Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-11
"WEDDING 'AT HOMES FOR
PEOPLE OF SMALL INCOMES.
BY G. z. c. wEIGALL.

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ding-breakfast are quite dispensed
with, and game, ices, and unlimited
champagne are quite n thing of the
past, or at least quite unnecessary.
But am not writing for people who
think that a cup of indifferent tea, or
worse than Indifferent lukeWarm coffee,
and a wedge of bridecake, or a fake of
bread -and-butter, are quite enough to
offer even their friends who drive IN
from distance to see 6eIr 'MIlly" or
dear "George" married.
No; surely if at any time honor
should be done to the dear son or
daughter, and the resources of the
household taxed to the utmost, 1t is at
this, the wedding time. And besides
this, the father and mother of the
bride are naturally anxious to make the
best of themselves and their belongings
before the members of the other family
that is TO be so closely united with
them.
We will suppose, then, that the we'd
ding is to take place in the country
in a vicarage or other house containing
three sitting rooms of average size on
the ground floor.
The greater part of the furniture
should be removed from the study and
drawing room the day before. to traps
form the smaller room into the "pres-
ent she w--oom," and the larger one in
to q reception room for the guests,
with plenty of chairs and ottomans
round the walls, but no tables or knick-
knacks as traps for the unwary left in
the room.
If it is a summer wedding, l should
remove fender and fire-irons, and fill
in the hearthstone with layer of dried
moss--to be bought In penny packets.
And upon the moss, or rather in it,
stand small cups and jars full of scarlet
poppies, purple irises, or tall white
dog daisies, and disguise the whole
fireplace with tall fronds of bracken.
This looks very well, and gives an air
of artistic arrangement to the room at
once.
Arrange the presents on a table in
the centre of the small room as prettiIy
as possible, with the giver's name on
each one, as, unless you have a garden,
the only amusement you can offer your
| guests Is that of looking at the wedding
| gifts. OF course, if you are blessed
with a garden, have tennis and archery
| going, or croquet for the elders and
FOUNDERS for the younger members of
the party.
Supposing the wedding to take place
at two o'clock, the guests must all go
straight to the church, and the house.
party, bridesmaids, and relations be
driven there also, the bridesmaids tax
ing their stand in the church porch to
await the coming of the bride and the
relative who is to give her away. But
as this paper does not concern the we'd
ding, but merely the cat Home"
afterwards, we will imagine the return
of the whole party back to the old
home, the bride and her relations
rather fearful and excited, and the
bridegroom striving to appear cool and
collected, but very anxious to have all
the fuss over and get safely away.
The bride is now the cynosure of all
eyes, AMI has to display herself in all
her wedding finery, and then go off to
he dining room to cut the cake with
her husband.
The dining-room should also have
been stripped of all superAous furni-
ture, and have long table at the far
end of the room, behind which stand
the two or three women servants in
pretty W ute caps and aprons Never
attempt to go in for hired WATERS; the
men will only be nuisance to you and
look pretentious; and, if people would
only believe 1T, women are far pleasant
or as attendants.
Have a spotless damask cloth cover
ing the table, and let the silver be
brilliant, and the glass and china as
sparkling rs possible. Do not attempt
to give wines of any kind. Have coffee
at one end and tea at the other of
the table, with maid to pour ont at
each end, and the third, to wash up the
cups and spoons, in the background.
Your eatables should be brown and |
white thin bread and butter, rolled, to |
go with the coffee and tea; dainty |
sandwiches of different descriptions; |
cucumber or tomatoes, sliced very |
thin, between bread-and-butter, or |
more elaborate ones such as these:-
VICTORIA SANDWICHES.
For twenty-four persons-W Wash forty
eight anchovies, bone them, take ont
the backbones, and divide them in
halves: cut an equal number of thin
slices of brown bread-and- butter; put
between two slices alternate LAYERS of
hard-boiled eggs, cut in thin slices,
and cress cut small, and the
Press the slices closely to-
gether. and with a sharp knife cut
them into small squares. Serve on a
napkin, and garnish with parsley.
sARDINE SANDWICHES.
Cut some slices of thin bread-and-
butter and put the following mixture
on each slice:-Bone and pass through
a sieve twelve sardines, the yolks Of
two hard boiled eggs, and a nice bit of
butter; add some finely-chopped pars-
ley, and season highly with black pep
per and cayenne; mix all well together.
Cut the sandwiches into oblong shapes,
and serve with cress or lettuce in the
You will want one or two more
pretty savories. A good aspic jelly
may be made thus
sAvoRY JELLY.
Any amount of remnants of poultry
aud game can be cut into small dice,
mixed with quarters of hard-boiled
eggs, and put into moulds filled up
with savory jelly, which can Just as
we'll be made of gelatIne dissolved in
stock as of calves feet. This, if duly
with plenty of pepper and not
too much salt, is delicious. Instead of
poultry scraps, well-picked shrImps or
prawns make pleasant change.
ASoHovY EGGS.
Boil the eggs hard; when cold, she'll
hem, and cut in half lengthways; take
'ut the yolks and pass them through a
'ieve, and to every egg add one tea
poonful of anchovy sauce, cayenne
pepper, and small piece of butter,
peat all together and replace in the
whites. These eggs should be served
IN fried rounds OF bread.
Do not trouble to have anv sweets
Except cakes and buns. The following
ecipes are particularly good ones.
GOOD BUNS.
Two pounds of -four, half pound of
ugsr, a quarter of pound OF butter,
cup of yeast, quarter of pound of
licked currants. When well mixed
over them over, and put them by the
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