Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-14
Chatting Dish Outfit
For Travellers.

The latest thing in the belongings of one
girl is what she calls her travelling chafery.
She roams around the United States, and
occasionally spirits into Great Britain when
life grows dull at home. OF course, she
can't5be expected to go without her chafery.
1t Is the chafng- dish outfit, arranged for
portable convenience, and fixed into a box
by her brother, so that 1t can't bang about
and get out OF shape. The chafery, to be
complete, includes several other articles,
among them dozen or so Of utensils such
as are used in making cake at home.
First of all there is a long handled spoon
OF wood to save the handsome one that goes
with the chatting dish when it is new Most
girls make the mistake of using the great
silver ladle that they buy at the same time
as the common stirrer and mixer. Nothing
could be greater mistake. II the mixing
spoon comes in aluminium the error is even
greater, for salt corrodes the surface, and
actual danger may ensue as the result.
Then there is lightweight bowl Of some
sort, in which the ingredients can be put to-
gether. In the set there is also folding
cup for measuring recipes, and salt and
pepper shake full Of their respective con-
diments. Over the tips of these it might be
we'll to tie paper cap, or, better still, buy
the '.whirling-eye" shakers. box of
matches, protected bottle Qeather-covered
preferred) for the alcohol, recipe book
with special chafng dish menu in it, Will
all be found necessary.
In the bottom Of the wooden box the girl
has packed fairly large tray and several
doiies. This is a frst-rate plan to adopt
in protecting the table tops Of the hotels,
inns OF boardinghouses where the chafery
happens to come into play.
The uses Of the travelling outfit Just de-
scribed are legion: so compact Is 1t that 1T
can be carried to picnics by shawl strap
handles, packed into the grip with suits, In
the trunk for a voyage over seas-or, land,
either, for that matter. It can be hauled
out in the clearinghouse. or In the mining
camp or barracks it can do wondrous duty.
forgot to mention an eggbeater and
box of baking powder and four napkins.
These. with the above articles stated.
make the outfit quite as complete as any
wanderer on desert might like to have
handy.
ne slrl WHo owns one mas not yet oeen
cast up on a desert island. but she has gone
visiting in the country with 1t, given mid
night and delightful luncheons, and when
ever you suggest being hungry In her pres
ence out comes Brother Jim s chafery. and
everything is set up so smartly that before
you know it You are counting nightmares.
over rabbits and Newburgs- For out OF
remote recess she manages to bring eggs
and sugar and canned lobster, and things
that the travelling chafery would never on
earth hold. but which she demurely assures
you ..she had on hand How she does it's
mystery. all except that part about the.
outfit which only filed the hatbox tray and
locked with a little lock and key.
S. The chatting dish itself held all the smaller
articles OF the portable dream = and she
had so cunningly ut llzed the space around
and in It that there was room for several
other things