Evening star., 1901-01-19

are more or less perfunctory in character.
'"The Blacks are Desirable, therefore we
must entertain them to advance our own
| social status. I'VE owe the Whites and
must discharge oun obligations. THE
Greens will doubtless give the swell affair
of the season and We must hurry and ma.
them our debtors4 'Ariadne is to come
| out and we must see her well launched in
the social swim FAlfonso ought to marry w
| rich, and for his sake we must strain a
point and keep up appearances and so ad
| infinitum. Quite different are the incentives
| to hospitality in th9se most delightful of all
social centers, the pleasant suburban towns
or sma-- cities. There. Jennie Jones is
| come to town and do want to have a
| union of all our old school friends" Char
| lies birthday comes next month and L
want to surprise him with a stag party of
| some of his business friends" There are
| several new families in the neighborhood
| and l would like them to get acquainted"
or Il want to entertain our club give
tea have ehating-dish supper "a
charads party; !. s come -. and br,ng your
dinner. In the county, among the
ranches or in mining camps, 1t is the guest
| invited or unexpected who confers the
| favor; not the host or hostess. Then hos
pitality is not only accorded without
| grudging, but as benefits received bless
| ing him that gives even more than him
| who takes.
An excellent rule for these tiny cakes
| baked in sheets calls for cupful of but
| ter. two of sugar, the yolks of six eggs
| and the whites of two, one cupful of mi
| and half water. four cupfuls of -four and
| four teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Cream
the butter and sugar. add the well-beaten
| yoIks of eggs and then the milk In the
| meantime silt together the flour and bak-
| ing powder, repeating the sitting three or
| four times Then gradually stir the flour
| carefully and slowly into the butter. lIhen
| DONE add the whites of two eggs whipped
| to a stiff froth folding them IN lightly in
order not to break the air cells. Bake in
| four or eight square tins eight inches in
size. in hot oven. If only four tins are
used the layers must be split in two when
| cold. Spread every other layer with jelly,
chocolate almond paste or whatever f.ang
is desired, put together and cut with a cut
| ter or keen-edged knife into diamonds.
squares or any geometrical shapes.
Dip the individual cakes one by one into
| icings of different colors, yellow. green,
pink and chocolate brown.
Five o'clock functions should never be
served in the dining room, but in the libra
ry or drawing room, where the tea must
be made by the hostess. Tea cups. biscuits
and cakes are no longer thrust upon the
guest, already incumbered with gloves,
card-case and other belongings. The old
fashioned nests of tables again in
vogue and one is set before each individual
who desires to partake of the cheering cup.
Among the little cakes now served at af-
ternoon teas are home made almond drops,
chocolate chips, Scotch seed cakes Geno. .ses
and jelly cakes The latter are often baked
in a sheet and, after they are baked. cut
into individual cakes with ornamental cut
ters and then decorated.
Ingenuity seems stretched to it's utmost
In finding something new in cotillion fa-
vors. Fashions change rapidly and the
crepe paper and chiffon favor fad which
reigned last year has lost its prestige. At
a successful dance held recently at Sher-
rvs there were in the first figure glded
wands ornamented with flowers for the
girls and boutonnieres for the men. In the
second, Spanish and French fans for the
girls and paper knives for the men. In the
third figure there were fancy ornaments
for the hair for the girls and sachets in the
shape of peppermint candy hearts for the
men, picture frames for the girls in the
fourth and ash receivers for the men; sill
yer hat brushes fol both in the fifth.
At smart houses absolute freedom is
the WatchWOrd. This, also, is an English
custom. The hostess is not expected to en-
tertain her guests. Her part is to provide
everything in her power to further their
enjoyment. Theirs is to use it at will In
this way guests are made to feel entirely
q, home and entertainment does not be-
come a burden. The wise guest in any
household, modest or pretentiouS, will see
to 1t that she fits into the established rou-
tine III a pleasant, unobtrusve manner.
The hours of rising and retiring should CO.
inc!de with those of the family and
promptness at the scheduled meal time
should be the invariable rule.
That old-tme and usually very unsatis-
factory invitation, Come and give US a
nice long visit" is no longer CONNIE IL faut
the more sensible English fashion for in
vitations having taken its place. Now one
says come at such a date .'and spend a
week. two weeks or "a month";" as the
case may be, thus leaving both hostess
and guest to formulate and carry out In
dividUal plans. Only exceptional circu,n-
stances should induce a guest to prolong
her stay beyond the limit originally fixed.
| In a guest chamber fitted up with spe-
cial reference to the comfort md convent
ence of transient guests q dainty written
card suspended over the 1ress:ng i:,..lc
ctrtains the hours OF meals, the time of
mail collection and delivery, the hour; Of
| church services and the local street car
| time table.
Graham bread sandwiches made with
HaVOred butter, rose violet. orange flower
or clover are always popular. To make
these the ordinary sweet butter is put into
a jar and closed up for a few hours with
a quantity of the chosen flowers, until the
butter IS thoroughly permeated with the
odor Sweet sandwiches. made of bananas.
cocoanut, jams. ginger and orange or the
Marachino cherries also often used.
A Theater Bodice.
This pretty bodice for theater wear is
made of nymph pink taffeta trimmed with
horizontal tucks and baby loops of black
velvet ribbon. dropping as fringe from wee
buttons on the revers of collar, neck and