The Washington times., 1906-10-14

(/EAM GOING TO give a spread!'
80 said Elizabeth Dare. looking
up from the ponderous volume
which she had been closely
studying.
why. Betty Dare. how are
the mighty fallen, Here Two
been envying you, you old Cram" be
cause you could concentrate on those
awful Hebrew verbs this glorious after
noon. Therefore, Prexy will beam
beatihclaIly on you tomorrow while 1
will be treated TO another OF those snub-
by questions of his: Miss Patterson,
tell me, If you please. why you ever
elected 10 study the Hebrew language
All the time the blue-stocking has been
fndulging IN frivolous meditations on
fudge and tea. Fie on you. Elizabeth,
the Hebraist, for such levityi What
mean YOU to serve at your spread /
mama and unleavened bread?"
..You need not scoff. Margaret. I'm In /
earnest. I'm tired of being thought /
nothing but a dig and I'm going 10 !
give such a feast as viii make the
whole crowd sit up"
Worse and worse! She's even using /
slang."
81 feel Just like my little sister who /
came crying 20 mother one day. saying
Mamma. you must give me a party /
cause all the girls are pointing Jher
fingers at me. and saying so / can near
4 don't know what were going 10 90 j
fo,. narties now: we've all had them. (
Then they all look at me- " continued
Trlizabeth needless OF the interruption
,"you must help me, TOO, Peggy, dear
because YOU know how 10 make so many
queer things. / want 10 have something
out OF the ordinary
..Help YOU. or course. l will Let's
begin right now TO plan. Firstly, Is 1t
10 be a tea or a regular spread
..Oh. q spread. and in the evning; but
We must have tea, too, 1 suppose
A Substitute Punch Bowl.
well / don't know; tea Is rather
commonplace but, il YOU put Glove OF
two In each cup. II gives IL quite nice
flavor. Or we might have coffee, WIN
q drop cf vanilla IN II. as the turks
dX it.
though hate the fattening stuff
you add lust the tiniesJ suspicion o.
do YOU want hot or cold drinks, any
way? I know how 10 make peachy
tea Dunch You make a rather strong
tea and pour il boiling hot over tne
Juice Of two lemons and tie grated Ilhd
OF q lemon and two oranges. sugar ac-
cOrding 70 taste. Iheh. Nhen u Las
grapes and oranges, cut in small pleees,
and a big lump OF ice. we can serve II
In that fine blue Washedslu OF your set,
which Will look just IKE 4 puEchpo"i'
and really sporty
''Thas rssnbcrry vinegar your mother
sent you would do 70 serve IN our punch
bowl II we add lemon and water 10 H.
and have shaved ice for the glasses
Lets have two drinks said Eliza
beth. the cold tea punch and the va
nilla chocolate, with whipped cream
'Whipped cream You certainly are
blowing yourself But, enOugn Of
fluids. What shall we have 10 eat?'
81 thought Of sardines. they are so
easy 20 dump out OF a box on 10 some
crackers" merely suggested Elizabeth. / ,
'Sardinese We'll. they might do, but
IN no such deadly, duh way, when we
can have raEcut or salad or tnaIn-
They are fine Ola crackers wren you ,
drain, skin, and backbone a box OF
them, cook them IN a Chaf1ng dish in
hot butter and stir in q teaspoonful of
Worcestershire sauce and a big pinch
or We could prepare. drain. and
heat the sardines. Then put them on
toast and pour over them sauce
made of a tablespoonful OF butter,
q D
salt. pepper the yolk OF an egg. and
the juice of quarter of a lemon Stir &
this constantly till IT boils then ado
a tablespoonful OF butter and a g'II
Of boiling water and pour over the :
sardines and toast
The Main Course. 5
ION the whole. though. wen have =
sardine salad then we can use our 7
chafing dishes for other things. To t
a dozen sardiues. skinned and cut in
pieces, you add two tablespoonfuls of !
capers and a head OF lettuce. shredded I
Put in a salad bowl, cover with (
French dressing and garnish with 7
olives. stoned and stuffed with an q
7 tell you. Betty, let's have sau- {
sage ana griddle cakes for our main
course Wen get some frankfurters I
aud cook them in boiling water twen-
" minutes Then We'll make a white
sauce OF a tablespoon each Of flour
and butter, a half pint of milk and
some onions. salt and pepper, and heat 5
the sausages again in that
Wen borrO@ some OF the other Z
girls chahng dishes, mix up some
buckwheat cakes and bake them on Z
them
THAT will be enough substantlaIs, 5