Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-15
SPREAD AND PICNIC

boiled egg. or with leaves OF lettuce.
crisp and green and iayorcd with u
mayonnalsc dressing.
girl who can make a dainty may
onnaise Is already good cook. and
shows herself possessed OF iine in.
telligencc.
The pile OF sandwiches placed on "A
great platter may have touch OF
beauty II every one Is tied with baby
ribbon OF your class coiOrs.
DO not be too ambitious about the
cake you provide for a school spread.
Nothing for this purpose surpasscs old
fashioned ginger snaps and nicely
Drowned cookies made from your
grandmother's recipe. Ask her To sivo
II you and you Will acknowledge that
am telling the truth. Sugar cookies
have a toothsomc flavor that Is Just a
little heightened by the addition or
nuts chopped and lIbcTaliy spTinklcd
into the dough.
4 picnic differs from spread In tho
important item OF environment Ono
may have spread In the classroom
oi in ones own room or ut friends
house. = picnic Implies an excursion
to n selected objective point |, may
be by rail or by water or one may
prefer aS picinic ground place
within waikin. distance. We picnic
out OF doors.
one OF the most delightful plcnlcs In
my experience was on the Long In
land shore at point where tho
waves OF the great South hay comes
rolling and tumhiinE In. We started
on tho picnic Mt four In the afternoon
driving to the shore. merry com
pany OF boys and girls with an aunt
or two and n mother and n jolly old
sailor uncle. and We unpaeacd our baS-
kcis ut six and nto our supper In tn"
sunset light. Wc boiled the kc;ti"
and made tea and We fcaB,cd on cold
bToilcd chicken and ham. bread ami
butter. biscuits cheese and pound
cake. and later went home BY moon
ilEht singing all the way.
An essential thing for the success
OF any social function. whether II DO
an Informal spread or a formal dinner.
Is good temper. 4 HlnRlc cross or fret
IuI person mny net m u wet blanket
ON everyone concerned. There iB no
EuroT way to spoil good time than To
carry along somebody who In SclnAh
or blue or disposed To md fault aud 60
try for the best place and tho least
labor. Very possibly ihcT6 Ia no such
rlFl In your school. but once Ia
while she StrayS In ut picnic or
party from some other locality. For
ourselves the best recipe for good
times Is n sunny dIBppsiiiOn united 10
u brave heart and real unscliishncEA
Everything In this world goes bet
ter II judiC!ously planned for hnh
managed according to system. Before
inviting people to function bc Hufc
thnt you have arranged every detail.
II you are going ON a picnic Let It bo
thoroughly Understood at what time
you start and from what place. how
much It will cost each person for car
fare or steamboat ticket and ut what
hour yuu will set out for home.
II possible always on such occasions
have the company nf teacher. u
mother or an old friend. Emergencies
sometimes arise when the presence OF
HDmcbndy with cxpcricnC" Is com
fort and a safeguard. and Eympa-
ihCtic older friend nddH to the enjoy
mcnt OF tho hour instead uf dctgICtinE
from IL.
DO not leave tho provisions in tho
care OF an absent minded person who
may blundcr into forgetting them
when she steps from the boat This
once happened nt n picnic whore was
guest. and we all stood forlnrnly on
the beach watching the departing boat
that carried away our lunch baskets
and left us lamentlng because tho con-
tents Of our combined pDCkctboOks
were not sufficient TO purchase any
thing except few dry crackers at a
country store.