Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-06-22

saint is made of minced gruyere, with a
rich salad dressing to mix and soften 1T. A
cucumber sandwich Is appetizing. Slice the
cucunters very thin, dress with vinegar
and oil, and lay between the slices of bread,
which are slightly buttered. Then there are
lobster and egg sandwiches. anchovy sand
witches, and half dozen others which all
good housewives know how to make. II
you want other meats beside those in the
sandwiches, potted chicken, ham or veal
loaf are most excellent. Smothered chicken
Is nice, and fried chicken always finds
friend. Baked meats carried In the lump
are not as nice, as a general thing, as the
made meat dishes.
Sour things are always particularly ap-
petizing at a picnic, and should outnumber
the sweet ones. Sweet and sour pickles
can be easily carried by piling little
wooden dish full and laying another over
1t. They will not dry out a bit. Cabbage
slaw may be seasoned and packed in a tin
bucket. and the dressing. carried In bot
tie, poured over it after arrival. All kinds
Of salad are agreeable at such a lunch, and
can be easily carried. adding the dressing
on the ground. so that nothing will look
mussy Picked eggs are delicious addi-
ton, and deviled eggs are also easily pre-
pared. Pickle the eggs day or two before,
and If you color them with beet juice they
make a pretty spot on the picnic table. In
stead of vinegar,ca them tothe picnic dry,
and when ready to serve, cut them in half,
lay on wooden plate and pour over them
salad dressing made with lemon juice.
They are delicious. Beet pickles may be
made two or three days before, and carried
dry.
To Pack u Dinner.
No soft fruit should be carried, unless it
is put in a can and securely stopped, for it
is nearly sure to mash and run over
everything. Pineapples, oranges,< peaches,
melons and such things may be carried,
though the melons take up lot of room.
(Nnly Sc th@r1 I@ y;v,I
of cake-should be simply made and be
without ornament of frosting or fruit. Jel-
ly cake ana layer" cakes are not the best
kind to take, because they muss So Little
sweet-crusted cup or tea cakes are really
the best, and next to them, solid loaf.
Tarts make a nice addition to picnic din
Ler. Make the shells the day before, and
pack them with a single thickness of tissue
paper between. Put the filling in after the
dinner Is spread. Lemon filling, such as is
used for lemon pies, is delicious. or rasp-
berries, strawberries or any kind Of pre-
serve will answer.
Packing a picnic dinner Is an art. A
great many pasteboard boxes, a quantity
OF String, and a ream of SOFT white paper
are the aids and world of patience and
deft hands are necessary. The sandwiches
should each be wrapped in single thick
ness Of white tissue paper and laid gently
on top of each other in a paper-lined box,
about a dozen in each. When full without
squeezing, put the lid on and tie it, and
IL
You will know exactly what you are han
ding when you take them out of the ham,
per- Pickles, eggs and fruit should be
packed the same way. If the cakes are
small, put them in boxes dozen together
with paper between; if 4 loaf, put in q
box just big enough to hold il with a wrap
ping Oh paper, and tie and label. The bot
ties of liquid and the jars of milk and
other things should be wrapped with many
layers of wet paper and set in a box. also
lined with paper, and wedged 50 that not
one of them can move. The dishes and
tins should all be by themselves.
Little Things, but They Count.
Do not neglect to provide sugar, salt
pepper, vinegar, salad dressing, mustard
and horseradish for those who may like
high seasoning. If hot tea coffee are
preferred. small Oil stove and tin
bucket will soon provide the hot water
and you can then put in the concentrated
essence of tea coffee that you have pre-
pared. If you take the drinks cold, and
nave no ice do not have the water brought
for them till you are ready to serve them
Don't neglect to provide rugs for sitting
upon about the table II the lunch Is laiu
upon the ground, for lingering ache is
most sure to follow plcnics, II you indulge
IN sitting on the grass. A hammock or
two to hang for those who cannot engage
IN the more active sports is nice aduI-
ton to picnic traps, and, of course,
swing Is necessity if there are children
IN the party. 1t isn't bad idea TO have
a flask of spirits in case of stings or snake
bite, and a bottle of IMMINENT or witch hazel
comes in very handy in case of tumbles and
hurts. OF course, the chaperon always has
housewife with her, in which are
needles and thread, buttons and pins, for
possible mishap to raIments. 1t is so easy
by little forethought to make a picnic
outing a success, and just as easy to rem
der 1t failure by tumbling things together
at the last moment, only to lind that moth
ing that gets there is hit to eat, and half
that was wanted was left behind.
SENORA SARA.