The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-03
Of Interest to Women

breakfast, luncheon, or dinner CENTER
piece than dish or basket of assorted
fruits. instead of flowers. In fact the
entire function may be carried out
with the fruit idea. beginning with
the invitations, which may be decor
ated with clusters of grapes in water
colors, or any fruit preferred by the
hostess.
Iced grape Juice may be served for
the first course, using grape leaves
for dollies under the glasses. Soup
made from tomatoes. which in olden
days were classed as fruit. should be
served next, in bouillon cups with
spoonful of whipped cream put on top
just as 1t is taken to the table. For
the fish course, tn esauce tartare may
rest on each plate in the halves of
lemons, the pointed ends cut of, SO
they will stand upright. Fried chicken
or lamb chops, with individual corn
buildings in ramekins and fried sweet
potatoes, form the substantial course.
A fruit salad, with cheese and bar lie
due and ambrosia for dessert COM
oletes this appetizing menu.
The after dinner coffee is served
with cognac, after the old French
fashion so much in vogue in New
Orleans. The teaspoon is balanced
across the cup, square of loaf sugar
placed in 1t, and then the sugar is
saturated with cognac, which is light
ed and the sugar allowed to slowly
drip into the black coffee.
For place cards cut out leaf-shaped
pieces from green Cardboard; write
the name with gold ink. For souven-
irs fill fruit-shaped candy boxes with
bonbons or sailed almonds. These
boxes come in nearly every variety
of fruit and are most realistic in form
and coloring. If any game is played
requiring prizes, pincushions may be
purchased in fruit forms.
1t is not too late to give an English
prove inclement, of course the affair
must be held indoors. Spread rugs
on the porches and lawn, with palms
venient places. Two or three stringed
instruments should furnish the music,
and tea is served from small tables
honor. English mullins, oatmeal cook
such as candied ginger, orange peel
and stuffed dates are placed on each
table.
The serving tables on wheels and
the real English muffin tables are USE
full at such entertainments. The tea
is hot, served with lemon, arrack, rum
or maraschino cherries. Cream and
sugar may be passed, but most people
nrofor hofh foo and ooffna x,.;khout
them. The hours for this pretty after
noon party are from 3 to 5.
A harvest home" dinner, followed
by cotillon, is quite the most up-to-
date manner of entertainment. The
guests are asked TO come attired as
country lads and lassies. aid the le-
suit will be motley throng of vii
lage bellies and rubes in most fetching
garb.
The dinner is serve! al small tables,
the rooms decorated with autumn fol-.
iage, pumpkins, squash, sheafs OF
wheat and stalks of corn. If possible,
the dance takes place in great barn.
Cider is the beverage, to which al!
have access between figures AID ut
midnight corn roast add: variety
to the occasion.
The favors are sunbonnets. large
straw hats, aprons, milking stools,
dinner horns and all sorts of minia-
ture farm implements.
There is corn "shucking" contest
and prize for the one who finds the
first read ear. Each finder of COL
ored ear is considered lucky. If prac-
tical, the guests should be sent home
in hay wagons. A prize should he
given for the best costume worn Ivy
a lady and one for the man in the
most unique get-up. These awards
are to be made by popular vote, and
this feature adds much interest to the
party.
Olive oil is the beauty Doctors cure
all for poor compilations. He advises
its use in every possible food, plenty
of green salads reeking with it and
then doses of it by the tablespoonful.
Among the prominent visitors to the
United States this summer is Lady
Herbert, who is the guest of her
father, Mr.. R. T. Wilson in New York.
Lady Herbert is the sister of Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, all of the girls
of the Wilson family having been beau
tiful and successful in their engage
ments. Lord Michael Herbert, who
died about year ago, was in the
diplomatic service with an appoint
ment at Washington. So many Ameri-
can girls have married prominent
Englishmen that it has ceased to be
worthy of more than passing comment
when an engagement is announced and
the women always remain loyal to
their country. For marrying one of the
beautiful Wilson girls the father of
Cornelius Vanderbilt took away from
him the eldest sons portion of his
large estate.
FROM LONDON TO PETERSBURG.