Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-15
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LAWN PARrIGs,i euNpAv-echool
PicNicS AND GARDEN FErE6
You may call your party . garden fses
ioued name ''plcnic" best.
Il takes skill and care and good man
agemeut 70 make q success OF "a out
door fete. You may select the most
beautiful lawn with glorious shade-trees,
and velvety grass smooth and even stlll
with all this Il behooves you 70 take
with you cushions and shawls. A deli
cate Girl always runs risk In even very
warm weather to cit on the ground. IL
will be more or less damp, and usually
they arc gowned In those lovely pink,
blue or white mulls, that make them
look like bunch Of Wild roses grouped
together. You may start out the most
perfect summer day, and apparently
cloudless, yet before you return homo Q
shower may come up, and your wraps
will be In demand.
A congenial, wellassorted party,
with appetizing viands delicate and
dainty, win b success and Insure .
perfect picnic.
Youth Il gladness, and overlooks
mistakes, inconveniences and many dis
asters, but they will get hungry and
think about eating, no matter II u 10 .
prosy subject. An inviting lunch can
be gotten up, and one thing l WIN speak
Of, that Il hardly ever thought OF, 10
Saratoga chips. They are easily made,
and will be more enjoyed than your
white cake or dainty dishcs. A sand
wich of boiled tongue, sliced thin and .
little horsc-rsdlsh spread thiuly over Il,
makes an excellent addition. The very
prettiest picnic dish Ii q salmon salad
dressed prettily with eggs. Get square
or oblong meat-dish, not too large TO
put In your lunch-basket, and prepare
your salmon by choppinglt up hne after
pouring it out Of the can, and season
with vinegar, pepper and salt; then lay
Il all over the dish, first, however, dress
ing the dish around the edge with ger
anlum or ivy leaves. After the salmon
Il spread over the dish, boil two eggs,
take the whites and yellows and make q
pretty cross In the centre OF the salad |;
or you can make little flowers In the
form Of a daisy or yellow rose. i made
one of this kind and dressed It for q
Sunday school picnic last summer, and
II was passed around a. thing OF
beauty. Another dlsh 30 dainty and
rare IL wafers-home made. They are
made like pie-crust, very short, and
rolled thin. would not advise frying
spring chickens to take to q picnic
thew are 80 much daintier broiled, es-
pecially II small. Cold ham sliced very
thin aud put between beaten biscuit
while hot and buttered Gust the least
mite of butter), makes q good sandwich.
I can't see why any one wants to take q
sandwich made OF stale bread. II savors
too much Of the cheap restaurant, and
repels delicate stomach.
The next best thing ut q picnic after
having dainty lunches, 10 to have the
proper accomplishments. Don't have Q
red napkin, unless for fruit after the
lunch /; have white napkins. Wrap In
rice paper the sandwiches and broiled
chickens.
With the profusion Of flowers about
ma at this time, be lavish with them.
Take bucket or tin basin along, filled
with flowers to decorate your spread, II
you have the lunch under the shade
trees, and spread snowy cloth. Make
a circle OF smilax or Ivy leaves and
place q china or glass bowl filled with
roses In the midst of this circle OF
green. Or what Ii even prettler ] saw
Mt a lawn fete recently. Small tables
were set out under the shade-trees, COW
cred with white cloths, q napkin at each
plate and smllsx laid all around Ike q
wreath, and here and there French
pinks, scarlet and blue and pink carna-
lions. Every now and then the man
servant sprinkled them o little with
water to freshen them. An Italian
made music on harp while we ate our
lunch, and the pretty children and
mothers aud young people made q
charming picture. This was Sunday.
school picnic, teachers and scholars all
Joining In having recreation and good
time.
I was reading a sermon the other day,
and Il spoke Of the woods and fields, with
all their denizens of birds and flowers
and trees woolng US, aud that God put
them here for US to enjoy and be bene-
flied by them. No one Ia secure from
troubles and annoyances In this life, but
the one who bears them nobly and
quietly, Is, after all, the happlest. Some
peoples troubles are Imaginary, but
they suffer much from them, and really
die from wOrriment and fretting.
There Is no such cure for cnnul as
outdoor life-these little holidays. SO
exhilsrating. 1t Isl compensation for
the close application Of the student, the
brainworker, the bOokkeeper, the preach
err, the teacher. They will find no tonic 20
helpful. And II only mothers would 90
along oftener, how much happier the
homes would be. There are 20 many
tired, over-worked, nervous mothers,
that Ii they only could pull themselves
together, and take courage enough to
20 to picnic, they might get well. !
Imagine hear some sensible, practical
mother saying, "Ah, what does she
know about us, giving such advice to
busy mothersy' Well, all hope Is that
some one In the family or nelghborhood
loves you enough to persuade you to 60.
know an old lady Of 20 years who Is
going to the worlds fair. She has
brought ten children to manhood and
womsnhood. They are all useful men
and women. She has noble grandchil-
dren. She will see more than l will at
the fair, and doubtless enjoy It az much.
No use Of growing old, II you have
health and no palms or aches; ana the
way to keep young and strong 10 not to
stay housed up, but get out and hear the
birds sing and see the daisies grow. The
old lady walks three miles day when
the family will consent; they are 90
afraid she will overexert herself. She
says: "My children, outdoor life and
enjoyment 10 the very germ OF long liv-
Ing" Most Of US feel a. though we
would not care to live to DO %, but II