The Jersey City news., 1905-11-15
Serving MEALS
TO INvALIDS
How the Trays May Be Ar
ranged That They Will
Tempt the Most Capricions
Appetites
WHO THE CATTY GIRL is

HOW SHE H0oDWINKS MEN IN
no THE BELIEF THAT SHE is
A SUFFERING ANGEL-PRIN-
CESS EVENING GowNs-A FUN
NY GAME.
The serving of an invalid's tray is
equally important with the way the food
5 cooked, and unless everything looks
!ainty, the most delicious thing in the
ssorld will be sent away untasted. Moth
bs that will add to attractiyeness is TOO
trlhing to be done, aud one flower put
Ito 4 tiny vase to give touch Of color
~sshness will sometimes 50 interest
IN i'll person that he or she will be slim
Aoth.ng that has spot on it should
sver be used The tray cloth should be
rimaculate, a daintiiy embroidered one
{ the linen closet affords such; if not,
.apkin carefully folded 10 fit, with never
fold nor a wrinkle. If possible the tray
self should be of light japanned ware,
- chat if an individual is obliged to hold
I ii will not cause discomfort through
weight.
All china should be brightly polished,
,f pretty pattern, and thin. A heavy
sup is a tax on an invalid to raise. A
sup should also be small. A large one
viii frequently take away any desire for
drink by causing safety at the sight
md this matter of amount is one that
ssould never be lost sight of.
When the appetite is not strong it
aay be tempted where it will be repelled
sy a large quantity. A plate piled full of
food. no matter how good it may be, is.
unpleasant to an invalid. who frequently
aill eat nothing at all then. If very
title of one or two things at most are
put on a plate delicate person is far
aore apt TO take it all and even to want
little more This applies to everything
sut on the tray.
Milk. instead of being in a tumbler,
iii taste better. at first in a tiny whiskey
g.ass. and pitcher may be at hand with
Waich the glass may be replenished if
esired The jug should be kept from
sight of the invalid. Tea is more attrac-
we if in a small, faring after-dinner
.ofTee cup. and with the pot at hand to
,lr another if wished, it is kept hotter
I'D fresher Small silver knives and
j arks should be used and toast. instead
# being left in slices, or even in halves,
much more apt to be eaten if buttered
NghtIy and cut into long strips called
ngers
That food shall be hot is imperative,
4 snd that which is cold should be cold
h 40 halfway measures about it. Nothing
!. more unappetizing than meat in Which
lie veins of fat hove begun to CONCEAL,
and lukewarm milk to feverish patient
whose palate Graves cold is disheartening.
An excellent way Of keeping plate of
faeat hot is in adapting the English '.hot
water plate idea. These are made Of
Eeep plats, water filed, over which the
meat plate is placed Almost as good is
70 fill a soup plate with boiling water
aud set the meat plate over. Care must
e taken in carrying that the water does
LIT slop over, and on. serving the tray
.ila under dish must be removed.
Invalids should not be expected to
taake the effort of cutting up their own
food. 1t should be done for them, but
carefully, that the plate will not look
rntidy. As rule, it is better to do the
cutting before the sick person who is in
terested in the operation. but sometimes
it is better TO be done out of sight.
A mistake made by some nurses so
anxious to give the sick one something
to eat that is really wanted is TO ask an
iavalid what she will have. This is fre-
suently fatal to appetite, for the instant
sick person must think as to what she
wants she ceases to wish anything. All
feod should be surprise. and the in
saIid's tas;e should be remembered and
tsnformed to as far as is practicable.
hen when a daintily laid tray with a
Few morsels of tempting fiod upon the
sles is set before a person trying to
lat the effort is apt to be crowned with
success and recovery isshastened.
The girl hat other girls don't like
really pretty poor sort of a girl, only
nen can't see her in that light.
They consider her a sweet, suffering
aartyr, who is not appreciated by her
vn sex.
She is what other girls call catty