The morning times., 1895-07-24
Hot Weather
Hppetizers
CHARMS OF A DUTCH LUNCH
EON AND MARINE DINNER.
Some Suggestions For the Hot
Weather Hostess-Tempt-
ing Dishes.

As the hot weather advances state din
neTs with their accompaniment of elab-
orate floral decorations are thing Of the
past.
Some simple and appropriate embellish-
ment for such functions as the altitude of
the mercury permits are, however, very
desirable.
Flowers OF strong odor are barred, be-
cause the heat causes their perfume to be
/ come oppressive; but a very pretty fancy is
a Dutch luncheon or tea, with u decoration
Of nothing but long-stemmed, graceful,
piuk and white cottage maid tulips.
The table should be set with a central
scarf of dull red or blue, TO throw out the
delicate tiutiDg Of the blossoms, or better,
| if one has a handsome mahogany or old
oak table, leave it bare aud allow the
tulips, III old delft or pewter mugs or
taukards, 10 mirror themselves duskily in
! its polished surface. \ charming arrange
ment of tulips with their own foliage or
with ferns, can be made upon a silver
/ server or old blue platter for the center
/ OF the table; OF they can be scattered
/ careesSly and pushed in among the folds
OF a center scarf OF dun blue; but il VIII
/ be found that the effect of the mugs Of
tulips is really more quaint and Dutch.
NAPERY AND SERVICE.
If one has a hlt OF Russian embroidery
4 IN red and blue this is the occasion to dis
4 play it, Tie napery should have red and
1 blue cross stitch monograms, and the
candles must be in antique looking silver,
| pewter. or old blue candlesticks. The
/ happy woman who has plenty Of antique
( china and silver VIII find no trouble in
/ setting out such table Just as IT should
1 be- The name card should he decorated
! 10 conform to the decorations, with the
/ arms OF Holland. red lion rampant on a
I blue shield or with a tiny bunch OF tulips
! in water color.
Maids should serve the table, dressed in
! the picturesque and altogether delightful
4 Dutch peasant costume. A little study oi
some Of George II. Boughton's pictures viii
enable anybody 10 put these dresses to
4 gether. colored canton flannel, denims and
sheer lawns being the best materials TO
use The hair dressing and caps are of the
simplest.
AS To the menu for such an affair. Ger
/ man dclicatesscn has become too fashion
able OF late to need much rehearsing; but
kaltoffeI salad. smear kase (Which, by the
way, makes a delicate and delicious sand
wichl, kaffee-brOd, and cocoa are all good
Dutch and good luncheon dishes.
A caterer would, no doubt, get up the
ices for such a lunch in the form OF little
wooden shoes or tulips, and :fretty touch
would be to serve fruits on little wooden
plates such as the peasants use. Any wood
working establishment would turn them
Of some light Colored wood for about 10
cents apiece, and they could have the
4 beautiful motto Of the Netherlands lettered
around the edges in red and blue, and th'
arms in the center. These would MAKE
quaint and pretty souvenirs for the guests
A MARINE FEAST.
An appropriate dinner decoration, anC
one that Iocss wonderfully enticing in ho
weather, is a marine fancy. All the GU
glass and silver that one can muster, witt
pure white china, unless one is the fortunate
owner of some in shell shapes and with sea
weed decorations, will be needed for thi
table.
For the center piece have curious shaped
ferns. selaginela and lichens (Which an
florist can supply grouped with the pref
test shells and corals you can get, ant
frozen into block of ice. The ice ma gni
fies, briGhtens and indescrihably beauties
these simple forms, till it seems as though
one were really looking through a way,
into the oceans heart.
These blocks are placed in shallow tiI
or silver trays to receive the drippings,
and set upon long, slender mirrors. Ii
these have narrow frames made tight with
bees-waX, the blocks may be placed di
rectly upon them and the tray dispensed
with. The frames can be concealed with
an edging of the sea-weedIike greenery
and an inch Of water poured upon the glass
| to obscure its mirror look, and give it the
| appearance OF a clear pool In this few