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Show IS MEAL, OF IMPORTANCE. Luncheon Breaks Up Day for Women and Children, Luncheon has become an American Institution, nnd has como to stay. It Is, to most women, tho pleasnntcst meal of tho day, even whon partaken of at homo, with nono present but "tho children" nnd tho grown women of tho household. It breaks up tho monotony of dally tasks; It Is eaten without flurry or hurry, because with little ceremony. "Pick-up" dishes nnd accidental entrees figure conspicuously conspicuous-ly In tho menu things for which men, as n rule, caro llttlo and their wives nnd daughters much. Tea and toast, cako and preserves can bo enjoyed en-joyed without fear of bantering comment, com-ment, and a harmless dash of gossip can bo uncovered" without provoking sovoro strictures. Tho family luncheon Is tho best medium me-dium I know of for acquiring the valuable val-uable French art ofconcoctlng entrees out of "left-overs." Somo Johns havo n rooted dislike for "made dishes" n projudlco which, I may remark, adds sensibly to tho sum of household expenses. It would doublo them but for tho canny housewife's house-wife's uso of cold cuts and scraps for tho mid-day meal "just for tho children chil-dren and myself." Women don't cook for themselves I Hut for tho saving clause, "tho children," chil-dren," our economist would starve herself her-self upon toast and tea. Being a mother, moth-er, sho brings forth strengthening Boups, savory ntewa nnd rellshful compositions com-positions of fish and vegetables out of most unpromising materials, unconsciously uncon-sciously becoming a culinary urtlet. |