The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-11

! witches, rolled and tied with baby ribbon;
/ a delicious warm drink which consisted
! Of lemonade to which was added the
/ juice of currants, cherries or berries be-
fore 1T was heated; a salad, cold meat,
! fancy little cakes, and ices. At one end
/ of the table was an organ grinder stand
/ ing foot and a half high and made of
( Neapolitan ices. He was truly a most
+ pleasing sight to the little folks, who
/ We're 10th to believe that he was not a
/ miniature Italian. PiStache cream was
/ used for his coat, white neugat for his
( trousers, his shoes were chocolate, while
| bits of almond formed the mouth. nose
| and eyes. His hat was OF cocoanut COL
oTed with cochineal. An organ of cho-
| cOlate cream with a chocolate monkey
standing on it was strapped to his side.
An orange party is both novel and
pleasing In the way of entertainments.
The parlors should be decorated with
orange color, and the little guests re
queSted to wear costumes of that color,
CHEESE cloth, cotton crepe, or any other
| inexpensive fabric which Grapes prettiiy
Will answer for the gowns. An orange
tree is a pretty feature Of such an en-
tertainment, and can be arranged with
little trouble. Dozens of orange cush-
ions in exact imitation of ripe oranges
can be made from China silk and fast
ened TO a small tree; or real oranges
may be used.
The refreshments should consist Of
sandwiches spread with orange MARINA
lade, rolled and tied with orange-color-
ed ribbon; orangeade, which is easily
prepared by simply pouring water on
orange sugar, that is now made in Cali
fornia and can be had at the confec-
TONERS; a fruit salad, orange baskets
filed with orange jelly, orange cake
and orange ices.
A rose tea Is a simple little entertain
ment which will afford quite as much
pleasure as many a more elaborate one
Decorate the house with pink roses and
green vines. The supper table should
be daintily festooned with smlax, La
France or Mermet roses and pink rib
bons. At each place lay a long-stem-
med. half-blown rose or bud and have
small, quaint shaped basket filed with
them for centerpiece. In the way of
refreshments have your cakes iced with
rose-tinted frosting, your ices nodded
in the form OF pink roses and serve
delicately tinted jellies. Afternoon tea
waters can now he had in pink tint and
are just the thing for a rose tea.
A soap-bubble party will delight the
children as but few other entertainments
can. Pipes are no longer considered the
proper thing for blowing bubbles; small
tin horns. an inch and an eighth in di-
ameter at the mouth and seven inches
long, are recommended for this purpose.
These can be made by any tinSmith for
a small sum, and Il IS recommended that
they Should be family f1uted upward
from the base in order that enough fluid
may be collected to feed the bubble"
Common yellow laundry soap makes the
best suds. and the addition Of an ounce
of SlyceIine TO the pint Of Suds-when
cOol-gives staying power 10 the bubbles
and increases the beauty Of their colors.
Prizes can be given for the largest and
smallest bubbles blown. At the close
of the entertainment refres hments
should be Served.-DemoreSt.