The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13

esty of a sandwich. It 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 the crust ard first buttering it, spread it with minced ham or chicken, or with nuts finely chopped, or with paste of hard boiled egg, or with leaves of lettuce. crisp and green and favored with mayonnaise dressing.
 A girl who can mako dainty may onnaise is already a good cook, and shows herself possessed of fine intel ligence.
 The pile of sandwiches placed on a great platter may have a touch of beauty if every one is tied with baby ribbon of your class colors. A
 Do not be too ambitious about the cake you provide for school spread. Nothing for this purpose surpasses old fashioned ginger snaps and nicely grandmother's recipe. Ask her to give it you and you will acknowledge that am telling the truth. Sugar cookies have a toothsome flavor that is just a little heightened by the addition Of nuts chopped and literally sprinkled into the dougn.
 picnic differs from spread in the important item of environment One may have a spread in the classroom or in ones own room or at a friend S house picnic implies an excursion to selected objective point. It may be by rail or by water or one may pre- ! fer as picnic ground a place within l lkipp distance niCnip nf doors.
 On" Of the most delightful picncs in my experience was on the Long Island shore at a point where the waves of the great South bay comes rolling and tumbling in. We started on the picnic at in the afternoon driving to the shore, a merry company of boys and | girls with an aunt or two and a mother and 4 jolly old sailor uncle. and we un- packed our baskets at 6 and ate our l supper in the sunset light We boiled | the kettle and made tea and we feasted l on cold broiled chicken and ham, bread and butter, biscuits. cheese and pound I cake. and later went home by moon | light singing all the way.
 | An essential thing for the success ot any social function, whether it be ar | informal spread or a formal dinner. is | good temper. single cross or fretfu 1 person may act as wet blanket or | everyone concerned. There is no sure way to spoil q good time than to carr! along somebody who is selfish or blu, or disposed to fin1 fault and to try fo' the best place and the least labor. Yer! | possibly there is no such girl in you school, but once in a while she stray! in at picnic or a party from som' | other locality. For ourselves the hes recipe for good times is a sunny dis position united to brave heart ant real unselfishness
 Everything Tn this world goes bette if judiciously planned for and manage | according to system. Before invitins people to a function be sure that yo, have arranged every detail If you ar going on a picnic let It be thorough, understood at what time you start an, | from what place. how much 1t will cos each person for car fare or steamboa ticket and at what hour you will SC out for home.
 If possible always on such occasion l nave the company of teacher, mother or ap old friend. Emergencie sometimes arise when the presence o somebody with experience is a comfor and a safeguard. and a sympatheti older friend adds to the enjoyment O | the hour instead of detracting from il Do not leave the provisions in tn care of an absent minded person wh l may hluuOeT lHlu IoTSSttlhB I4ISli WIl' she steps from the boat. This one
 happened at a picnic where I was
 guest, and we all stood forlornly ol
 the beach watching the departing boa that carried away our lunch basket
 and left Us lamenting because the con
 tents of our combined pocketbooks wer
 not sufficient to purchase anything ex
 cept few dry crackers at d countr. lstore.