Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-07-21


Where the Lunch Was Left Be
hind.
BY MARGARET Y. sANGSTER.
Copyright. 1896. by Joseph u. Bowles)
wonder il you girls read Ruskin?
OF course you know that John Rus
kin was a great critic and essayist,
the close friend OF several great art
lists and as well the friend and cham
pion Of working men. Besides ali this
Mr.. Ruskip wrote books which are
models OF good and beautiful English,
so that no class in English literature
can afford to neglect a study of his
graceful and vigorous style. In one of
his books. Sesame and Lilies. Mr.
Ruskin devotes a good deal of atten-
ton TO young girls and gives them in
his charming way no little excellent
advice. He says among other things
that a girls work. her mission in life,
is to p,ease people and TO feed them
in dainty ways.
You are pretty sure to please people
If you set before them the things they
like to eat served In a manner that
tempts appetite. No young girl can be
considered well educated who does
not know how TO cook.
have been told that cooks are born
and not made. but do not believe a
bit OF it. Any girl with clever brain
and two hands may learn how to
make everything that is needed in an
ordinary meal and every girl who at
tends cooking class will tell you that
the art of cooking includes no end Of
fun. To cook admirably and TO waste
no good material is a real feminine ac-
complishment
THAT young girl writes a good
composition" I once heard man say,
but does she know how to broil a
beef steak?" could have told him
that the girl who could write and
speak correctly and VINO stood high
est In her classes was far more likely
20 be an adept IN brOiling and baking
and preparing a salad or a pudding
than her stupid neighbor who never
set her mind on gaining intellectual
culture. Whoever cultivates her brain
most carefully will likewise excel
when she tries manual training and
will show the best results as an all
round girl.
will suppose that you intend Civ
Ing class entertainment
To do this successfully you should
have spread OF some sort and your
guests will appreciate the repast all
the more II II be OF home production.
Instead OF contributing mere pocket
money and ordering everything from
caterer. why not do as good house,
keepers used TO ia years gone by.
and make ready for the feast your
selves? A school spread need not be
very elaborate. but you Will want
plenty Of whatever you decide 10 offer.
Sandwiches in variety and album
dance, cake and lemonaae will furnish
an appetizing bill OF fare. Now note
that sandwich may be coarse
make-shift or work OF art. II one
takes loaf. hacks on 4 couple of thick
slices and buffers them In humps. nut
ting between them an unsightly frag-
ment OF meat, she will have the trav-
esty OF sandwich. Il Will satisfy a
famished waif. but II will not please
the palate OF anybody who is refined
and fastidious. To make sandwiches
properly for spread. you should have
sharp knife and steady hand
Bread one day old is better than bread
freshly baked. Carefully remove the
crust and first buttering each slice
before cutting IT, spread Il with
minced nam or chicken, or with nuts
hnely chopped. or with paste OF hard
boiled egg. or with leaves of lettuce
crisp and green and favored with a
mayonnaise dressing.
A girl who can make a dainty may.
onnaise IL already a good cook, and
shows herself possessed Of a fne in.
telligence.
The pile OF sandwiches placed on a
great platter may have a touch of
beauty II every one IS tied with baby
ribbon OF your class colors.
Do not be too ambitious about the
cake you provide for a school spread.
Nothing for this purpose surpasses old
fashioned ginger snaps and nicely
Drowned cookies made from your
grandmother's recipe. Ask her to give
II you and you viii acknowledge that
/ am telling the truth. Sugar cookies
have toothsome flavor that is lust a
httle heightened by the addition of
nuts chopped and literally sprinkled
into the dough.
A picnic differs from a spread In the
important item of environment. One
may have a spread in the classroom
or in ones own room or at friends
house. picnic implies an excursion
20 a selected objective point 1t may
be by rail or by water or one may
prefer as a picnic ground a place
within walking distance We picnic
out OF doors.
One of the most delightful picnics in
my experience was on the Long Is.
land shore at point where the
waves OF the great South bay comes
rolling and tumbling In. We started
on the picnic at four in the afternoon
driving 20 the shore. merry com.
pany OF boys and girls with an aunt
or two and 3 mother and Jolly old
sailor uncle, and We unpacked our bas-
kets at six and ate our sumner in the