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children. The great delicacy of the
time was a savory plum porridge
with bits of toasted cracker floating
upon it, served in great pewter bowls
Grace before breakfast,announced by
a roll of drum, was followed by a
prayer at the close of the meal, which
really resulted in two religious ser
vices.
Military maneuvers, hunting and
more feasting filled the days until
Saturday, when the season ended
with a great state dinner, whose
composition undoubtedly taxed the
chief cook to her utmost. There were
turkeys with beechnut dressing, oys
ters compounded with biscuit crumbs,
spices and wine; mighty venison pas
tries; the savory stew compounded of
all that flies the air "swimming in a
glorious broth, cunningly seasoned
and served with dumpling, of barley
flour. 1 J irll t t Ant horvm/l n n ,] A I /»
w ' -- *** ^ oauoij
ing." Roasts or various kinds there
were, bowls of salad set off
with wreaths of autumn leaves, great
baskets of grapes, white and purple,
and the native plum in its three col
ors—black, white and red. *ith all
these there were also plentiful flag
ons of ale, for already the house
wives had laid down the first brew
ing of the native brand.
It was a rude repast, looked upon
with the dainty eyes and petted ap
petites of to-day, but to those sturdy
and heroic men and women it was a
veritable feast.
And thus these Pilgrim Fathers,
harried by savage foes, pursued by
want, by famine and sickness, laugh
ed and made merry at the harvest.
Upon this day which has been pre
served .to us through the centuries,
it would seem sometimes that we
have lost the power to rejoice over
our yearly miracle of plenty.’ Is it
that we are too Bafe, too prosperous
to be glad?
MENU FOB THANKSGIVING DIN
NER.
Oyster Soup Crackers
Celery Salter Peanuts
Roast Turkey Cranberry Jelly
Chicken Pie.
Mashed Potatoes Creamed Onions
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Plum Pudding, with Sauce
Mince Pie Apple Pie
Coffee.
Sugared Nuts.
• • •
Plum Pudding.—Mix 2 % cups flour,
1 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon each of
salt, clnnnmon, mnco and allspice,
and 2 level teaspoons baking pow
der. Have ready 1 cup raisins
seeded and chopped, V4 cup citron.
measured after siloing thinly, and
V6 cup pecans broken Into several
pieces. Flour the fruit slightly. To
tho flour mixture add 1 cup milk,
1 cup molasses, and 2-3 of a cup of
softened butter, and when well mix
ed turn In the fruit and nuts. Turn
tho mixture into halving powder cans
and steam 3 hours. Servo with yel
low sauce.
• • •
Yellow Sauce.— Huh % cup butter
till soft, add Is cup light brown su
gar and beat until very light and
creamy. Beat the yolks of 2 eggs
and when ready to serve put the
bowl or pan containing tho sugar
over boiling water and stir until
liquid, then add the eggs, % tea
spoon mace and Vi cup fruit Juice
and stir until It thickens. Serve at
once and stir before each serving.
• • •
Sugared Nuts.—Two cupfuls of
granulated sugar, 1 !4 cups of water.
Boil until It “threads.” Add 2 cups
of mixed nuts and small raisins and
a few small cinnamon drops, and im
mediately set the kettle in a pan of
cold water and stir until all nre well
coated. Then turn out on a waxed
paper and separate Into small pieces.
• • •
Chicken Pie.—Clean and parboil
joung chickens in salted water until
quite tender. Place in a pan that
has been lined with nice pastry. Roll
each piece in flour. When all are
placed, sprinkle with salt and chip in
a half cup of butter and one raw po
tato sliced so thin you can see
through the slices. Pour in the
chicken broth. Cover with rounds of
pastry cut out with a biscuit cutter,
just as you would lay biscuit in a pan
to bake, and when baked cut through
the rows of biscuits each way and
lift onto plate. The chicken should
bo laid so as to permit cutting
through without touching the hones.
* * *
Dressing for Turkey.—One large
loaf bread two days old. Break up
in a crock. Over this sprinkle 1 scant
tablespoon of salt, 2 tablespoons of
fine sage (home grown), % teaspoon
of pepper, 1 cup of seeded raisins, a
large l/2 cup of butter, and 1 pint of
boiling water poured over all. With
a knife cut all through lightly, just
enough to mix. If it is too dry, add
more water. If too dry it will crum
ble when baked. It is fine with poul
try or as a beef roll.
GET RID OF THE NON-ESSENTIALS.
Tho Ilusy Housekeeper Must Consider Always the Preservation
of Her Own Health and Strength—Simplifying Household Labor.
By Mrs. F. L. Townsend.
YEARS AGO I gathered a pre
cious bit of philosophy from
Gail Hamilton.
In “Gala Days” she touched a
tender spot in my heart by wonder
ing how it was that her heroines al
ways kept their gloves in such per
fect order so that if the hero chanced
to pick one up it was immaculate,
suggestive of the beautiful owner,
and worthy to be worn near the pal
pitating heart of the aforesaid lover.
As for Miss Hamilton, according to
her own confession, her gloves were
invariably unpresentable, out at the
thumbs or frayed somewhere, so that
she would be heartily ashamed if her
lover chanced upon one. Right there
the lady struck a responsive chord
in my breast and ever since I have
looked with greater equanimity upon
a torn glove.
Thorn nrn Ava hnvs in mir hnmn
I do not advise a lowering of the
standards in the home. To my mind
a nicely polished bare table with a
small center-piece and vase of flow
ers is more attractive than linen in
the shape a mother is almost sure
to find it after several children have
used the cloth one time. I do sug
gest the letting-go of what is not
absolutely essential and in its place
substituting a wise forethought for
one’s self, remembering that much
of the home’s happiness depends on
the mother’s quietness, self-control
and mental poise.
To illustrate: I went into our
garden this morning and was fas
cinated (being a woman I shall use
that word!) by the big Bull-Nose pep
pers exactly suited to the process of
stuffing with chow-chow or cabbage.
My first impulse was to come right
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When I read of a farmer’s wife or
any other man's wife who has seven
or e.ight children, one servant or no
servants, and still manages to keep
everything spotless, freshens up her
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stay out of bed half the time.
During this last summer while
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to use the hare table and liked it so
much we are still using it. The ta
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The gain in having fewer flies, for
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***» up uruer Lilt? cau
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busy Mondays in stuffing those pep
pers. A few years ago I would have
followed that impulse, the w'ork
would have been accomplished, and
when night came the worker would
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it is, I bethought myself of the tired
back and aching limbs that unfitted
me for everything, no longer than
last Saturday, when I made jelly all
day. I therefore, shut my heart
against those appealing peppers and
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need a steady hand to steer them
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Isn’t this better than a bushel of
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