The Washington times., 1906-05-06

A FTER all. when the first warm
N days arrive, there's absolutely
n nothing that takes the place OF
Ices when You want 10 serve
some simple refreshments for informal
and formal affairs alike
Frozen fruits. served with bit Of
tho real fruit. seem just little more
delicious (and different. somehow than
without that bit 10 accentuate their
character.
Double vanilla. as the French vanilla
! Il often called, is delicious served with
a sauce made from fruit. or in the
older way. with a hot sauce which cara
rnels on the cream as IL cools.
The most tempting Of these sauces
is caramel sauce, with English or black
/ -valnuts Ghe English are besD chopped
up-not too finely. however-in H.
There are more possibilities. for that
matter. IN vanilla cream than IN any
Of the other havors. Served with ber-
ries or with the cut-up fruit. IN The
usual way. 81 is always enjoyed. One
strawberries and cream IS crushing the
/ berries with sugar and serving them
as a sort OF fresh sauce.
Peaches, pared and stoned. may have
the hollow left By the pit allied with the
cream. the sides pressed together again.
and serted ia little nests OF cream or
In whipped cream The ice in the. center
IS q little surprise that makes them
even more toOthsome-
Pineapple sliced and served With Zee
cream and whipped cream is MT so fre-
quently met with not 10 prove more or
less of an innovation, and the pineapple
cooked in its own syrup Is as delicious
when served with the cream
Since cafe parfait first made itself
krown. a dozen other parfaits have come
out. stra wberry paTfait perhaps best in
season OF any Of them
Flowers Are a Great Help.
Afolds are too we'll known to need
! more than a word. but that should be
about the serving OF the little forms.
Cd favors come OF paper twisted and
made IN many forms. An iris, for in
stance. with its stem and leaves COM
plete, Ats in with an ice Of the shape
of the blossom: or Strawberries. mold
ed Of ice cream are served with real
stra awherries.
Mods TO suit occasions are quickly
got up, and are particularly appropriate
for celebrations given by little CLUBS,
with their emblems making the cream a
surprise. Beel'Ncs have tiny bees how
ering over them-the fine wirzs upon
which their bodies are balanced. stuck
into the cream. letting them 1Ctter in
realistic fash5O1: or tiny flower baskets
hold their 'i'iIA silk flowers saYat,Sse
maidens NAV carry tiny folding parasols
or fans, whica are kept as favors-
And noWerS prove mint or S0Sges-
tion for clever arranging Those double
cups. developed from grape fruit dishes.
permit the Introduction OF litcle flowers
between the two cups which carry out
the flower scheme OF the decoration
charm;ngly. And around the stems OF
sherbet klasses may be dropped other
blossoms, or an Ice nodded in the
shape Of a flower served apparently in
a bed OF foliage
Sunset glass has a rival in a glass
very like the old bohemian ware AS irI-
descent as a soap bubble. But this new
kind is even more wonderful. for a dozen
different colorings come each inclininS
(in the delicate limiting at color which
characterizes it, toward a different
shRde-the rose tones oftenest caught in
one. emerald in another. and so on with
nothing really definite and tangible
enough 10 make II assertive.