Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-09-03
PLANNING
THINGS

] teristic impulsiveness, Jennie barton
| is i'm town for week or two, and
want her to come out and let us have
a coed old gossip. ! want 10 ask her
before all the other girls learn that
she's here. for then she will have so
many engagements that 1t won't be
possible to get hold of her What do
yUu Think"
ASK her. by all means, dear" an
swercd Lucys mother. Il always like
to see ~our friends, and always loved
Jennie. Let's have her to Sunday
tea"
THAT will be lovely, you dear, sweet
motherkinsi" was Lucy's enthusiastic
response. I'll tell her to come early,
so we can have nice, long talk. You
boys" turning to her three brothers,
must make no engagements for next
Sunday, unless / tell you Jennie's
not coming. And we won't have an
elaborate meal, mother. Just tea and
thin bread and butter and cookies and
little candies-just afternoon tea in
the parlor."
IF it's going to be a parlor bun
struggle or a lapfest of any kind just
count me out" spoke up Brother Har-
ry, promptly. None of those shaky
things for mine!"
me tool" said Ben.
81 don't stand for tray-an'- tea-fights,"
explained Jimmie, because just as
soon as l get a cup of tea in one hand
and a sandwich in the other / have to
sneeze.
Now, it is Lucys pride that her
brothers, contrary to the habits OF
some brothers, nearly always are pres
ent at her functions, big and little.
Further, they make themselves beau
tifully agreeable and add to the glory
of the occasion. So, with sigh, she
capitulated and agreed to have the
meal properly set on the table. But
she still chung to her basic idea Of
simplicity, following her mother to the
kitchen to discuss the question of food
unhampered by masculine suggestions.
We'll Just have cold meat, a sim
pie salad and plain ice cream and
cake, with hot tea" she decided. And
I'D just as soon stay to help you
out, Miss Lucy" spoke up Angie, the
nice colored maid who has been In the
family so long that she is almost one
of it, I'D a heap rather stay in and
fix things nice than have you give a
poor spread"
"All right, Angie" answered Lucy,
who detests an observed meal and
fairly loathes waiting on the table.
Then we can have tea and coffee and
the salad served as a separate course
but that's all the difference Wen
make. I'm determined on a simple
neal If we decide to have more wei
dnd ourselves asking a lot of people,
and l want a nice, long talk with Jen
ME. Mother, what kind of cold meat
would you suggest?
you've quite determined on cold
meat?" asked her mother 81 always
think at least one hot dish is nice
Dreamed chicken or fricasseed veal |
wouldn't be much more trouble than
cold meat, If Angles going to be here
to serve it. And"
THE young gentlemen, they certain
ly does love fried chicken" said An
gle. And ] could make hot biscuits |
and strawberry shortcake just as easy
as preachin. And hot coffee certain
ly does go down fine with fried chick |
en-. And asparagus on toast is lovely !
with new potatoes, creamed."
There you are, Lucy" said her
rnothar 'tNnW tbat'c COLL
nice, light meal, and not a bit more
troublesome than plain cold beef and |
potato salad. And when it comes to !
young men like Dell Jones and Ran.
som Davis and"
81 hadn't thought of asking them, /,
put in Lucy, a little coldly. 81 thought =
l told you that just wanted to have
a nice, long talk with Jennie"
well, l don't know any surer way /
of getting a nice, long talk with her
than by having other people about to |
talk to the other people. Jennie knows |
all those boys, and will love to meet !
them, and you ought to have some |
more girls, to provide for the extra /
men and our own boys. And you could |
think up some funny limericks for the !
place cards, and"
And have a regular formal dinner,
with cards and candles and flower |
petals in the finger bowls and all sorts !
of pretty gimcracks," said Lucy, sar-
castically.
Exactly" cried her mother, with
growing enthusiasm. That's the kind /
of party really love, daughter; dis
like these little, spindling lap teas as
much as the boys do. There's nothing
like a round table, with shaded lights
and flowers and plenty of good food. |
too to make things go swimmingly.
you just invite about twenty young
people for week from Sunday, IN
stead of next Sunday, and leave all |
the rest to Angie and me-all, that is,
but the limericks for the place cards
and the ordering of the flowers. White
and green and red would be a good
color scheme. and, of course, Wen