St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-14
Reigning Table Fashions,

Mexican feather-work is used on dinner
cards.
Pretty chocolate sets have teak wood
handles.
Water jugs are special feature of the
dinner table just now and should be in
glass.
Wedgewood designs in tableware are
again popular and in much demand in this
country.
Russian cut glass glitters and sparkles in
all manner of dishes, baskets and flower
vases. This style shows the hob-nail and
perfect diamond design.
Though tulips are the popular dinner
flower, small ferns in pure white vases are
much used by ladies who affect the pure
and simple in their decorations.
Dainty gold salt cellars are in the shape
of the four-leafed shamrock, and the little
gold spoons accompanying them have
shamrocks enameled in color on them.
Bread is sliced very thin, and placed in a
serviette (napkin) and white satin ribbon
tied around it, small spray of ferns and
small white flowers being laid upon the
table.
Finger bowls are used at the most modest
table. 1t is whim Of fashion that the lat
ter should be filled two-thirds with water,
and handful of sweet Parma viOlets sub
merged in it.
Pitchers of cut-glass in classic shapes are
used for water and wine; claret jugs are
seen in the same ware with leaf decoration
about the neck and base; these are tall,
narrow and oval.
The fancy bright-colored scarfs once
used and much Ornamented on dinner tables
have been discarded for dark-hued plush,
undecorated, but with heavy fringe at the
ends.
The newest China sets all include the
chocolate pot as a necessary article of table
use for luncheon. The more costly tea
services do not, as owners are supposed to
have silver ones.
Ices are served in little paper cups sur
rounded by the little paper petals of a rose
or tulip or other large blossom. BISCUIT
glace and cafe parfait are the favorite fash
ionable ices for serving in this manner.
Roman punch is now made tempting by
being served in cups of ice. So perfect are
these frozen cups that one is sometimes de-
ceived by the innocent fraud until ones
fingers get nipped on touching them.
The figures on table linen are mostly geo.
metrical, following the lead of wall papers
and general household adjoining. Floral
designs are not altogether displaced, and
numerous beautiful designs of these are
shown.
When fruit is served either before break
fast OF at the table, napkin being placed
on the plate beneath the fruit, guest
should use that fruit napkin after eating
the fruit, although he may be served with
another at the table.
Cut glass is distinguishable from carved,
etched or engraved glass by the patterns
being more geometrical in design, generally
consisting of prisms of facets of four, six,
OF eight sides; OF of lines that are quite
straight, like radiations, but which do not
form prisms.
Very handsome and somewhat costly tea
sets come in fifty-two piece services in Bod
ley, Minton, and Royal Worcester from $50
to 500. These have neither chocolate nor
coffee-pOt no side dishes, cream mug, or
butter dish, as the latter should be of silver
with such set
Water and Wave-like designs are in de-
mand for silver dinner sets just now. A
water god rising from the midst of undu-
lating waves makes handsome design.
the spoons should be in the shape of or
decorated with shells of different shapes,
with twisted or coiled handles.
The glass used on even very elaborate
and expensive tables is more of the mex
pensive ''Fantrio" make than real ''cut."
The craze for the ancient or ''antique" in
all our pleasures and possessions can hardly
extend to glass. Few specimens Of real
cut glass remain in vases OF vessels having
any right to be termed ancient.
The correct form is to set lunch tables
without any cloth, but this, of course ne
cessitates a handsome, polished table top.
Those who prefer to have something upon
the board use in the center satin or dam
ask cloth one yard square, heavily firing ed.
Upon this are arranged fruits, flowers, ETC.,
while the plates and glasses are placedupon
the outside polished border