Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-11-21
Informal Parties.

Young people miss great deal by max
! ing all their social gatherings strictly for
maj, fu-l-dreSS affairs. They are never
haf as enjoyable as we try TO make
ourselves believe, and their very formal
! ny Is barrier to acquaintance and rea
friendship. Young men. particularly, en-
/ JOY small. home-llke occasions, so the
girls that promote such are the wise ones
! of their generation
! One of the jOlliest schemes of enter.
! tainment that can be devised for a small
/ company of good friends is a kitchen
! party. 1t neceSstates room of con.
! siderable size, with a good range. mod.
| ern conYemences, and long table in the
/ center. Around this the company (pre-
/ ferably some ten or twelve i'll numberl
/ VIII gather, each adorned with a large
Kitchen apron, ready to do his or her
! assigned duty. For whatever menu has
been decided upon it is 10 be prepared
then and there.
| A cookie party will set everyone 70
work, for besides the beating of the
| eggs and mixing, rolling and cutting of
the dough, nuts and raisins may be pre-
| pared TO 60 into it and many fancy icingS
may be made. MacaroonS. ladyfingers or
any kind of little cakes that the girls
wish to try are also in order. One young
man must be appointed chief baker.
An apple-dumpling party or pie par
there would certainly be fun enough if
they tried their hands at making a few
samples"
Candy making is always delightful. but
fudge. maple syrup boiling, and the
French or knocked candies are more
apt 10 be successful AMI less musSy than
the old-time taffy pulling. The use of
nuts adds 10 these also.
Indeed, there are any number of uni
Velsal!y liked dishes that may be chosen
for the evenings amusement. and it
may be made Il partnership affair. the
girls. at least, assisting the hostess in
supplying the materials.
Equally pleasant. though not as novel,
are CRATE parties ut which the small COM
pany gathers about the open fire, toasting
MarShmall0WS on the ends of long point
ed sticks, watching chestnuts roast in
| the ashes, or listening to the corn pop
ping in the wire basket.
The young ladies among the guests
should see to it that the house is lcfl
reasonably clean, making the cleaning up
part ot the fun ana leaving few
choice samples of their handiwork" for
the break st table of the hostess fami-
ly. Then there will be no parental veto
of future kitchen parties.
The breakfast picnic means the gather
ing OF IN equally well acquainted com
pany ut an appointed spot not later than
y or $3.50 O'Clock OF a summer morning.
1t is an hour that will not interfere with
business and one at which the world is
most beautiful.
Each one will bring some part of the
materials to be cooked, the young men
looking after the fuel and carrying the
utensils. Coffee in the pot ready for
boiling, fish, beefsteak or ham ready for
the skillet, potatoes, sliced, sailed and
peppered, roasting ears, and even eggs
may be taken along These are served
on wooden picnic plates; plenty of oiled
paper should be at hand. and knives and
forks must be supplied. On one occa-
sion that | remember the latter were ac-
cidentally left behind, but only added TO
the fun and helped to make that the
most memorable of many jolly times.
Certainly the young people who cannot
have fine time under such conditions
as these informal parties give are hope
lessly stupid!-~I.ec McCrac in Cooking
| Club.