Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24


small mas OF lace over green and on these
place glass dishes OF olives, sailed nuts ana
glazed fruits. Have glass candlesticks OF
canuelabra holding green or white candies
the bayberry varieties are lovely-with
shades OF WhIte paper tulips, roses or glass
Let lheSe stand on uIaSOnaI corners. Use
glass dlSneS IN serving me refreshments
cut glass is preteraUle, out failing that the
pressed glass comes IN just as pretty Shapes
ana SHOWS off to goou advantage under the
gas hgnt.
greens sprinkleu with strong alum water
which Will leave trail OF diamond drops
ON every bough. This solution should be
a saturated one, SO much alum being put
In a pail of water that it finally no longer
d1ssoives, but remains in crystals in the
bottom. Sprinkle also frost powder, such
as is used on Christmas trees.
Should you prefer you can use the green's
alone for the centerpiece of the table, set
ting the bowl or vase containing them on
mirror. If the florists greens are too ex-
pensive at this season let your groceryman
or Italian fruit vender help you out the
former with curly parsley or feathery car
rot tops, the latter with the laurel or
orange branches he uses in ornamentation
When these have their dressing of dia-
monos they are at once transformed from
the commonplace to the artistic. A roll of
cotton batting made into balls and wet with
alum makes charming snowballs A few
sheets or green crepe paper will furnish
leaves and long connecting stem from
which the balls may depend in festoons
Glass balls, used Sngly or in clusters such
as are seen at the Christmas HOLIDAYS, NAV
be purchased at any of une toy or depart-
ment stores. Glass birds, with wings that
futter at the least breath of air. may be
attached by rubber elastic to the pictures
and chandeliers.
For cold supper either of the following
menus would be appropriate:
Cold turkey. Cranberry Jelly Olives
Lettuce or nut sandwiches.
Hot coffee or coffee frappe, with whipped cream
Another menu:
Chicken lobster salad
Bread and butter triangles
Ice cream with Fingered pears or branded peaches
a Assorted cakes.
Coffee or Russian tea
Pass first the plates, each holding a help
Ing of the turkey and jelly; or salad on
lettuce leaf with three four pick led
oysters also, if you like; pass assorted
sandwiches, following with the relishes
When this course has been finished remove
the plates and have fresh ones brought in,
with the cream, waiter following with
cake. Serve the ice cream in sorbet glasses
At the bottom of each place a portion of
branded peach or a spoonful of Fingered
pears. The cream Is then turned into the
glass, and with each spoonful one gets a
suggestion of the branded or Fingered fruit
Serve & fruit punch from table covered
with white cloth and trimmed with fine
frosted smilax or other green's Use a glass
punch bowl and glass cups. If the bowl is
cut glass, take care temper it by putting
in cold water and adding the ice graduaIlv
until thoroughly chilled White canned
cherries or white grapes, cut in halves and
seeded. make tempting addition to each
cup. For cake, angels food cut in squares
with hard icing and decorations of angelica
or bits of glazed fruits, is pretty and an
propriate. For favors there are any num-
Der of dainty inexpensive glass articles
such as vases or paper weights while still
cheaper are the little Easter figures-rab-
bits, chickens, birds. etc.-of the clear spun
sugar, that look like glass;