The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-11
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SCHOOL BOX LUNCHEONS.
A Hint to Mothers as to the Way
Boys and Girls Like to HIVE
Their Midday Meals Prepared
and Packed.
RY EMILY FORD.

Now that the long vacation is over
and the children great and small are
docking back to school and college,
the matter of providing an appetlzlng
and nourishing luncheon, that may De
stored away in small compass, IS
worthy of careful consideration. The
difference between a dry, unSlgntly,
hurriedly put together, midday plle
of crurnbly bread and carelessly cut
meat, and the dainty lunch, that takes
no longer time in putting together,
often makes lust the difference, be-
tween a Well-nourished growing lad or
lassfe and the tired. sDirftless looking
child. with only a half-hearted interest
even in play.
A lunch-box is generally much pre-
ferred by children TO the old-time bas-
ket unless the latter be of box shape,
so that it may be made into neat
fat package. A cardboard box does
excellently, as it can be often renewed
and should be deep enough to hold q
Jelly tumbler with a cover and of sufi-
Gent size to contain generous supply
of sandwiches and some nice tidbits in
the way of a finish off, as to this lat
ter dainty, so dear to a school boy 5
or girls heart, there is nothing that so
fits into the important place as an old
fashioned turnover" and if made of
f1akey, not over-rich, pastry, is whole
some as well as toothsome. If the fam
| lily INDUCES in pastry, once or twice a
week, it is very little trouble to remem-
Der the school luncheon box, when the
| baking is going on, and patty pans for
small cakes, should be at hand at all
| times of cake baking.
Now that the mother is refreshed
after her summer outing is the very
time TO make a reform in this dlrec-
| ton, and she should begin by laying in,
at the cost of a few cents, stock Of
white paper, such as bakers wrap their
goodies in, this viii keep the bread
and cake from drying and. does nos
leave the fiat close taste that invari-
ably clings to food folded in a napkin,
also, some small fringed doilies, take
up less room, are less expensive, and
should be ready instead OF the ordi-
nary cumbersome table napkin.
Look on this picture and then on that,
you children OF a larger growth, whom
it seems only yesterday were yourselves
thrilled by the small delights of child
hood. Twelve O'clock comes and Madge
hurries for her lunch box. There was
chicken for dinner at home last night
and nice bit had been put to one side
to help make the sanwicaes the next
morning. 1t was only a wee morsel, no
better to the child with her appetite
sharpened by her Gteady morning
work When the apples were baked for
luncheon the day before, a puffy, snowy
white one was popped into q jelly glass,
a little sugar sprinkled over it and put
away for her. Homemade cookies were
her elder sisters specially and there
were four of these, they and the sand
witches wrapped in white paper and a
fringed napkin spread lightly over all,
simply this and nothing more, and yet
it was luncheon fit for a princess or
rather for an American school girl.
Ruth goes listlessly after her basket,
declaring that she does not want any
lunch; however, she opens it and out
tumbles a small white bundle, which,
Upon being opened is found to contain
wads of bread with dabs Of butter, some
clinging to the bread, but most of it
going it alone" and looking ike thin
bits of cheese; the chicken in MaGge'S
sandwich had been nicely chopped or
ground, but here instead are thick slices.
ofhard looking ham. A raw apple and
a slice of dry cake completes the menu.
The cost Of each luncheon is the same,
but one is scarcely touched and nearly
all goes to vase, while e1Ie other has
not so much as a crumb left to tell the
toCthsome tale.
There should always be two jelly
glasses for the school luncheon, and if
one is put on the table at the midday
meal of the family, there viii always be
little fruit to be slipped into ii. A DIT
of white or brown paper should be
fitted in the lid to prevent ''tinny'
taste and also to make it fit tighter; it
should only, however, be allowed to re-
main on loosely over night to avoid
anything like closeness.