Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-08
A YELLOW LUNCHEON
The Arrangement of the Table and the
Viands.
How the Meal Is Served From the
Fruit to the Cofee-SOme
Good Recipes.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
The financial position of every family is
| not such that it can afford to launch its
daughters into society with the eclat of a
Vanderbilt an Aston, but there is no rea-
son why any pretty young girl need languish
a whole season, unentertaining and unen-
tertained, simply because the family means
Will not permit her mother to introduce
her in the most formal fashion. A lunch
con is one of the easiest and most inexpen-
slve forms of entertainment.
dozen or even twenty guests may be in
vited at midday to meet the fair debutante
Every woman who is asked to the luncheon
is in duty bound to extend some courtesy
to the newcomer, and the mother who is
wise will scan her calling list carefully to
select those ladies who are most likely to
be of assistance to her daughter in her So
cial career, returning the comparatively
humble luncheon with handsome dinners
ana dances and teas. A luncheon is a most
suitable way Of introducing the daughter
of the house because it presupposes that
she first wishes to become acquainted with
her mothers old friends. Dinners and
dances to which men are asked result in no
great social returns, for, after all, it is wo-
men who do the entertaining.
Inc table arrangements should be above
cr1t1c1sm, and the decorations handsome
ana timely. For autumn golden chrysan-
tnemum luncheon is good an idea as
any For the table the damask should be
hne in texture and of a creamy tint with
an insertion of renaissance lace. The heavy
ola bleach with knotted fringe may be
seiected II preferred. In either case per-
iecty pain pattern Is in the best taste.
Chance for Home Artists.
The table may be decorated by home tai
ent. A conventional design, consisting of
deep scallops outlined with heavy yellow
tod
clusters of small yellow chrysanthemums,
makes pretty arrangement. The central
figure may be mound of dwarf yellow
chrYsanthemums interspersed with moss
and maidenhair fern. A cluster of chrys-
anthemums is placed in a. yellow vase or
themums and ferns.
The favors may be sachets of yellow
satln, shaped and painted to represent ba-
nanas. They should be laid beside the
Plates OF the guests with cards indicating
places at the table
In addition to the sachets there may be
bonpon souvenirs also made at home if
the ladies of the family have the taste and
leisure. The bonbon box is shaped to rep
resent a fowerpot and is made of card
BOARD covered with yellow satin. The up
per part is made of brocade satin which is
gathered IN above by a narrow ribbon 1t
should be lined with silk and filled with
some yellow confectionery. To enhance its
beauty chrysanthemum may be poised in
More Ambitious, This.
A much handsomer advancement of the
table, and one which is more in accord
with the usages of fashionable society, is
to use fine linen tablecloth inset with
lace This is spread upon cover of vel
low satin placed over the flannel foundation
cloth. The golden tinge of the satin is seen
through the linen and is boldly outlined by
A handsome Of OH
NUNS in two shades of yellow is placed in
a cut glass bowl in the center of the table
A perfect flower is beside each plate as a
1aVor with little box of candy the box
OF yellow satin. Under the bowl of flowers
IN the center of the table it is customary
TO put centerpiece of embroidery and I'M
DER each plate a handsome embroidered
oolly to protect the satin and also to fur
the embroidery on the centerpiece and on
the individual pieces to match or at least
harmonic. The lunch is served at a large
table, or at small tables scattered about
the room II 1t Is a very large affair.
In serving a large luncheon at least two
attendants are necessary. One of these is
stationed at the sideboard to serve. and the
other hands the plates about to the guests
sonetimes, when The distance to the but
Ier's pantry Is slight and the dining room
is small, the vfands are served there.
For yellow luncheon the menu should
be such as will fit into the color schemes
Inc following is very good one:
Sherry
Oranges and White Grapes
Stewed Mussels
Filet de Sole q la Marguery
Potato Croquettes. Sweet Potatoes
Boudin la Refine.
Hard Boiled Eggs with Lettuce Mayonnaise
Celery. Orange Jelly
Banana Ice Cream.
Coffee.
Cheese. Crackers. Yellow Bonbons.