Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-14
QUAINT PARTY
Give Each Guest Pretty Kimono,
Serve japanese Menu Orien-
tai Style.

YV7OTLDN'T butterfly party be
w one of the daintiest forms of en-
tertainment one could devise for
young girls, especially the affair is to
be given near Easter?
For this send out invitations on large
square cards decorated with butterflies.
asking the guests to meet little Miss But
terfy? Have ready for each guest as she
arrives a butterfly kimono In simple or
expensive fabrics desired. and a num-
Der of little Japanese fans to arrange in
the hair.
Have the room decorated with rows of
red Japanese lanterns. alternating with
butterflies made of gauze and charmingIy
ornamented. If preferred realistic butter
flies can be made at home from bright
colored crepe paper and clothespins. To
construct these paint the clothespins
black. pleat some bright yellow scarlet
and silver crepe paper in the middle and
draw through the painted clothespin. cut
ting the paper to esemble wings A more
perfect body can be made by taking a
small roll of cotton. covering it with
crepe paper and tying near the top for
.he head. Have also a bowl of roses and
ferns and in a braZier few stems of
| sardalwood or punk burning to give the
Japanesy fragrance.
Seat Guests on Floor Beside Table.
| When the guests have all arrived es-
| cort them to the dining ROOM where a
| low table should have been arranged in
regular japanese fashion. a foot or foot
and half from the floor.
! If you have extra table leaves this can
ne arranged at home; if not, any carpen-
ter or person handy with too.s can build
one from ordinary boards.
| The table should have been covered with
| white crepe paper siIkoline and strewn
| thickiy with rose leaves arranged artis-
| tically and shaded in coIors. These leaves
| may be from real roses. or at this season
] wien roses are SO expensive conld be cut
| from paper.
| side the table for each person so tina.
she can curl up comfortably for the pro-
! tracted luncheon. This, to be strictly
| Japanese, should be served in many
| courses. with different china and fresh
| aap kin for each course
The Japanese method is to serve one
| thing At Il time. then remove every dish
and even the napkins. These, however
are carefully folded and used again when
similar courses are put on. The first
course. served with chOpstcks should be
seaweed. which can be purchased in The
Chinese quarter. as also the various
oriental sweets and nuts.
If you could hire q japanese or Chinese
cook you could have a regular Japanese
luncheon. beginning with the seaweed and
following with choWnlan. rice leach ker-
nel perfect, chicken chop suey. yokyman.
:hcn al the various preserves and nuts
with pot of tea for each individual AS
Your guests may not relish the real Jana
ncse dishes. you might serve menu
somet hing like this. which still preserves
the japanese atmosphere:
| Rose leaves should be sprink!ed over
everything served. even in the tea.
To Make japanese Sandwiches.
| The Japanese sandwiches that were
served at sixteen course Japanese din
ner given recently in Stanford University
by Il graduate who had made special
study OF Japanese customs. consisted of
salmon for one course and cheese for an
other The bread was cut very thin put
between damp napkins TO moisten it, then
stamped out with an oval cutter and
rolled Up to simulate chrysanthemum pet
ais
All The sandwiches were arranged lie
Il car, Santhemum. on lnvidual blue sau-
GERS Genuine rice cakes can be pur-
chased at any shop where oriental goods
are sold Serve the tea in little bowls
resting in metal rim. and have the little
china pore claim spoons that can b. pur-
chased for fifteen cents each. The kimo-
nos spoons. cups and individual teapots
will make charming souvenirs for your
young guests.
Ii You could arrange for Japanese
dance or Japanese music. 1t would add
greatly 10 the charm of the entertainment.