The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-07
The Social Side of Lent.

How to pass the evenings pleasantly
and profitably during the days of social
inactivity is the question that is now
agitating the mind of the hostess who
delights in gathering her friends about
her and who is anxious to do some
special good for church or for charity
during the penitential season. says a
Philadelphia exchange, which gives the
following good ideas for entertaining:
Nowadays one must be original to
entertain in any sphere" says the So
ciety woman, and this applies to Lent
as we'll as to any other season. Nov
city and nicely are requisite in ones
home social circle and in entertaining
for benevolent objects as well. A num-
Der of novel and entertaining suppers
can be arranged with very little ex-
pense, which are enjoyable to invite
ones friends to, or to offer in connec-
ton with some church charity. 1t is
in association with the latter that the
perfection of social life should be
found. There all artificial class divi-
sions should be temporarily obliterated
and all meet on one social level for an
occasional hour. Many a neat little
sum may be realized for some worthy
charity or to meet the needs Of the
church by the exercising of care and
ingenuity.
/ A past and present supper is both
new and easily arranged. Have an
even number of tables, half on one side
of the room or hall in which the supper
is to be laid, and half on the other
side; the one for the past, the other
for the present. The past tables should
have all the old-time china, antique
dishes and napery of generations ago.
be lighted with candles in brass can
dlesticks, and the attendants dressed in
the style of we olden times" Baked
beans, brown bread, fish in different
styles, johnny cake, plate cake, pump
kin pie, doughnuts, cheese and spice
cake might be offered as bill of fare.
The present table, in contrast, should
be decorated as luxuriously as possible,
lighted by handsome lamps, with
shades of some favored color Che
same idea in color being carried
through the whole supper, and the
young women serving dressed in mod
ern costume. Scalloped oysters, lob
lster salad, clam fritters, white noun
tain cake and ice cream are suggestive
of a menu of the present.
A &C. c. supper" is attractive to the
curious. Each person should receive a
menu card, which consists of cold can
ned creature, cold clapper, cordial
cheer, compounds, cucumbers cured.
cereal cream, cuisine compounds by
competent cooks, country cousins com
fort. These in other words, will be
cold chicken, cold tongue, coffee, tea,
water, breads, pickles, butter, cakes
and Washington pies, doughnuts.
"a rainbow supper" is pretty and at
tractive. Seven tables are needed-or
fourteen can be used. Each table is
decorated with one of the seven pri-
mary colors-violet, indigo, blue
green, yellow, orange and red. The
decorations can be made of colored pa
per and consist of strip down the
center of the table and fringed nap
kins, mats and shades fo- the lamps,
all cut from the colored papers The
menu might consist of lobster outlets
cream sauce, potato puffs, shrimp sal
ad, cheese sandwiches, orange souffle
ices Tin fancy molds). cakes and coffee.