Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18
FOR WASHING TONS
BIRTHDAY DINNERS

p you are locking for an appropriate
way of celebrating the birthday of
the father of his country why not IN
III the evening OF the I'D of February
give Washington dinner party, when.
80 far a. possible VIII he a replica Of TIE
state dinners given by Martha and George
Washington in the Executive Mansion AS
YOU know there must be a decided depart
rrr on this occasion from the modern din
ner both in decoration and service for in
tho seventeen hundreds a course dinner
was % thing unknown to fashionable amer
lea. Should your dining room be colonial
I'm rs Furnishings the illusion OF the o.dcn
DAYS is wonderfully aided. The table dec
o5atiors even barring these surroundings.
arc obliged io bc carried out in the spt.iI
or 80
The table will be set under graceful
fes-ouuiug Of tri-colored ribbons, either
I.au.I tp The ceiling OF extending tn the
walls should this decoration be t5o OK
reu~iyc there is a tissue paper bunting
tsar makes a very nice substitute. When
THE bunting is arranged in long stripes,
Joined together with red. white and blue
rosettes. fl Is quite as enec;ivesas the rib
bon.
Washington took great interest in the
decoration and furnishing OF his homes, and
il is said that in elegance the New York
executive mansion was only surpassed by
the home of Chancellor Livingston. Even
sa small % matter as the decoration OF the
state dinner table this great man did not
consider beneath his notice. As an evi-
deuce OF his artistic taste in this direc-
tiou We have his fevorite centoUpiece con-
sistiug of a long mirror upon which stood
neurological statuettes.- our modern host
css viii adopt Ike arrangement. Her
board will also be covered with "A snowy
white linen spread. ON which sparkling
silver and glass will lend beauty and upon
'thr grooming board is placed the entire
dinner Tuc beef soup will oe served from
iurceu Ny the hostess. while the host carV"s
81 turn the roast turkey and the delicious
old Ni.jul4 nam. baked and stuffed with
cloves. Vegetables in dishes covered with
plated silver covers grace the table. inter
sp,rs,d with molds of cranberry jelly and
tan glasses flied with celery.
Frozen custaTd, Washington's favorite
dessert should be served, not in forms
but generously piled in white and gold
plates Ira ract the entire dinner is served
on china OF this colonial pattern
Assorted nuts, fruits and raistns and COT
Zee finish the feast As the Washington
state dinners took place at , O'Clock in the
afternoon artificial lights Were unnecessary.
In This respect the hostess of today Will
have to depart from the original scheme
aud Introduce colonial candelabra on the
table and further illuminate the room with
candles i'm sconCes on the walls.
Another modern instance Will appear at
the close of the dinner in the guise of a
Washington pie, containing gifts reminis-
cent OF events in the life of the great man
whose natal day is being honored.
These fIvors must be historically located
By tu, diners. A hostess who has the COM
when she invites them to the Washington
affair tnat a little rubbing up of revolu-
ticuary history might be found profitable
for use ON the evening In question.
To make this puZzling pie cover the out
side of very large circular pudding dish
with blue Grape paper, FASTING il at the top
edge and again at the bottom. About the
edge gather a ruffle of red. white and blue
paper. he white at the top. next red and
las, tue blue. For the top crust cut a cir
cuIar piece OF white paper, a little larger
than the dish. In this are cut two rows
OF evenly distributed Sits, through when
from tIe pie in the center of the table %
the places Of the guests. The number of
these Sits must correspond to the number
OF guests invited. trl-COlOred TOSettc
edorr- the top crust.
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Among The fayors in the pie Will be NuI-
cans ham. which is represented by a
pspier-iuache reproduction of a famous
Snithncld filled with candied cherries. a
fD5tnd OF the china persuasion may be pur-