The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-04
ICE CREAM IN FANCY FORMS
MOulds and Boxes Made In Great variety
-SDeciul Designs 10 Order.

special DeslSnS 10 VrucT'
At a banquet to plumbers, lately given
| In this CITY. the ice cream was served in the
form Of T fittings; a T Citing being a short
| section of pipe cast with a reinforcement,
or beading. as it is called, at either end,
within which is cut a screw thread, to re-
| ceive a pipe; while from the side OF the
fitting extends a short projection, SINH
larlv beaded and threaded to receive a
| pipe, known as a side outlet.
T fittings are made of various metals,
and in a great variety of dimensions; and
! many thousands Of such fittings are used
annually in plumbing and steam fitting
work. Indeed, If any one item Of plumb
| ers' materials could be said to be more than
another emblemati, IF the trade, it would
ba n T fitting. Thus at this banquet, when
the ice-cream came on, each guest found
himself served with an individual portion
perfectly moulded in It's familiar form.
Ice cream manufa cturers have long sup
Piled ice cream frozen in various large.
ornamental forms, which would for a brief
time adorn a table, and which then would
be sliced M and served. Ice cream can be
had also in individual portions frozen in a
great variety of shapes; and from among
these forms might be selected one that
would be suitable for almost any occasion;
but not ~infrequently now, and at private
parties and small dinners as well as at
public dinners. ice cream is served in shapes
formed in moulds specially made for the
occasion, or in boxes specially designed
and ornamented.
OF ice cream made into special shapes,
tina supplied. for the plumbers banquet
referred to is an example. The moulds
In which this ice cream was formed were
specially made for the occasion from a
fitting furnished for a pattern.
At a banquet given at the dedication Of the
Carnegie laboratory of engineering, at
Stevens Institute of Technology. at which
Mr.. Carnegie was the guest Of honor. the
ice cream was served in the forms Of rail-
road spikes, steel ingots, and sections Of
T rail.
At a notable East Side dinner which
President Roosevelt attended the ice
cream was served in the shape of busts of
the President. ~
There have been made for card parties
moulds for ice cream in the semblance OF
playing cards. With creams of different
oolors the pattern or spots on the card
of ice cream were reproduced, Thus the
nine spot OF diamonds would show nine
diamonds of strawberry ice cream on a
card of vanilla.
From the moulds Of larger size which
the ice cream maker keeps in stock may
be ordered at any time cream in the form,
for instance, of a tish, or of a pa il of cooling
doves, or of a big rooster, or a rabbit, or
OF a melon, or the Goddess of Liberty, or
a lighthouse. or a bust of Washington. or
a big American eagle.
Gtonl rpn,Ilds NJ annallpr sizau for ioa
cream in forms TO be served as individual
Portions would include fruits and flowers
and battl eships and birds and animals,
and figures Of various kinds,
While ice cream can thus be had moulded
in many forms it is also very extensively
served In individual Portions, in holders of
paper and Of cardboa ard, the paper holders
being trim little dishes made in various
shapes and with futed sides and the card
board holders being made in the form Of
boxes; and these ice cream boxes are made
in very great variety in shape and style
and finish and name Of decoration and
adjournment. Among the boxes would be
found ice cream holders suitable for almost
zation, but still ice cream boxes are fire.
quently made to order. with colors or
ornamentation as nay be required for
special occasions or celebrations.
There is placed within the boxes to con-
tain the cream a separate movable recep-
tacle, which can be taken out when the cream
has been eaten, the box being carried away
as a souvenir.
Vast quantities Of the ice cream manu-
featured are OF course still sold in bulk,
but ice cream for family consumption is
now commonly delivered in the form Of
bricks, which can conveniently be cut into
shapely portions and of the ice crea m to
be consumed or varied and almost num-
berless special occasions a constantly in
oreasing proportion is now served in forms
more or less ornamental.