The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
SCHOOLGIRL SHOULD KNOW
HOW TO SERVE DAINTILY.


Schoolgirls Can Cook as Well as Ca
terers-How to Make q Sandwich
a Work of Art = Old-Fashioned
Cookies Are a Toothsome Relish
Be Good Tempered When on a
Picnic; One Cross Person Can Spoil
the General Pleasure - Arrange
Every Detail Beforehand-A Picnic
Where the Lunch Was Left Be-
hind.
BY MARGARET Z. SANGSTER.
Copyright. 1906, by Joseph b. Bowles.)
| wonder if 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 all this
Mr.. Ruskin 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 n 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 please 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 l do not beneve a
bit of it. Any girl with a clever brain
and two hands may learn how to
make everything that is needed in an
ordinary meal and every girl who at
tends a 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" l once heard a 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
| to 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 c%ultivates her brain
most carefully will likewise excel
when she tries manual training ard
will show the best results as an all
round girl.
I will suppose that you intend CIV
ing a class entertainment.
To do this successfully you should
| have a spread of some sort and your
| guests will appreciate the repast all
| the more if it be of home production.
Instead of contributing mere pocket
money and ordering everything from
a caterer, why not do as good house
keepers used to in 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 to offer.
Sandwiches in variety and abun-
dance, cake and lemonade will furnish
an appetizing bill of fare. Now note
that a sandwich may be a coarse
| make-shift or a work of art. If one
takes a loaf, hacks Off a couple of thick
slices and buffers them in Jumps, put
ting between them an unsightly frag-
ment of meat, she will have the trav-
esty of a sandwich. 1t will satisfy a
famished waif, but it will not please
the palate of anybody who is refined
and fastidious. To make sandwiches
properly for a spread, you should have
a sharp knife and a steady hand.
Bread one day old is better than bread
| freshly baked. Carefully remove tle
crust and first buttering each slice
before cutting 1t. spread it with