The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-13
COOKING AND CARDS
Clubs Whose Members First
Cook Their Luncheons
and Then Eat
Them.
MATRONS AND WOULD Be NATIONS
Hearts the Favorite Game and All
Are Experts - society's
Weekly Record.

The talent shown by Jersey City young
ladies for cooking, which has for several
years found vent in c~hafing-dish and
cooking lessons. has this year been turn
ed . to practical account, and several
clubs are the outcome. 1t is
rather a feature of these clubs that each
n r~ejoices under the name of 1.-THE"
Luncheon Club, a universal title, which,
while doubtless pleasing to the MEM
bers of the various clubs. Is often rather
perplexing to he uilinitiated. Most of
the clubs are governed by the same rules
n regulations n have as their object
a practical knowledge of cooking.
n primary idea in the organization
of The Luncheon Club. five years ago.
doubtless was that it would add greatly
to the married. happiness of the men,
bers If they palmed off their tough bis
cults and muddy coffee on one another.
as all were equally inefficient, rather
than force them upon some man. The
members who have since married say it
has worked royalty. They all swear that
eaten BY the club. and that no death has
resulted. There are ten members, and
they meet every two or three weeks at
the homes of the members. The hostess.
place and table decorations, gives moth
ing more h the other members. Each
member brings n course OF the lunch
cor, ana II Is alW WAY supposed that sae
OO
of arrangements, but at each luncheon
the members decide by reclamation where
the next shall be held, and what each
shall bring. By the way, bread is not
among the list.
The members of the club are Mrs.
Herbert Scott, Mrs. Lemuel W. Serrell,
nee Chiffon, Of Plaintield; Miss Alice
Jams. Miss May N. Shafer, Miss Jessie
r. Per Lee, Miss Jennie R. Toffey, Miss
Clara Wilkinson, Miss Jane Scott and
the club celebrated their fifth anniversary
at the residence of Miss May Shafer of
Brinkerhoff street. On that occasion all
the service was of wood, and even some
of the food was wooden.
The club met yesterday afternoon at
the residence of Miss Jessie R. Per Lee,
Of Bayonne. The table decorations were
chrysanthemums. After the delicious
can hardly be called amateurs, after
five years solid experience. the club play
ed the game Of hearts. which is a fav-
proved most successful at It.
con Club, was organized this season by
was to consist only of those who are
married n those who are going to be,
but a few unengaged girls crept in, and
now, as one member said, 1.-THE members
are those who are married and those
who are willing to be, 1 suppose" This
club has not met as yet. but the first
meeting will be held Saturday, at the
residence of Miss Margaret T~hrockmor-
ton, Boulevard, near Sip avenue. The
club will meet every three weeks at the
residences of the members. The ten
members of his club also are supposed
to each cook a course and bring it to
the luncheon. At first there will not be
any inconvenient questions asked, but as
the members grow proficient in the cult
nary art, they are each expected to ad-
here strictly to the rules Of the club.
and cook something which the other
promise to eat with Spartan
fortitude. The members are Mrs. Walter
Wilkinson, Mrs. James Fielder, Mrs. Will
Vidal, Mrs. Arthur Soper, Miss Tilly
MacBride, Miss May Sisson of Tenafy,
Miss Jessie Dickson, Miss Margaret
Throckmorton, Mrs. Clarence Seward
These ladies intend to continue their
study of cooking for several years to
come, and think they soon will become,
if not experts, at least fair cooks.