The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-01
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THE SCHUOLBOYs LUNCHEON
(Marion Harland.)


The "schoolboy, creeping unwilling
ly to school" now, as in Shakespeare
time has lighter heart and bright
er face if he knows that his luncheon
basket has been stocked by his moth
er's hands with delicacies which will
make other fellows eyes CLEAN with
envy, and his own mouth water with
| delighted anticipation at the noon re-
| cess L say basket from the force
! of habit. l believe the abhorrent tin
| pail has never been adopted by school
children of really nice" families. There
| are for sale in department stores neat
! luncheon baskets fitted UP with holders
for spoons, forks and plates, and re-
I sembling in exterior the hampers used
| for sending flowers and fruit to friends.
A later fad, and one which promises
| to crowd the basket out of market,
| is the morocco or leatherOid case, with
a hinged top and strap, and, If one
| wishes it, lock and key. Personally, 1
think the basket the more graceful re-
ceptacle of the two for our schoolboy's
luncheon. This is, however, a matter
of individual preference.
Basket or box should be lined with
clean napkin, and d second, folded,
be laid upon the top of the luncheon.
Have a dozen of these napkins hem
med, not fringed, marked with the
boys name and set apart for his use
alone. He is at heart savage,
and you, as his mother, cannot af-
ford to omit one of the SMALL num-
berless refining agencies which will
keep savagery down and assist in
the evolution of the gentleman. The
napkin with his name on it may
hinder him from wiping greasy and
sticky fingers upon his trousers. Fur
thermore it is one of the things which
shows the "other fellows" what sort
of people Our Boys family are, and
how he lives at home.
LUNCHEON SURPRISES.
Let the contents of the basket carry
out the scheme of which the napkin,
clean and glossy, is the keynote Do
not grudge the time it will take to
wrap his sandwiches in tissue paper
and to enveIop hard boiled or stuffed
eggs in the same. If the ends of these
envelops be fringed, so much the bet
ter for the development of refinement |
in him, and the reflex influence upon
the other fellows" An odd half hour |
in afternoon or evening may be profit |
fringing some dozens of these tissue |
paper squares.
Directions for making the sandwiches, +!
which are the most important part of |
his midday luncheon, are given be- |
low. Every bit of the crust should |
be pared from so much of the loaf as
will be needed for sandwich making
before you begin to cut it. Take off
the outer, or kissing SLICE" butter
the end of the loaf smoothly, and with |
a bread knife cut off thin, even slices,
buttering the end of the loaf before
each slice is taken off. You can not
butter thin slices of bread evenly ex-
cept in this way.
Vary the contents of the sandwiches
from time to time, and lest the boy
should weary of them, substitute occa-
sionally thin slices of bread and but
.er, wrapping the meat separately in
Haxed papers. Now and then a leg of ,
chicken neatly carved or, as an espe- !
,ial treat, a broiled bird, will be a ,
Welcome surprise. There is nothing a ;
hungry boy enjoys more than picking =
| bone. Time these treats so that they :
will fall upon days when you know
essons will be particularly hard. Such j..
recognition of Our Boys needs and :
astes are we'll worth while, as is ev-
.rything at any stage of mans life
which reminds him of his mothers love
md sympathy.
Instead of putting salt and pepper up
n paper wads, have small, neat china
,ruets for them. If you give him | t
heese, cut thin and wrap in waXed | t
PAPER. Since he must and will have s
weets, give him really good home /
made cake baked in small tins and,
nee a week, a cup custard too firm
o leak upon the other contents of the
'asket
No matter how many kinds of sweets :
-ou may include in this menu, never
init fruit in season. We are on the :
We of the harvest of apples, pears
nd grapes.
If it were possible for lunch-box or
asket to be kept in a cold place, I 4
you'd strongly recommend that a few =
risp stalks of celery, or a few leaves a
rom the heart of lettuce head wrap | C
ed in waxed paper, be tucked into
ne corner. The sooner Our Boy Gull
ivates the taste for. and the habit of ,,
ating, salads the better for his health ~
In some private schools the excellent
ustom prevails of allowing boys and
iris to eat their luncheon in sort .