Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-16
NONE Is MORE FAIR
Chrysanthemums Are Among
the Sweetest
or TIE POPULAR FLOWERS
They Bloom Late Ia ina Season and the
Shades and That's Are Exqais.ss.
Socisty News.

What 5 pEsttser than the ehrysAnthe-
mum, xith is feashsry blossoms Of
white. yellow, PINK and other eolors
and snadesi IL blooms at time OF tue
year when there are few other HOssrss
when the nights are long and tho days
are short, when the leaves have fallen
and the bare trees are tossing their
branches IN the cold November winds
lt comes 10 brighten the dailaess of
late autumn and 10 add dash OF col
or 10 the parlor. For decorative pur-
poses nothing can sarpAss this flower.
The stems are long and graceful, the
foliage 3 pretty and the blossoms are
large.
By their use the one color idea can
be earned out 10 perfection. The
pink varieties come in ali the shades
from deep rose 20 mere suggestion OF
the tnt, the last beng very beautiful
There are many shades OF yellow and
red, and also a pure white. ChTysan-
thsmums are very effective for fall
teas, and Il Is pretty idea 10 have the
table linen, dishes aud napkins en-
broldercd VITA the hower IA the pre-
ferfed color.
Too much thought can scare ely be
given to the arrangement u the email
tables seating two, four. or possibly SIX
guests, aud Ihe large ceatral one on
which are placed the supplies The
small table should have for each guest
plate, FORK. two spoons and napkin,
aud should be provided with creamer
aud sugar. A. one end OF the large
table Is placed the coffee urn and the
cups ana saucers. At the other
TIE tea service. The menu IL
placed on this table, care being
taken not TO overload q. Extra sup
plies are 10 be kept IN waiting IN the
adjoining pantry. There are so many
pleasing ways OF decorating the table
that 10 will not be necessary TO particu-
larize- The simplicity OF the menu
need not imply negligence on the part
OF the hostess. Much care and labor
may DC bestowed upon the preparation
OF the sandwiches, which may COM
prise dozen tferent kinds and NAV
be roughly CHASED IA double and sin-
gle, after the manner OF the Horst.
Plain white bread buttered, doubled
and cut into squares aud diamoe q 3
and PLAIN graham bread treated 10 g.
same manner will furnish two var et.ts
of sandwiches. Ham SANDWICHES have
been known since the days OF Noah,
but clever woman recently invented
a new way OF preparing them. She
used thin slices OF fried ham with a
mayOnnaIse dressing and the combina-
ton was excellent. Tongue SANDWICHES
are also we'll known. The best chicken
SANDWICHES are made from the white
meat only, and there are several ways
OF making cheese SANDWICHES. One way
is 20 omit the butter, but cut the bread
as usual. Crate old dry cheese, mos
ten slightly with sweet cream, place
the cheese between two slices of bread
and press lightly together. They
must be fashioned just before serving.
Another way Il to slice cream cheese
very thin and lay il between delicate
waters A novelty Is the egg sand
wich, which is built on the foundation
Of n single layer of bread buttered and
cut thin IN disc-shaped pieces. A dres-
sing IS made OF the yOiks OF hard
boiled eggs rubbed to paste with
salad oil, cayenne pepper and salt
Allow one yolk and siI drops Of oil t. q
sand web. Mound the mixture on the
bread and gsrnisR with large ring
cut from the whites.
simplicity OF furnishing is said to be
the rule ia Washington IN many of the
homes of the ultra fashionable OF the
nations capital. It - not an unusual
thing 10 find there a house furnished
with Ingram carpets, simple lace cur
tafns. wicker furniture and other dam
tics. Every room in the house - III
tended for ordinary every day use. and
many servants are kept. giving the
mistress much leisure for the cuitiva-
ton OF society and for intellectual
pleasures. one peculiar feature Of
Washington social life is the fact that
every cue knows exactly what y the IN
come drawn by every Official. When 3
woman makes cut a list of guests for
party or reception. she knows just
how many are the wives Of 5000 men
and how many arc the wives OF $1,000
nisu. Deception "a go ones income u
imposS be. aad the direct effect = ben
siicial. Tnere - no attempt at display
beyond TIE means. No woman cares
% be criticised "a - the amount Of her
expenditures. when u j. known they
are beyond reasonable limit, 80 the