Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-11-17

The woman who keeps house finds
much enjoyment In entertaining at
dinner or luncheon her friends who
are, through force of circumstances
or inclination, boarding. If she be
a good wife her husbands bachelor
friends are her particular guests and
she likes to have her table tastefully
decked, even for the simplest meal
Table decorations can be gathered
almost as successfully from the
hedgerows at present as from the
conservatory or the garden. Blades
of oats are most graceful, and when
these are combined with Wild mar
guerltes and corn-nowers or forget
me-nots there is an excellent effect,
however simple the long glasses em-
pioyed TO hold the bouquets may be.
Trails of hedge-lvy, washed TO free
them from all dirt. look we'll laid
on the tablecloth, and fiat bowls can
be dressed with the leaves OF Tools
parsley" or with young shoots OF
bracken, the green Just touched into
color by few meadow flowers and
n glass receptacle set In the midst
of green rush basket filled round
with moss and dressed with homely
garden flowers, geranium, or sweet
peas, or stocks, keeps the rural
mote" The rush baskets are pro-
curablo in all sorts OF shapes; there
are some effective ones shaped like
n stawroca, with a little glass fitted
in oacn division; and then there are
ovals, heart-shaped ones. diamonds,
and so on. as well as rounds.
And goldenrod blend beautifully
for table decorations and are avail
able in October II they escape the
frosts.
The nasturtiums in the garden
should be watched and made the
most OF nowadays. since their time
OF going Is near at hand.
Some women are most clever In
disposing flowers for their dining
tables. One young housekeeper,
lacking an epergne. filed a deep pan
with deep roses. about which she tied
wide satin ribbon matching the
blossoms. which concealed the pleb-
ion character OF the pan. and with
bow on one side made charming
effect. In the spring she repeated
tho idea, hlling her pan with daffodils
aud tying II with yellow ribbon,
painting the outside OF the pan In
the same color. lest n bit should show
inadvertently. II an OK muzzle Is
placed over the dish its wire meshes
hold each flower IN place, greatly
simplifying their arrangement and
economizlng them, as each blossom
then does It's full duty.
At dinner the old fashion OF
composing the flower piece of small
bouquets, which, after dinner, the
servant passes on tray so that each
gnest may select her own. was most
graceful and always welcomed with
pleasure.
Any one may have a modest and
handsome centerpieoe OF flowers by
making first a foundation OF solid
green, and then Introducing the bios
SONS, Each flower is seen 20 adj
vantage and is held In place by the
stout foliage OF the geranium.
Late autumn festivities have been
quite numerous and the social life
OF the Capital City has no cause TO
be duh this year, A large number
OF the social loving people have
grouped themselves into different
clubs. and meet every week or SENT
monthly, Among some OF the most
prominent clubs are the 1905 500
club. The Bridge Whist club. The
Priscilla Embroidery club. The High
Five club and others.
"At Home"
What was perhaps the most pleas
ant and beautifully arranged party
OF the late autumn season. was the
''at home" given by Mrs. Joseph r.
whitney and Mrs. Anderson NJ Cam
non. at the home of the former ON
Capital street "Wednesday afternoon.
Over sixty ladies were In attendance
aud "bo0" was played, The prizes
were won by Mrs. w. 5. Mott and
Mrs ~. Frank Douglas.
The decorations were beautiful.
chryAnthemums being used exelu-
sIYely. yellow being the color used