St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-16
SCHOOL LUNCHEONS
SCHOOLGIRL SHOULD BE HUN
CRY AT NOON HOUR.

CRY AT NOON HOUR.
Nc Tea or Coffee for Girls in Their
Teens - Dainty Repast Desirable
for the Noon Hour - Nothing
Messy or Sticky Should Be Toll
! erated-Dorothy Ought to Relish
What She Eats-The Ideal Girl No
Longer Fragile-Health and Good
Spirits More Important Than High
Standing.
BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
Copyright. 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Life is about equally composed OF
poetry and prose, when one is any
where from 13 to Is. The prose is
the foundation, and the poetry is the
top-dressing. No matter how fond a
girl may be of fairy stories and ro-
nance, she must have her three meals
a cay. and bring good appetite to
every one of them, or-she will pres
emily pine away and turn into q
vanishing heroine in her own person.
l am writing for healthy, happy
girls, who have bright eyes and good
color, who play basketball and ten
mis-, and who have well-developed mus
cles, as well as clever brains.
Don't fancy for q single moment,
dear girl, that yot can cultivate the
mind at the expense of the body, or
the body at the expense of the mind,
without committing an act of folly.
Girls who blunder il that way, while
they are at school. are sorry in years
to come. Your chief duty just now
is to store up good stock of health
for future days, and II you are not
whoiesomely hungry at proper times
and seasons, something is very wrong
in the conduct Of your life.
Fatal to good appetite and good d.
gestion, sure to invite dyspepsia, is
the schoolgirl habit of nibbling bis
cults and cakes. of munchirg nuts aud
maple sugar, and of stufing with
sweets and candies. The caramels, the
fudge, the chocolates. the marsh
mallows, the other bontons, which
look so inviting. and which while sway
SO many dollars from the schoolgirls
little purse, in the common course OF
= twelvemonth. undermine her relish
Cor good roast beef and vegetables, and
hinder her from eating food that fur
FISHES healthful blood to the system.
Candies and sweets should be used as
dessert, and, it pure, will do no
harm, although eaten freely. Natures
craving for sugar cannot be denied to
advantage. But let sugar and spice
and all that's nice. come after, not be-
fore, a solid meal
Breakfast, for schoolgirl, should
consis! of fruit, cereal. toast or rolls,
and eggs or beefsteak, if she like either
IN the morning. Milk is her prefer
able drink. Coffee and tea are not
for girls in their teens. Plenty Of
cold water at meals and between hem
IA hygienic.
After breakfast, Dorothy's mother
very probably says: Don't forget
:our luncheon, daughter
But luncheon is several hours dis
tant. and Dorothy has just arisen
from the table. Naturally. she is not
in the least hungry. She says: Moth
er, darling, don't bother about lunch
con. I'm never in want of it at noon.
II I'm hungry then. I'll buy bum .
Some girls are so fortunate that they
can go home at noon, thus securing
a walk in the fresh air, and warm
fepast at the mothers own table. This
IS ideal.
Perhaps the next best arrangement
il made when places. are secured for
girls at a clearinghouse table near
their school. If the school has .
;uncheon-counter, and girls patronize
it, they may have a choice of whole
some. well-prepared food, including a
hot soup, which Is very des;r-
able. But many girls find the better
plan to be that of dainty luncheon
brought from home.
Mother or sister should, if possible,
pack the pretty box or basket in which
Dorothy carries her luncheon. Then
Dorothy may be surprised when sne
opens it.
Sandwiches, delicately thin. with
every particle of crust trimmed away,
made of brown bread or white bread.
or both, buttered and pressed together,
are very good. They may have as a
filing, cream cheese, or minced chick
en-. or potted ham. or peanut paste, or
sardines, or lettuce. or jam, or jelly.
Different kinds for different days is
my rule. Wrap them closely in waxed
paper. Olives, a pickle. new-boiled
egg, wedge of cake, carefully
a bit of gingerbread, pear.
a peach, a custard Drowned nicely in
its cup, finish an attractive luncheon.
Nothing coarse, or messy, or sticky.
should be SO much as tolerated in a
luncheon which girl is to eat. after.
a mornings trssle with algebra,
physics and English grammar The
napkins that are fsent with such a
luncheon should no: be old ones, that,
have served their day, but fine doylies.
that add touch Of refinement to the
meal.
When our Dorothy becomes indiffer-
ent to her luncheon, it is time to ask
the doctor if we wouldn't do well tc
take her out of school. For school,
girl ought to care about what she eats.
Sne ought to be hungry. She is grow
ing, and growing creatures require 10
be fec and nourished.
At our foremost women's colleges
abundant and excellent provision is
made in the way of food. A large
basket of thin crackers, and a great