The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-15

"Blue" Dishes-A Contest Where
Blue Predominates-An Approvri-
ate Musical Programme.
December brings the turquoise as it's
birthstone, and blue, as every hostess
knows, is not an easy color TO handle
in decoration.
The invitations to the December
birthday party may be written on tur-
quoise paper, fastened with a stick
pin, set with a cheap imitation tur-
quoise; or they may be printed on
small sheets Of turquoise-colored cellu-
loid tied with ribbon of the same color.
In the decoration of the house blue
crepe paper can be used with good eff
feet as shades for the lamps and in
draperies. Artificial forget-me-nots
and the flower known as the bluet like
wise may be used, although neither Is
Of the turquoise shaae. In the dining
room there may be a large central blue
bell made of the paper or the artificial
flowers, as the hostess chooses. This
will hang over the table and ribbons
from which hang smaller bells may
serve as place cards il a dinner is 10
be given. II the fresh flowers are de-
sired, the florists of the cities now have
a preparation by which carnations Of
white may be colored the shade de-
sired.
In the giving Of a dinner for this
celebration blue dishes should be used,
Of course. The menu cards should cor.
respond to the invitations-using blue
paper or %celluloid. Each course may
be entered under a heading which will
play upon the color used for the even
ing. For instance:
BLEW" in from the Ocean.
Blue-points on the H%alf-shell.
From the Beautiful Blue Danube.
Clear Soup.
"Hurrah for the Red, White an. Blue!"
Rare Roast Beef, White Asparagus
Potatoes,
Blue Grape Sherbet.
The Little Blue-Devils'" Friends.
Salad.
Ices. Assorted Cakes. Coffee.
Nuts.
Whatever form the celebration takes,
the following contest can be made use
full. 1t may not read exactly patriotic
for an American household. but it
brings in the use of the words We are
seeking. Every blank is to be filled
with a word of which blue is a part or
Of which it is some form.
THE TOAST OF THE BRITISH MA
RINE.
The - waved Ger the British
Though the wind - it's furls into
tatters-
6 on" cried the mate, its easily
We're happy, so nothing else mat
tiers.
"1n he - - of great England's
servants we're rated,
The navy's best -- flows free
in our veins;
Our thoughts with the little --'s
ne'er mated,
We're the JOY of the isles where the
fair - reigns.
Come pass the - So, let's drink
to our land
With the wine which the --5
giving;
A toast to the rulers by whom it IS
manned.
To the subjects within this land liy-
ing!
"To the soldiers, the sailors, the states
men, and all,
To the -- ladies of letters.
And may the - - of oppression
ne'er fall,
To bind our fair homeland in fet-
tels.
The answers are found In the fol.
lowing words, arranged in the order Of
the blanks: Blue-Peter Ca flag of the
British marine-blue, with a white
center); blew, blow, blue-book, blue
blood, Blue Devil (another word for
mental depression); blue-bell, blue
bottle, blue berry, blue stocking, blue
light.
oASN SlocOo a u - IL
OF blue literary and musical numbers
may be given. For instance, The
Blue Bells Of Scotland" Blue Eyes"
and, for the fun, even Two Little
Girls in Blue" may be sung; The
Beautiful Blue Danube" waltzes may
be played, Eugene Fields Little Boy
Blue may be read or recited, and, as
this is sad, the effect may be changed
Immediately by having a Chorus
sing the old repeating song, "Forty-
nine Blue Bottles"
For a prize to the one winning the
contest, which is not an easy one,
Henry Van Dykes 1.-THE Blue Flower
may be given.
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowlea)
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