harden part Of 1t may be