to the young people
themselves.

A Marshmallow Toast.

This is exclusively a girl's entertainment. A very pretty one was
given to about twenty girl friends. The guests were invited in the
afternoon from two until six o'clock. A large room had its furniture
removed and in its stead were placed small tables, which contained
trays holding marshmallow candies, skewers and lamps. The mallows were
toasted and eaten after a little supper. Tables were spread prettily
with white linen and decorated with flowers. The supper was arranged
as follows:

Oyster Patties. Buttered Bread. Sandwiches.
Salad with French Dressing. Assorted Cakes. Chocolate.
Toasted Marshmallows.

The young girls had a delightful time and the entertainment was simple
and inexpensive.

Roof Parties.

Roof parties are the very latest diversion which the girl who stays in
town is enjoying. They are the very jolliest entertainments
imaginable, and the best part of them is that one can go in any sort
of an outing suit without feeling _de trop_. Even the dwellers in the
big apartment houses are able to give these high-in-the-air festivals,
and they have become very popular from the fact that they are so
informal and delightfully novel.

If your roof is spacious and walled in by a high parapet so much the
better, for, of course, one can always imagine danger if there be only
a narrow coping about the edge.

Pick out a night when the clerk of the weather will be polite enough
to give moon and stars and soft southern breezes. Then cover the
surface of the roof with rugs or else stretch a matting over the tin.
Improvise couches upon boxes covered with rugs, or bring up a couple
of cots and pile cushions upon them.

Palms and plants placed about always add to the effect, and if you
wish the place to look like a little bit of fairy land hang Chinese
lanterns on strings stretched about the edge, and when they are lit
they will look remarkably pretty. If the roof be provided with ledges
between your own and your neighbors, the bricks can be spread with
napkins and refreshments arranged thereon.

Almost any sort of menu is permissible, but salads, sandwiches,
olives, ice cream and liquid refreshments of all kinds are always in
order.

Bachelor's Parties.

Bachelors who live in apartments are giving "Dutch" parties on roofs,
and in those cases the refreshments consist of beer and ale served
from the wood, rye bread and cheese sandwiches, sausages co