EAKFAST DECORATIONS.

The sunburst done in one color is a very popular design for summer
hostesses. Suppose one is giving a pond lily breakfast. In the center of
the table have a cut glass bowl of the lilies. From beneath the bowl
radiate long streamers of pale green ribbon ending at the plates of the
guests with name cards decorated with the lilies cut out of watercolor
paper. Half way between the bowl and the plate, the ribbon is knotted
about a bouquet of the flowers or a bunch of maidenhair ferns which will
become the corsage bouquet of the guest. Sometimes several strands of
narrower ribbon are used giving more rays; a very pretty effect. Do not
have artificial light at a summer breakfast. Garden flowers are all the
rage, either one kind or several kinds mixed. Coreopsis, mignonette,
featherfew, nasturtiums, lilies, sweet peas, geraniums, all the simple
garden flowers are used now in place of the hothouse products.

BREAKFAST TO BRIDE-ELECT.

TO A BRIDE.

Happy is the bride whom the sun shines on,
And happy today are you;
May all of the glad dreams you have dreamed
In all of your life come true;
May every good there is in life
Step down from the years to you.
There's nothing so sweet as a maid is sweet,
On the day she becomes a bride;
Oh, the paths that ope to the dancing feet!
Oh, the true love by her side!
Oh, the gray old world looks a glad old world,
And it's fields of pleasure, wide.

A breakfast for a bride-elect can be made very dainty and pretty by
following out a pink color scheme, unless one prefers the more common
scheme of white. Cover the table with the prettiest, whitest damask, and
over this lay lace-trimmed or openwork doilies, with a foundation of
pink satin underneath. For flowers have pink begonias (very pretty and
effective), carnations, roses, azaleas or cyclamens. Arrange the flowers
in a center basket with a large pink butterfly bow on the handle. Light
the table with pink candles and shades in silver or china candlesticks.
Have the place cards in heart shapes with pen and ink sketches or
watercolors of brides, or tiny cupids.

Mark the bride-elect's chair by a large bow of ribbon or a bouquet of
pink flowers matching those on the table. If white flowers are used,
lilies of the valley and hyacinths make a pretty bouquet, tied with
white gauze ribbon.

Serve this menu:

_Grape Fruit with Rum and Cherries_
_Turkey Cutlets_
_Stuffed P