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appetite and digestion. Unattractive food is not eaten with relish, and 

 may not be eaten at all. 



Materials essential to good packing 

 Wax paper 

 Paper napkins 

 Paper wrapper, bag, box, basket, or dinner pail 



Wax paper, such as is used for covering butter, can usually be obtained 

 from the grocery store. 



Plain paper napkins, the most desirable kind, can be bought for ten 

 cents a hundred or eighty cents a thousand. 



Fig. 78. — A few box-luncheon conveniences 



For the occasional lunch, bags or boxes that one has on hand are con- 

 venient; but the supply soon fails if a daily lunch is being prepared. In 

 the latter case a more permanent container than the paper bag or box is 

 desirable. 



Fiber boxes seem inexpensive, but, since they easily dampen or become 

 soiled and cannot be washed, they have to be replaced by others. When 

 not in use fiber boxes should be well aired. Certain kinds are provided 

 with small ventilators placed in a dust-proof location under the ends 

 of the handle. 



Tin boxes can be cleaned easily and they prevent the drying-out of their 

 contents. 



Most dinner pails have compartments for various kinds of food. The 

 pail shown in Fig. 75 has compartments for sandwiches, meats, pie, and 

 coffee. The coffee compartment, unlike the kind usually seen, is easily 

 cleaned, the entire bottom being separate so that the cleaning need not 

 be done through the small hole under the cup. 



Lunch baskets are light and well aired. Particular precautions must 

 be taken, however, to prevent the food that they contain from drying 



