Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28

gar cover and let 1t stand n a cool place
over night Into another bowl put quart
of mixed small fruits. such as strawber-
| ries. raspberries and cherries, and one pine
| apple peeled and shredded. Cover with
sugar and stand aside over night In the
morning crush the fruits thoroughly and
| strain the liquid into the lemon sirup. Add
one pint freshly made cold tea and put the
mixture on the ice or in a cold place for
| several hours When ready to serve add
two quarts of iced water or charged water
| If preferred, and pour into the punch bowl.
An old-fashioned but delicious hot-weath-
| er beverage is made of one pint of red cur
| rant juice to a half pint of black raspberry
| juice. Stem the currants and heat with
the berries until the juice. flows freely.
| Strain through a flannel bag and add the
| juice to syrup made by boiling together
a pound and half of sugar and pint and
a half of water. If the currants are I'M
| usually tart little more sugar may be
required. Set away to cool When ready
| to serve pour in glasses with a tablespoon
| full of crushed ice in each tumbler. A tiny
| grating of nutmeg on the top Of each glass
| is considered an Improvement by those who
| like the taste of that special spice.
lawn fete is always in order on indie
pendence day. 1t may be simply family
| affair, neighborhood gathering, a patri-
| otto demonstration on the part of school
CT church or for the purpose Of raising
| money for some patriotic object.
| If the skies be fair it is sure to be sue
| cess. No one feels like settling down to
routine work. sewing, canning, sweeping
and the like on the Fourth of July, so why
| not fare forth to take our pleasures in the
| open?
When supper is to be served on the lawn
provide large table for buffet and
| enough small ones to accommodate the
| guests seated four or six at a table. Do
! not set these tables at regular intervals,
| but with regard to the lay of the land-one
| under the arbor, another in front of a rus
| tic seat, third by the rockery or under
a h1Jf q ono, er|,
| to the base of supplies to insure prompt
delivery on the part of the walters. If
| young girls fill the role of mattresses let
| them dress in white, with mob caps Of
organde tied around with ribbon, red,
| white and blue. Let the large table and
| the smaller ones be decorated in the ma
| tional colors, with the menu arranged to
| carry out the same scheme. All the foods
| can show red and white predominating
while the dishes will supply the third
| color.
A seasonable menu might be as follows:
| Clam Mousse.
| Lobster Salad.
| Chicken Loaf.
| Cream Cheese and Nasturtum
| Raspberry Ice. Sandwiches.
Watermelon Cake.
| Claret. Lemonade or Iced Russian Tea
Serve the clam mousse in glasses. For
| fifty guests you will need to provide five
| quarts of the mousse, five one-quart mods
| of chicken loaf, six quarts of salad, one
| hundred sandwiches. eight quarts of ice
|
| cakes or two large loaves, and twelve
quarts Of tea or lemonade.
You can get ice cream in individual molds
| from the caterers representing shields
| knapsacks, eagles, cannons and other pa
| triotic devices. Bonbons also come suited
| to the occasion. OF course the star-span-
| gled banner must be in evidence and
Japanese lanterns in red, white and blue
hung ready to light after dark to add to the
| patriotic effect.
To INN ont WITH
| include the singing of patriotic songs. A
| pretty idea Is to illustrate these songs by
| tableaux or living pictures. This is always
| a great pleasure to the children and Young
| people Among the subjects easy to illus
trate the Signing of the Declaration
| of Independence The Goddess of Liber-
| ty,' THE Old Continentals" Yankee
| Doodle" THE Angel of Peace >. Paul Re
vere's Ride 'Tenting the Old Camp
| Ground" etc
Appoint a committee of two or three sew
erai days in advance, and ask them to be
responsible for the program and costumng
| If they are at all clever at making much
from little, a good supply of effective perukes
can be evolved from candle wicking while
| continental hats from pasteboard small
clothes from silesia, draperies from cheese
cloth, sheets, etc, will make the costumes
necessary AT a Catskl mountain resort
one year one of the old farm horses was
brought in to play his part in the program,
which he did with great dignity, amid
| tumutuouS applause.
|
| is given for the imagination to work. Every
one Is there for a good time, and no one is
disposed to be disagreeably critical.
| The regular program ended, try some of
the old-fashioned games-''drop the hand
kerchief," snap and catch EN-" blind
mans buff the needles eye" ''hop
scotch'-and you will go home a trifie stiff
in the joints, possibly, but thoroughly re-
Juvenated in spirits.
If you want good, old-fashioned cake
1llr
way, that has been much in vogue during
the past winter for o'clock teas try this
recipe, similar. it is said, to one given by
one Of Queen EliZabeths maids:
Boil pint of new milk beat three eggs
ana stir into the milk while boiling
Remove from the fire as soon as II buh-
bles up, put in half a glass of wine sep
arate the curd from the whey and put to
! the curd three eggs and six ounces of DOW
| dered white sugar, previously creamed to-
| gether.
Add teaspoonful of rose water half
pound of sweet almonds, blanched and
pounded f1ne and a quarter pound of melt
ed butter.
Mix thoroughly together then pour into
patty-tins lined with puff-paste. Allow
tablespoonful of the mixture to each patty
! ornament the top with zante currants and
almonds. cut in thin strips, and bake from
| fifteen to twenty minutes in a slow oven
| Leave it in the tins until cold