Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-25
A SCHEME FOR TABLE DECORATION
\ Floral Week That Nav BE shown in
blossoms AZ All Seasons.


"uow very pretty 1 never saw any
uIr4 like it. just like your good taste"
,.taimcI young woman In evening
l..ss. a. she entered the dinins-room of
lr married friend. The young housewife
uauy was little nervous in this her
...t season. as married woman, and
HiI smugglcd her best friend into the
re-room half an hour before dinner
t II4s- az the looks of her table.
ID ...u-ht 10 would look all right Ike
t.-. llt ! wanted You TO see II any
-..a- oucht 10 Doe changed"
l.. lrug table was first covered by
l wtIi. CLOTH The centre spread was
.. T..aI-h muuNc SILK. On which were
r,l,-ly thrown big clusters of white
.ufl.m held together by mauve bows.
I. fh- centre stood large bowl of maUve
t.rt1u rias. hlcd with hawthorn, of
..l tl. hranChc- and leaves showed as
...iv as the flowers Ranches Of BIOS
.e wore spread Ell over the table.
lamp shades were Of pink gauzc.
etth hunGhcs " hawthorn. The
were written on rouSh-edgel.
r-,ute1 paper. turned az The upper
Hl ANA apparently held down with
ullNc ribbon.
Glow d1 you manage to have some
u." every time YOU give dinner
r i.r .,uur' questioned the guest, de-
.-Ht.IF viewing The pretty effect, ana
.l. f.I you" couhled the hostess.
.tt" made out noral week. I'm
....f. .iu0us. You know, and | can't use
I flowers on all days. For Sundays !
, have yellow The yellow n smne
- lti.- sud hy itself, 30 | mix yellow
.- with 10. 4 broWnish spread with
l sold embroidery in the middle Of
t- table, iu the centre a high vase
" ..iI.u Venetian glass. holding sprays
. ..mipe. daisies. and sprays OF maiden
t. Branches OF the flowers and ferns
together with golden MORE ribbon
b. spread here and there on the
The iamp-shades can b. made or
.w gauze or SILK paper with spray
tN'teuuair for ornaincntatiOn All
Wll DO for my Sunday dinntr.
,fum makes a pretty centrc-piecc
.. 81 you can get the flowers mere, ANA
Or yellow chrysanthvnums and
.. l.,s. yellow roses, too, should not
b. ..t-Jl.en. and buttercups."
WHITE FLOWERS.
Ir Monday all white flowers are per
Ih.y look well with any color. and
always seem 10 Dc more white
IMAM ColOred ones, 50 Monday -
.Ii. Instead OF hawthorn, us pear
,..r blossoms which. though not
white. pass az such in decoration.
nsrs with soft green moss IN May
Ie. white moss roses Ia milauu-
white chrysanthHnums IN autumn,
...t,lrops in January VIII be The
0nls.
.-.ly is the day for red and pink.
-.i tle spread Is TO De OF White silk,
.. embroidery in soft green and sill
w. a small wheeibarrow OF silver
.strwoIt. heaped up ana trimming
W with sprays OF deep pink azaleas. Is
'l lu the centre. Sprays ana loose
.s aaI leaves are scattered on the
as D. Just fallen out Of the wheel
.r.H. AZ the four corners the cloth 10
.rl Up with big punches OF the aza-
'. hel together with green ribbons.
-.. Airp-shades ought 10 be or SOFT
.'.a sauze. with q spray OF howers
seemed ON them as a decoration. The
l-"s 90 smooth green paper, printed
silver. OF course. you can have TINS
q. ration for short time only, but All
Poop I'uk or red flowers VIII 90, though
ilAy not b. 50 effective. In sum
llI might take roses. p!nks' ana
tiaut rnt m autumn I2h~''ce'@S
' AT. ~ NtNthcNuNla.
Fr Wednesday. with blue flowers l
U.s. white silk spread. plain. OF. per-
Paws. embroidered with gold vines. Nlo-
ht forgtt-me-nots. barebells. and blue
afe lovely The violets should be
I' .y nterspersod with their own pretty
lstDs and with forget -rnc-nots should De
Lle. tapenng fern leaves.
DEEP RED.
Inursiay consider the day fcr deep
EH am afraid this viii be difficult to
&C., There are not many deep, brownish
'tl flowers; 20 1 doubt whether 1 snail
t'c many dinners on Thursday. wall
h'aera In spring. peoples IN summer,
''i pinks all The year round. and JACK
roses VIII always enable you 70 nave
netting Tor Thursday. Waliho"srs
'oh particularly pretty with gray ana
t'eeD moss. In winter holly Is perfect