ible, have the design of the lunch cloth in
grapes, and use a pyramid of purple and white grapes for the center of
the table. Lay perfect bunches of grapes tied with lavender ribbon on
the cloth for decoration. Serve grapes in some fashion with each course,
single, in tiny bunches, or the leaves decorating the plates. Mold
gelatine in a grape mold and color with grape juice. Use white grapes
for the salad and grape juice to drink. Serve grape jelly with the meat
course.
WOMAN'S CLUB BREAKFAST.
Have the table of honor a round table with a large round basket of white
flowers and everything corresponding in white. Use roses, carnations or
any white flower you choose. Have oblong tables radiating from the
center table with place for four on each side and two at the outer ends.
This leaves no guest seated with her back to the honor table. Have the
oblong tables decorated in pink. Have name cards with carnations thrust
through the corner, at each plate. Make the breakfast a daylight affair,
unless the day is a dark one.
Serve chopped fresh sweet cherries sweetened and with a little rum or
white wine poured over them; let stand for several hours in the
refrigerator and serve in stem glasses. Chicken croquettes molded in
form of small chickens, or broiled chicken with water cress; creamed
potatoes, sliced cucumbers, hot rolls, spiced peaches served in
champagne glasses; whole tomatoes stuffed with cooked cauliflower and
nuts set on branch of cherry or strawberry leaves; cheese sandwiches
made very thin; ice cream molded in form of strawberries, small cakes
frosted, (place half of a large strawberry on top of each piece of cake
before serving).
BREAKFAST AL FRESCO.
A breakfast al fresco is just the thing to entertain a party of young
girls. Have the tables on the porch. At each plate have a cluster of
flowers answering a conundrum. Give each girl a card containing the
conundrum and ask her to find her place at the table by the flower
answering the questions. These questions will not be hard for a hostess
to arrange and will of course depend on the flowers she can secure.
Here are a few sample ones given at a recent breakfast: Who will attend
our next entertainment? Phlox. What happened when Gladys lost her hat in
the lake? A yellow rose (a yell arose). What paper gives the most help
in decoration? Justicia (just tissue). What will the Far North do for
you? Freesia. For what hour were you invited? Four o'clock. Wha
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