1914. 
rns RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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A July-day Celebration Dinner. 
A LUNCHEON or little dialer party, 
where the sentiment ot the day has 
been successfully carried out, offers a 
happy medium in which a hostess may 
show her patriotism on July-day without 
too much rejuvenating. Serve it. out-of- 
doors, of course, if there is a good place 
for it. and have a little display of fire¬ 
works at the close of the evening, or if 
the dinner is to be in the middle of tie' 
day. and there can be no fireworks, there 
made. The same kind of heavy white 
paper that formed the tents was used 
for this. The shade and standard is cut 
in four sections, and decorated with 
flags, cut from the flag-designed crepe 
paper; they are then fastened to¬ 
gether by means of little brass paper 
fasteners. Four narrow strips of the 
paper holds the top and base together, 
and a square piece of heavy card-board, 
with an incision cut in the center large 
enough for a candle to fit in without 
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fas! ;i. Arrange on a hot platter with 
pars'* y or cress, and serve with a rich 
cream sauce, to which a little lemon juice 
has been added, and sliced crisped cucum¬ 
bers dressed with a French dressing. 
If the weather is very hot one might 
prefer a cold meat course, in this case 
the chicken may be prepared, the day 
before it is needed, in this way. Clean 
and cut up two young fowls, and cover 
with cold water, adding a little chopped 
carrot, onion, and celery, with one bay 
leaf, three whole cloves, six peppercorns, 
and one tablespoonful of salt. Ileat. and 
cook slowly until tender; then remove 
the meat; take out the bones and chop. 
Reduce the stock to one pint, and cool it; 
then skim off the fat: reheat, and strain 
over one teaspoonful of dissolved gela¬ 
tine. Season with a little pepper and a 
few drops of onion juice, and add the 
chopped meat. Pack in a plain mould, 
and chill. Serve thinly sliced, garnish 
with parsley or cress. 
The salad is simply cream or cottage 
cheese, seasoned and moistened with 
French dressing, then heaped lightly on 
slices of tomato, and the top ornamented 
with a star cut from red pepper. Each 
slice is placed on a crisp lettuce haf. and 
more of the dressing is poured over all. 
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Trespassers 
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Air trespassers, like rain, fogs, frost and 
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It can be tinted any color and mixed by your¬ 
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Red lead—best for implements and metals— 
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FISH CROQFETTES. INDEPENDENCE STYLE. Fig -‘135. 
might be a short patriotic speech by the 
orator of the party, or a few appropriate 
recitations by one or more of the guests, 
and some national hymns sung. 
If there is not a garden or a desirable 
porch, any good-sized dining-room may be 
made very attractive with the aid of flags, 
red. white and blue bunting, and ferns. 
Decorate the walls with the hunting, or 
crepe paper in these colors can be used. 
For the table decorations shown here, 
cover the table with a plain white damask 
cloth, and in the center place a medium- 
sized window-glass, with a piece of green 
erep ■ paper the same size beneath it, 
and conceal the edges with daisies, or 
slipping, is placed on the top of the base 
just beneath the shade. 
As for the menu, this, too. may have 
a touch of patriotism about it. as 
Washington coupe (cherry cocktail) 
Soup, if you like 
Radishes Pickles 
Fish a la Independence cucumbers 
Southern fried chicken; peas, creamed 
new potatoes 
Star salad rolls 
Mount Vernon cream (plain vanilla ice 
cream decorated with can¬ 
died cherries) 
Martha Washington cake 
Rebellion punch (raspberry shrub) 
The cherry cocktail is made from a 
quart of ripe red cherries. Wash, stone, 
DECORATIONS FOR 
INDEPENDENCE DAY DINNER. 
Fig. 
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blue cornflowers, and green leaves. 
From a piece of heavy white paper 
make a miniature army tent, add a tiny 
silk flag to the to]), and place this near 
tln> center of the glass, then arrange 
around it half-a-dozen, or more, accord¬ 
ing to their size, toy soldiers. Instead 
of place-cards there are little peaked 
tents with a small flag floating from the 
and chill them; put them into star shape 
paper cases, or sherbet glass, and cover 
with a mixture of one teaspoonful of 
lemon puice, one tablespoonful of orange 
juice, and one tablespoonful of pow¬ 
dered sugar. 
For the fish course mix a little salt, 
a speck of cayenne, and one and one- 
half cupfuls of white sauce; then add 
A PATRIOTIC STAR 
peak, and the name of the guest written 
across the front. The place favors are 
•small drum-shape boxes covered with red, 
white and blue paper, and filled with red 
and white bonbons. 
The candle shades are very attractive 
and quite new. the one in plain white 
with the simple flag decorations is home- 
SALAD. Fig. 337. 
two cupfuls of flaked cold boiled white 
fish, and the beaten yolks of two eggs. 
Shape the mixture into flat oblong cro¬ 
quettes, egg, crumb, and fry in deep fat. 
then drain on a napkin or soft paper. 
In the meantime out red or green peppers 
into thin strips and tiny stars, and orna¬ 
ment each croquette with these, flag 
Two Favorite Desserts. 
Sour Cream Pie.—Mix together one 
cup of sugar and one cup of raisins, then 
add one egg. a pinch of salt, one tea¬ 
spoon each of cinnamon and allspice, 
and one-half teaspoon cloves. Mix all 
those ingredients thoroughly, and stir in 
one. cup of sour cream. Bake in one 
crust, and when cold cover with whipped 
cream flavored with vanilla. These pies 
will keep several days by omitting the 
whipped cream until ready to serve. 
Tapioca Pudding.—Soak two-thirds of 
a crp of tapioca over night. In the | 
morning, cook in water until clear, then 
add one quart of milk. Let come to a 
boll and add two eggs, beaten light, two- 
thirds of a cup of sugar, two tablespoon¬ 
fuls flour. Flavor with vanilla. Set 
away to cool and then place in individual 
dishes and cover with a tablespoonful of 
canned strawberries and whipped cream 
on top. The beauty of this is to have 
it as cold as possible. 
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