Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-18


New conccits in Dinner Table Decorations.
The new flower decorations for the
dinner-table are generally in solid colors.
pink and yellow being the favorites. The
center Of the table is filed with yellow
tulips, for example, and daffodils and
acacias, mace into fiat corsage bouquets,
are laid at each lady's plate, with
| cluster OF the small yellow lonquil IN
| the thy glasses, no bigger than qulIsi SET
| to hold the gentiemen's boutonnieres, or
camelas the color Of the inside OF asheD,
mixed with marine mermette roses and
ferns. cover all the table except the out
side ring flor plates and glasses, ana
tulips family flushed with rose inside
their OF n gray green leaves, or pink car
nations tied in loose punches with VIDE
mink ribbons, are laid at each plate.
Sometimes these plate bouquets are re-
. placed by small fat baskets, or deeper
silded ones filed with flowers and hung
Nv ribbons TO be suspended on the arm.
Rare orchids are used for d corations by
neople who are not Obliged to think OF the
cost. 49, ,
!, Some of the most beautiful designs
! m de lately have been for the spring
dlhners, when the lowered price oil howels
, mas allowed the exercise OF tasse 10
, persons not millionaires.
! dinner OF spring blossoms, given
lately to this seasons buds, had the ih-
I ner square of the table hedgeu on ny
maiden nair ferns, inclosing masses ol
A daffodils, lilacs, daiSeys, crocue, ana VIZ
n let's, while at each girls plate was pls
. eaf of some one of these flowers tleu
). with broad pink, lilac, and pale green
4 ribbons. AT the four corners VI tine tanle
- ,v.ra candlebras holding candles shaded
! by the modern "fower shades" III lnese
:, three colors. a ,,,,,
y Alta tulip dinner the table looked IKE
20 cer.me's "Tulip Folly" with a bed o.
=, blooming blossoms of every hue. AT eaci
N nlate was a bunch of tulips OF some on'
/, ~ the colors in the middle decoration
M silver. gold, rose, scarlet, purple am
- An enamored lover OF unlimited means
y dining and winning that rose OF the rose
r. md garden If the girl whom he delghte
~ m honor. initiated the Roman fashion q
-, using roses. and strewed the ioor ana Tn
h.. table.cloth with their crimson we've
IL. METALS, while great mound OF WIN
AZ. roses and gold roses and req rose
tie adorned the center. Instead OF oouque'
in at the covers, the finery-' rlmpea haPA.n
he neld Parma violet in every ioid, lorih,u
ire a pale pur lie cone, which, as tne ma
were unfolded, showered the iair uin'
with blossoms. ,,.,,,vo
of A young woHan' "hosu mon h,
OF d aisy, gave daisy dinner upon =,
an. hirthday, taking suggestions from VI
~, famons white dinner that the amoro'
I'm cook prepared for Blanche Cloverin
~ Raskets 10 the shape OF horns OF p,eh
Cot ovoreo red with daisi es in the mluule
eat the table clustered round palm. buncn
Ia ~ them tied with yellow ribbons were
everv Mate; the candles were shau
am with them In tissue paperi all Inc ~
ain were daisies. ,oon 90 r
oiu ,,oriss hetween plain, heavy VIM
az sansra with The name In long, Mario
~ gaId script. surmounted by the crest
isb monogram OF the dinner-gNer, anu
emf whiie oblong square dalntily etcneu
men and ink, a bit OF red RIBBON iasten
ton at one end with sealing-WaA, siSnp
and with the dinner-giyer's seal, anu u"'
ple. ths ribbon the name. 49,. oh
and The fayur's name is legion, uus WI
/ Of saeyer favor thou hndest tle ill.,, ~,
no. ribbon bow--always ripooh 49, 80 90
any ana with flowers; hammered Or
II ~ nan tray or ash-holder; cluster
To a small patasoiS w. intad saichel. a lew
hole cigar-holderi pa,,ra, mi always
oid' ~ All times flower Iayors are oec'ue
ma nar In the setting of the table the euth'
e san ties interviewed announced that tne %
esgs ,i4s of royal Vienna and W9rcesor,
SeSt the splendors OF cut glass nave eue,,
over supeisedtd silver plste Salau 20" I
make the exquisite tos ,i, Ssndles of cut 81,
the spoon ana iorh wiz ns'I tint h
r the Oyster plates VI ,..,rad together so
nave the oys'er csi's r, one way-a fast
.,,o aronqht In by the White House set.