The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-14
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DlOCOOhAGhmENl 1.
WITH leaden arms she grasps the
w seekers knees,
In silence pointing back at deeds
undOne-
At gifts unseized and bursts of song
unsung
Till numbing grayness colors all he
sees.
Yet at his feet, are other chances cast,
Right ready to his hand to have and
hold,
This very days warm sun might see
him mold
A living present from an empty past.
Warwick James Price.
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WHEN the picnic basket finds it
w about time to run to cover, the
school lunch baskets are brought forth,
more Or less reluctantly, from their
summer seclusion and the house MOTH
err begins cudgling her brains for
something to tempt the capricious
appetites of the various members or
her student body. At a picnic almost
anything goes; the desideratum being
"full and plenty" and that hearty.
For the school lunch the trick is to
put as much nourishment as possible
in a compact space, and make that so
attractive to eye and palate that every
crumb will be disposed Of.
While it is part of the duties of
waitress to put up the school lunches
they taste a lot better if mother at
tends to it herself. A waitress performs
her duty in a perfunctory manner; so
many slices of bread and butter, so
many pieces of cake and to all alike.
The mother who gives loving atten-
ton to her self-imposed task remem-
bers each chiid's physical needs and
individual preferences, and varies the
contents of the different baskets &C
cordingly
BEWARE OF STUFFY DOORS.
In catering successfully to the school
lunch basket beware monotony and
avaunt smells.
Nothing takes away the appetite so
quickly as a close, "stuffy" smell when
the basket is opened. Every night af-
ter school the basket should be opened,
everything removed, crumbs brushed
out and the cover left open over night
to air. Never send the same napkin
two days running. Paper napkins are
pretty and so inexpensive that fresh
one each day costs an inhnitesmal
sum. If the child prefers a linen nap
kin have small ones and give a. clean
one daily A fruit knife, a small glass
with screw top for carrying custards,
preserves, salad or a bit of pudding
from day to day, and an individual
spoon are all the equipment needed,
Buy waXed paper in quantity and wrap
up each sandwich, piece OF cake, pickle
or olives in that, so that there need
be no intermingling of favors.
While a hot, light lunch is the ideal
thing for a growing child, the schools
where this is made possible are as yet
| few and far between. In time this will
come meanwhile the cold lunch must
| possess a nutritive value that will keep
the physical condition up to the stand
ard and make mental development pos
sible. An underfed, anemic child can
not do good work mentally. The ideal
cold luncheon should include bread ano
butter, with an appetizingly accompa-
niment of meat, cheese or eggs, pre-
pared in varied forms, fruit and easily
digested sweets. Pickles and condi-
ments as well as rich pastries are to
be avoided.
BREADS FOR LUNCH BASKET.
The selection of bread for the school
sandwiches is an important matter
and should be suited to the require
ments of the individual child. Fol
some, grahams and brown breads are
Of distinct advantage, while to others
they may do harm. 1t is not what is
eaten but what is assimilated that
nOurishes the body. For steady diet
fine whole wheat bread is undoubtedly
best, containing as it does the mineral
elements needed for the building up Of
bones and teeth. 1t is easy Of dIges.
ton, and creates no irritation of the
digestive or nervous system as coarse
graham bread is apt to do. Rye bread
which also contains a high percentage
of phosphates and iron, is wholesome
though a child is apt to tire of it fol-
steady usage. A cream loaf of flint
wheat is also nourishing and delicate
Milk rolls, lightly baken, split open
and filled with whatever filling may be
desired, corn-meal mullins, beaten bis
cult, nut breads and baking powder
biscuits, cut out with tiny cutter may
all be used to vary the daily menu
Crusts of bread may be trimmed off Of
not, as preferred. Where they are de-
licately brown and tender they ar,
both toothsome and economical. This
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