Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-07
FASHIONS IN FAyORS.
Novelties for This Winter in Luncheon
Decorations.

Novelties for This Winter in Luncheon
Decorations.
The dynamters have made so great an i'm
preston on society that many people have lived
in dread of finding on their desks or tables or
in their upper bureau drawers Internal ma
chimes just ready to explode. This fall, how
ever. these are becoming such everyday affairs
that people no longer fear them, and at one OF
two of the swell lunches lately they have APP
peared at every plate. the wlcks just waiting &c
be lighted and with the once-dreaded word
Dynamite" in large gilt letters across them.
A great change has been made in the manufac-
ture of these bombs, 20 that now if You cour-
ageously and securely grasp one in the left
hand and with the right hand pull the wick an
ingeniously hidden cover will come off, show
ing that the inside is filled with nothing more
formidable than fancy candies.
These, however are only one of the MANY
Partisan novelties of the sort recently-imp orted
by local confectioner. Among the other favors
shown is a sardine box of tinfoil with the famil-
lar labels all complete. On removing the cover
you find apparently real sardines, but in reality
silver paper to produce the silvery CLEAN of the
real fishes Other chocolate dainties are in
bright colored boxes marked 'Langues de
Chats" into which fit the cunning tongue
shaped chocolates, each one of which is stamped
with a cats head.
Jaunty hats and caps are also for candies,
being intended for favors for lunches. &c.
They are large enough for quite big dolls, and
some of them are of blue, white pink satin,
trimmed with feathers and ribbons that show a
milliner's deft fingers in their combination and
arrangement Some are severely simple in
style. and then there are little sailor caps bear
ing the device Washington in lieu of the
name of ship; but in one particular they arc
all alike-namely in the little silken bag hidden
beneath and filled with bon bons
Packages Of cigarettes apparently just ready
for the smoker are really only paper boxes for
holding sweets. Golden arrows in gilded
sheaths and with bows hung on the side are for
candies also, and come in several sizes. Little
Dresden figures in white closely curled wigs
and in most dainty array stand on pedcstals
which open and are filled with sugar plums.
These have proved SO popular that the con-
fectioner is about to send for a new consign-
ment of them
The newest way of serving ice cream and ices
is to have them in closed fancy boxes. which
have an extra pasteboard box inside to put the
ice or glace in, that the box will not be in
jured by contact with it. and may be kept as a
souvenir. These boxes a new importation from
France, are in variety of ingenious shapes.
among which are conspicuous the familiar
nickel clocks. with hands pointing to the lun-
cheon hour. and the backs of which may be re-
moved and filled with cream. Paste
board Mandarin oranges are for orange ice;
little cups and saucers with Dresden flowers
scattered over them are for chocolate ice cream;
for the periodically inclined are pretty little
figures of America clothed in the stars and
stripes and wearing liberty caps over their
pretty porcelain faces. Little folly heads
adorned with black masks also hold boxes for
ices. Very cunning but more plebeian are the
little earthen-ware pots such those in which
French cooks delight to concoct their dainty
sauces, whose covers may be removed to admit
an ice or glace, and the very natural
looking mustard pots are deprived of their
proper belongings to make room for the same
fancy creams. Wheelbarrows with real wheels
to be filed with ices in the shapes of flowers
or fruits as are also the sweet little flower
trimmed baskets with half-open covers. Little
dice boxes are for ice cream. too. More sim
pie but none the less dainty are the little pa
per lace boxes tied with colored ribbons
More elaborate and expensive favors are Leg
horn hats profusely trimmed and made into
bonbonnleres, musical cats and rabbits. witch
sit knitting over candy boxes that send forth
music to delight the ear.while the candies are
delighting the palate.
Branded and candied cherries make charm
ing dish in the pretty cases in which they are
served this year. One Of the prettiest designs
is that of marguerites in pink or white, or
''black-eyed Susans," of which cherries form
the center. Marrons glaces are put in butter
flies of silver, gold or bronze and in o great
variety Of cases Of other sorts.
There are several new and very elaborate
creams this fall, among which are the Pudding
Rachel" which is in three colors and composed
of great variety of goodies, including fruits.
nuts. &c, pudding Salambo," pudding Sarah
Bernhard" and "Comtesse Marie" ice cream.