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This page satirizes **formulaic Thanksgiving fiction** published in American magazines and newspapers of the era. The "Approved Recipes" mock the predictable, mass-produced sentimental stories editors demanded for holiday issues. Judge identifies three recipe-style templates: 1. **The Snow-Storm Farm Story**: Poor widow, seven children, squire's sleigh accident, miraculous redemption—all seasoned with "repentance, brotherly love, coal, flour, good advice." 2. **The Shipwrecked Lover**: Long-lost sailor/cowboy, elderly couple, faithful fiancée, New England kitchen stuffed with traditional food, resurrection, and wedding finale. 3. **The English Romance skeleton** (right column): A predictable melodrama formula involving inheritance fraud, villainy, abduction, and courtroom vindication. The satire's point: publishers churned out identical, formulaic stories annually, substituting familiar ingredients (snowstorms, reunions, moral lessons) rather than genuine creativity. Judge mocks both the lazy writers and editors' reliance on these tired templates to satisfy sentimental reader tastes during holidays.

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Sage: APPROVED RECIPES FOR' THANKSGIVING STORIES. |_ HE first story on our list—for the principal SKELETON OF THE MODERN ENGLISH ROMANCE. Prologue: Father's death-bed scene ; Villain, non ; Hero, his brother. Bad one stuffs old man with lies “Till he disinherits t'other. ingredients a large snow-storm and a Save Open Omen > small farm-house, red preferred; to these ith seven small children; carefully abstract from the farm-house all food and firewood; rich enemy, preferably a high-tempered ; thecharacter of his grudge " may be suited to taste, but should be of long standing, heridity being generally best liked; put together with accident to small child, having the ‘squires sleigh run over child is the favorite method—and now bd * . id stir in rapidly repentance, add a widow country squ coal, flour, good turkey. Let mixture simmer a short time over a low brain fire— much combustion is not necessary — and mould in thecolumns: ofa religious weekly. This is a very inex- pensive, easily pre pared story and a fa- vorite with all who are accustomed tot Another good story much used by our best writers has as basis a shipwrecked mariner or a long- lost cowboy or west- crn miner. The ship- wrecked mariner was used originally, how- ever, and still gives best satisfaction in most A snow storm and a farm- house are put in this story also, well mixed with a lonely old couple whose only son is the mariner, cow-boy or miner, erroniously supposed to be defunct. The girl whom he was engaged to marry is also beaten in to actas a dauzhter to the old people; the principal flavoring— local flavoring — is wanted—is given by an old New England kitchen, which is well stuffed with doughnuts, mince- pies, and fowl before insertion. At this stage the story should taste somewhat melan- choly; as the doughnuts, mince pies and fowl havea contrary tendency it needs care in the | mixing to get the whole just right. Now drop | in quickly the resurrected man, stir briskly for a few moments over a fire of general emo- tion, and after it is slightly cooled ornament with a sugar picture of the wedding of the man and the faithful fiance; a sprinkling of relig- i This may be served in a secular story paper or in a popular magazine. It is more elaborate than the first, but with care in preparing it goes further and costs’ but Jittle-more, as has been proven by long experience in its use. ases, The third recipe is less popular, but for thove ‘Chapters 1 to 29: Girt ‘Weds poor youth cut off by papa; villyun loves her too, and abe Ducts her in his yacht to Joppa. Husband signs off taerehant ship ‘Ak a comimon, no-good sailor | Lands in Syria ~atrikes the soent ‘Of his wife's unnatural Jailer. prepare separately a 20: Weary hoofs, Hundred days into interior ; n—four mites off — nd dark exterior. risoned spouse Goes there, rescties her, and stabs Brother dead with hia quill toothpick! Eplloque : The court acquits tim for punet'ring villain’ vitals: ‘Then lives high on fam'ly cash, ‘And succeeds to all the tithes brotherly love, advice, and dressed SEPP, SORLYN. UVING IN HOPE. “You don't seem disheartened by hav- ing all your poems declined,” said a young lady to. her poetical friend. “No, indeed,” was the hopeful reply; “for I am_ offered every encou tm You will receive a hun- dred dollars for each poem as soon as I write as well as Holmes. HAD A GOOD HAND, Pree 5 i FR FEMUR va {CULTURES AIRY QUEEN , Eis ECEYES REFLECT ING HEAVENS BLUENESS p HER HAIR IT'S. GOLDEN SHEEN, SHE MUST DINE ‘ON ROSE LEAVES. AS IPPED IN SPARKLING DEW NOTHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL. “Draw, scoundrel!” exclaimed a veteran of the old guard, mistaking his Irish servant for a robber, and putting his hand on his sword. “OF be d—def O71 dhraw,” said the ser- vant, discovering himself; ‘don't ye see Oi'm Pat!” OETIC PALE a SWEE Re Ts & ‘A CREATURE of ANOTHERSSPH RE | WORSHIP AT HER, FEET. AS: LAS MY IDOLS SHATTERED E e AY ORAGGED DOWN WITHA J SNOW. IT MINGLES WITH THE ESE OF OTHER EARTHLY TRASH TO DINE WITH HERI DID CONSENT UPON THANKSGIVING DAY. 3 BuT TO SEE THAT ANGEL EAT |, \S IT TOOK MY BREATH AWAY, Sea HC |KCS TWO PLATES OF SOUP AN ONSTER FRY, ZESRAQRS ROAST TURKEY BY THEIPOUND “ : AWHOLE MINCE FIER BASSS, ALE St BROUGHT MY IDOL TO THE GROUND : = & caw ‘THE EXACT DISTANCE, “Oh, how that arm pains me!” exclaimed Brocket the other morning. “From what?" asked his wife. “From the shoul- iders to the hand, as near aT can judge,” he returned. who are tired of the old favorites this is quite a | taste; mix all thoroughly witn the big dinner novelty, as it has not been in use more than | in the fine house, and finally tint the whole ten years. Thechief difference between it and | coleur de rose; siftinasnov torm throughout more established stories is that a city house is | the making, and ornament with the usual sen- substituted for a country one; with the city | timents. If desired a grown daughter of the house are confounded’ new-made widow, her | widow may catch a husband while administer- children, wealth, servants, a big dinner and | ing dinner to the poor. | . inserting an idea of charity chain one ay | giving Sars sed! in well-regulated periodicals. the chairs of grasping capitalists in the same; | ___ SIGNS OF PROSPERITY. Peer the bone buttons on his underdrawers. Also | Broadway, corner 20th st. The house has been entirely re- one washerwoman swith triplet, a drunken | fitted, and has a new elevator, pew plumbing, Se. and ig husband and no soap; also seyeral other hun- | kept on both the American and European plans by the thor. . + ough hotel men, Messrs. Matthews and Pierson. Moderate gry and hopeless persons, varied according to | prices prevail, with everything of the finest grade.