Evening star., 1935-07-02
Chilly Food, Arranged
For independence Day,
Gives Charm to Feast
Chief Selections May Be Made Through Study
of Some American Customs on
the National Holiday.

YOU, substitute cold sliced chicken
and wafer-thin slices Of pink ham.
On the same platter place at inter-
vals little bundles of asparagus, cold
and tiled" with strips Of pimento.
Cornflowers and parsley may also be
used as a garnish. Vinaigrette sauce
should be served with the asparagus.
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THE raw vegetable salad would be
equally good with this selection,
but shoestring potatoes would be bet
ter than the chips.
AS for the dessert-there the clever
can really let her imaeina-
ton run riot. She Is helped tremen-
dously in this by all the big ice-cream
concerns and caterers in town. A
frozen dessert of some kind is always
q good choice, being "lovely to look
at, delightful to serve and heaven to
eat on a warm day-especially when
every one has been violently partici-
pating in fireworks and other holiday
sports.
What basic ice cream you choose
depends entirely on your individual
taste-the fancy molds are all SO
constructed that your pet flavor may
form the inside-no matter what dec
grafton appears without. One firm
oere in town is featuring a Fourth
e July special" that looks like a
S qt firecracker-one and a half
o strL of ice cream go into its con-
raspb. The outside is coated with
both taice, and it is charming in
d prefer hand appearance. If you
). crackers ndual molds baby fire.
e Another ctlso be ordered.
It occasion a syn will make for the
" with the Ameril ice cream cake,
It colored cream on flag displayed in
f serve as many as 10 top. This will
e prove a delicious solrole and should
e sert problem. to the des-
d THEN there are the e.
n molds-"Bunker Hill'' fol1ancler
e made in your favorite ice'ance,
y shaped like a mound, topped am,
S flag, tiny cannon and little lead
I diers in colonial uniform. This is :.
/ in a border of raspberry ice and shou
r make an instantaneous hit with Il
i younger generation especially.
S Liberty Bell" Is a graceful mol
being a faithful replica of the hi
0 torical bell in Philadelphia. topp
with big bow of red, white and blu
This also may be had in any choi
of ice cream, of course.
Little cakes, iced in red, white al
blue, and peppermints to match, car
the final course of your dinner to
sweet and artistic conclusion. Ever!
thing will have been deliciously co
and dainty-and the housekeeper wi
have enjoyed it just as much as tt
rest Of the family, for she will n
have been toiling in a stiflingly h
kitchen to prepare it all morning.
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A ND one thing more, apropoS of tt
Fourth. Don't forget that mo-
fireworks burns are dangerous, bs
cause Of the elements not present l
other burns. Bicarbonate of sod
mixed with olive oil should be apple
Immediately to such burns, and
doctor called If the burn seems at a
deep or serious. The trouble wit
burns from fireworks comes largel
from the fact that such a wound i
inevitably, a dirty one, due to tn
powder, etc., forced into the abrasion
In many instances an injection c
anti-toxin Is indicated to preven
tetanus.
Don't trifle with such burns. 1t |
far better to over estimate the seri
business of the wound than to assum
that it is "iust little blister" "Littl
bliSters" have been known to hav
tragic consequences when they hav
been treated too lightly in the begin
ming.