Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-02-14
NEW YORK FASHIONS.


NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Faneies in Cream. Flowers. favors. Menu
Cards, Pink Dinners, Table Linen.
To elaborate dinners and other enter
tainments. fancy runs riot in the way
of creams in novel shapes and colorings.
What may seemingly be luscious
muskmelon, falls hegeath the knife, into
successive slices of rich, yellow cream,
q miniature beehive shows clustering
inmates about it, so realistic that n
timid guest might start, except that
now the fashionable lady looks fo9
surprises and retains composure. What
might be mistaken for bottle of cham
payne surrounded by broken ice, is to
the educated eye, merely shape of
chocolate cream in the midst of pieces
of wine jelly set in candy tub. Candy
made receptacles for cream in fancy
shapes is favorite idea, and here the
variety is limited only by the fertility
of Frenchmen's brains, which in mat
tiers of taste, are unexhaustable.
A CHARMING THOUGHT
for an individual cream, is that OF a
large strawberry leaf of candy in nat
ural color and finish, upon which is set
a number of cream made strawberries
equally natural 10 appearance, even to
the fresh green stems. A bouquet of
lilies of the valley, tied with ribbon. is
yet more skilful production and from
such beginnings, ono may imagine an
illimitable succession. A miniature bat
with balls upon it, of chocolate cream
is another instance of delft invention.
Wide mouthed flowers made in candy
also serve as individual receptacles for
cream or sherbet; little jars and baskets
doing like duty. These higher works
of art are of course reserved for the
tables of millionaries. but they point
the way and ladies who pride them
selves on good housekeeping can safely
now indulge in special or original ideas,
while for their benefit. let ii be added
that Burnett's flavoring extracts are all
the time coming more into use. This
is due not only to their acknowledged
purity, but TO their great strength, thus
rendering them economical, the moro
so as bottles are Of full size. They have
the endorsement of the highest author
tiles, are sold by leading grocers and
employed by the chefs of the best hotels
and restaurants.
FLOWERS
form of course an essential finish 10 sty-
lish dinners, roses coming first and next
in order, carnations, lilies of the valley.
Gala lilies, violets, hyacinths, and new
flower called freesia. 1t is pure white
and about the size of tuberose, but
open mouthed and without perfume.
Baskets are prettily trimmed now
with silk and RIBBON, the former draped
around the outside and the later twin
ing about the handles and tied in bows
according TO fancy. Smilax is still pop
ular, but for room adornment, feathery
asparagus tops are much in vogue.
Centre pieces remain fiat and flowers
placed at plates ale tied with ribbon,
three large roses being thought hand
some. Gentlemen have buttonhole
bouquets. Chocolate f1avots are fash
ionable as ever, and take on perpetual
new fancies, while bon-bou boxes are
without limitation in variety. Small
silk bags, hand painted, tied with rib
bon and frayed at the ends, are sppro-
pirate and could easily be made at homo
Menu cards are larger usually, than
those for visiting, but are equally plain,
except now and then gilt edge, and
bear only the name of the guest.
PINK DINNERS
are still very fashionable, but change
is given by blue or yellow. neither of
the last named colors however, being
nearly so desirable. For dinners, the
table cloth is white or sometimes with
creamy hnge, but for lunches, colored
cloths are preferable and here the c1lors
most liked, are pink, yellow or blue.
For dinner cloths, strawberry or ice-
berg patterns are stylish and in all cases
napkins must match the cloth, those
for luncheons, showing generally a
border of fringe and being of color to
suit the cloth. Ii ,mstitching is a pop
ular adornment for cloths, napkins, the
higher grades of towelIing,or side board
or table scarfs. Usually such finish is
placed as border, and in the case of
lunch cloths, napkins or towels, with a
fringe in addition, but on side board
scarfs. it forms fine orr ament, run
ming in various fancy patterns over the
surface, with open work effect.
Lucy CARTER.