Show Is the tea party the thing of the past I 1 sincerely hope not because there is is nothing quite so comfy and relaxing as a good cup of tea and you can make it even more delightful by sharing it with a few of your friends the tea hour may be the time to become utterly feminine with lazy discussions on the ftfe fashions of the day the latest movie and even tales of cute sayings of johnnie and mary jane or it may be en barged with masu culin ity with the trend of the conversation leaning more toward current events politics books and even the arts I 1 have a friend who quite often gives teas on sunday afternoons they are highly successful not because of her lovely silverware or china because here I 1 must confess that most of her china does not even match they are successful rather because her friends gather for the pleasure of chatting with one another the most meager necessities would include a tea tray on which the tea set and napkins are placed a table from which to serve the tea glistening china and well polished silver if the party is small you may as hostess pour the tea asking the guests to help themselves to cream or lemon and sugar it if it is a larger party and it is necessary tor for you to constantly greet your guests as they arrive ask one of your friends to preside at the tea table tor for you dainty sandwiches hot buttered toast thin slivers of cinnamon toast and small english muffins are appropriate prop to serve with tea popular accompaniments to tea are sandwiches made from nut bread sliced very thin and buttered hot tea rinse teapot with boiling water allow 1 teaspoon of tea for each cup and one for the pot place tea in teapot and pour freshly boiling water over tea leaves cover and allow tea to steep 3 to 5 minutes as desired remove ball or bag containing the leaves and serve at once chicken sandwiches with cranberry sauce right here and now we put in our plea for revolt against chicken sandwiches that are bone dry have you tried putting a thin slice of canned cranberry sauce in with the chicken we eat cranberry sauce with chicken when its served on a plate why not in a sandwich try a slice of canned cranberry sauce in your chicken sandwiches the very next time you make them and see if you dont agree theres a vast improvement butterfly tea cakes makes 8 10 tea cakes scup 1 cup cake flour scup 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 14 teaspoon salt begg 1 egg aj cup coffee cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract pint whipping cream mix and sift all dry ingredients place unbeaten egg and coffee cream in a bowl ff and beat thor U f hughly add va aff 9 nilla extract and fT Wy pour liquid ingres djs dienes into the fy dry ingredients and beat until smooth bake in well greased cupcake or muffin tins in a moderately hot oven degrees for 30 35 minutes cool then cut tops from cakes and cut each top in halt half scoop a spoonful of cake from each one whip the cream and fill cavity with whipped cream arrange tops to form butterfly and serve at once danish vanilla fingers 24 34 cup shortening vz cup sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour teaspoon salt vt pound almonds 1 I 1 cup blanched and ground fine cream shortening and add sugar gradually beat in the egg and vanilla blend well p sift flour and salt iti to getner and ana add aaa to the first mix C ture stir in the ground almonds turn dough onto a lightly floured board and knead until the mixture is smooth and no longer clings to the hands cut off small pieces of dough and shape in rolls about 2 inches long and a scant half inch thick place on greased cookie sheet and bake in a moderate oven degrees tor for about 15 minutes |