The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-21
buffet luncheon win At all such needs and

cur table. IN Its prettiest WINK oaiii-
ask, is arranged with a floral centerpiece.
This may consist OF a dozen or TIVE OF
rosebuds OF the same color, placed loose
Is IN q fiat bowl. Or. if the purse-strings
have decided limits, Il small pot WIN
some b~lossoning plant is most effective.
Yellow daffodils. hyacintls. nareissus ana
other flowers Of like variety are charming
used in this way.
As to the menu. This should depend.
in al sincerity. upon the amount one
desires to spend. Galatines. jelied NETS,
cold boiled ham or tongue, salads, saha-
witches, birds. oysters and ices.
All of these viands are sometimes ser
forth, but Il is more distinctly chic to Inn
it your bill of fare. choosing a rev disnes
which combine we'll. In the morning
coffee and tea are offered, as a usual
thing. BouiIlon forms a good mint for
chilly days.
A true buffet luncheon. as the name
suggests, is set forth not upon the table
but the sideboard. and a number OF
women. are carrying out the idea in full
these autumn days. If our dining room
| furniture be pretty there is no reason
why your buffet hould not serve. No
cloth is used in this case. although a
/ small open-work scarf of white linen is
| pretty for the purpose. Arrange the
dishes to be as convenient as practicable
and place a slender vase with a bios
som or TWO here and there among
them.
Preparations for an afternoon buffet
are much like those for a morning af-
fair. with The exception that candle
or other artificial lights are used and
coffee and tea in order.
A dainty afternoon menu which is
much in vogue consists of a salad
| chicken or lo~bster-tender sandwiches,
rolls and coffee. Al ice and cakes are
sometimes added.
Maids or waitsrmen are unnecessary''at
a buffet breakfast. The informally OF
the affair being one of its prettiest
| characteristic. After leaving the re-
| ception throng guests enter the dining
room and frankly select what they
fancy.
The great points to be emenbere IN
sandwich making are:-To have the bread
| sufficiently firm, and entirely free from
| crust; te see that the spreading mixture
is not so thin as to UNI; and, lastly, 10
| see that the meat, when used as a Ming,
is delicately freed from all skin, done or
| sinew. and. above all. cut into neat
mouthfuls. Sandwiches are intended to be
eaten without the help of knife or fork,
vet many people think nothing of put
ting a slice of mutton between two slices
of bread of the same size, without for
one moment thinking how the unfortun-
| ate consumer is going to manage that
49,. Af 80 nathan TAnint rn Tamam-
Der is for whom the sandwich IS intend
ed.
If for 5 o'clock tea, a light dainty
| savory. with d rather pronounced haut-
| govt is all very well, but for a sport
man on the hill u are provocative Of
| thirst. and even too long a draught OF
water interferes with the straightness OF
the shot, and, moreover, that same water
is not always obtainable.
Then for travellers actual support has
20 be considered and for such the cold
meat or hard egg sandwich are 70 be
recommended.
In the country It is well wien the sand
w.ch season draws on 10 have TWO or
| or three boxes sown with celery seed and
put into the dollhouse. These will pro-
duce miniature celery stalks, which, II
finely minced, and mixed with grated
, Parmesan cheese, and a little thick
cream. will produce an absolutely IDEAL
tit-bft.
Oar English horticultural exchanges are
fill of compliments because of a lazy in
| london having become q successful nor
let. She seems TO nave obtained q good
trade BY reason of a nice discrimination
in buying up rare and beautiful flowers
which are not common IN the trade. Her
establishment is, therefore. patronized By
a class of customers who are willing TO
| give good prices for flowers which are not
usually found in the wares offered BY
| other florists. What seems interesting TO
us in America is that this lady. Mrs
Maxwell. is presented TO US as q remark
| ably exceptional case of the success OF a
woman in the business. This would not
be surprising to us, for, In almost every
large city of our continent, one may point
to ladies' VINO are wholly successful
as florists.
4 traveller In Siberia says the Russian
| babies are rot very winsome. He says
that one day he noticed IN one or the
houses a curious bundle on a shelf: an
other hung from a peg in the wall. and
a third hung by a rope from the rafters
this one the mother was swinging. The
traveler discovered thai each curious
bundle was a child: the one in the swing
ing bundle was the youngest. h trav-
eler looked at the lirtle baby, and found
it so dirty that he exclaimed in disgust:
why do you not wash it?" h mother
looked horror stricken, and calculated.
Wash i'll Wash the baby. Why. II
would Kill it,"
The most unique thing that fashion has
recently presented to her votaries is Il be-
wifching Victorian sunbonnet, made OF
shirred tulle, silk muslin OF very sheer.
as a useful, as we'll as highly ornamental,
additional to a golf. eroquet or.tennis cos
tune during the autumn season. One can
imagine how charming a young pretty
golfer. would look against a greer
and russet landscape, with a white duck
skirt. a red gold jacket and a eoquelicot
red null s%unbonnet. with a handful of red
peoples and a spray of white marguerites
by way of trimming
Extra length and a very wide sweep
are features Of the seasons cloth and vel.
vet capes. Thirty inches length is moi
considered extraordinary. and four yards
width in the least
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