Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-10

FIST two more days and the social
world will resume the gayeties
- supposed to have been in apey-
ance for forty days, says an exchange.
After holy week comes q brilliant array
Of parties for both old and young Wnlch
give promise of being novel in many
respects.
In the home there are many ways OF
making the Eastertide happy ana
memorable one. especially where there
are children. They always love any
thing out, of the ordinary and respond
So genuinely to any extra effort made
in their behalf.
A chaming Easter Monday is being
planned by one hostess who Is famous
for her delightful entertainments. Inc
guests have been asked to come from
20 to s." and the daintiest of Easter
post cards conveyed the message. The
cards are so pretty this year with RAD
bits, eggs and yellow chicks, with
suitable sentiment and place for the
written message. There are just twenty
children between the ages OF ana III
asked.
On arriving they are to be given lit
tie red, white and yellow baskets and
told to hunt for eggs, which are to be
hidden on the lower floor of the house.
Each egg Is to be marked with the
name of child. so only those marked
with their own names are to be put
in the baskets. This will make the hunt
more exciting and take longer time.
When all the eggs are found there is
to be an incline made from a couple of
ironing boards and there Is to be an
egg rolling contest, the names on them
making 1t an easy matter to see who
wins.
Next for amusement of the little
guests there is to be a basket of eggs
ha1utifII11U nO10rR60 brought in
with big kitchen spoons and two large
baskets. These are for an egg race, to
see who can pick up an egg, carry 1t
over given space and place in the
basket, the party being divided into
two sides. Candy eggs are to be the
prizes. If 1t should be a warm, pleas
ant day these pastimes may be played
outdoors.
Here is the menu, which has careful
~ been thought out: Egg-shaped sand
wiches with chicken filling; hot choco-
late with a marshmallow in each cup,
ice cream in egg-shaped molds In pink,
green and brown to resemble the gay
ly colored' eggs, each in nest of spun
sugar. These nests may be obtained at
ell the best candy shops; in fact, one
store has been taking orders for sew
eral days past for these pretty access
sories to the Easter table for either
grown people or children.
To take home (for that is half the
party for children) there are to be
boxes filled with the tiniest of candy
eggs and on top of each box there Is to
be downy yellow chick.
To Announce an Engagement
An engagement to be announced
during Easter week will be- done In this
novel manner at luncheon given to
eight of the bride-elect's most inti-
mate friends. After the main part of
the feast from table prettily decorat-
ed with jonquils and violets, there are
to be egg cups brought on containing
what will appear to be real eggs, but
are only the followed shells carefully
put together, the crack concealed by
the cup. When the eggs are opened,
the engagement ring will be found in
the shell at the place of the honored
maid and wee notes will be discovered
in the shells of the others asking them
TO be members of the bridal party
Each note will be fastened with a wee
pearl pin. At each place there is also
to be a corsage bouquet of violets con-
tanning one pink rose, the gift OF the
lucky man.
For an Easter Wedding
To carry out the true spirit of Easter.
these decorations are to be used for
wedding on the Monday following the
festal day. The entire house is to be
done in Easter lilies arranged in
groups of two and three. The aisle
reserved for the bridal procession down
the long drawing room is to be con-
fined by single lilies set at intervals
connected by festoons of white satin
ribbon.
The flower girls will each carry just
one tall stately lily, and the white
dressed page who bears the ring will
have it concealed in the petals of
lily. The dining room table will have
garlands of lilies from the overhead
light to the four corners ending with
trails of asparagus vine. A mound of
lilies with their foliage will be in the
center, and the candlestickS are to be
of glass with white shades.
Boxes to contain the wedding cake
are of white satin with lily on top.
1t is quite the thing now to carry
out one scheme throughout an entire
wedding. A bride on Easter Saturday
will use jonquils and mignonette, car
rying the green and yellow motif in all
details.
An Easter Hat Party
From the beginning of things a new
hat at Easter has been one of the fem.
mime requisites. With this in mind
the following party was planned and
executed last year. The idea is good
one and certainly appropriate for an
Easter week party.
OF course it is the old bonnet
party" revived and given under this
new name. Each girl asked was told
to bring an untrimmed hat of any de-
scription, the older the better, and as
much material for trimming as she
could find. When all had arrived the
hats were placed on one table, the
trimmings on another. To find part
ners the hostess had the greatest ar
ray of head coverings made of tissue
paper, two alike of each style.
1t is astonishing the variety that can
be found already made up at the favor
departments if one has not the time
or ingenuity to make them at home.
There were sunbonnets, FOOLS caps,
pumpkin caps, soldier caps, hats of
flowers and hats of feathers, When all
had been paired the men were told to
select each hat and it's trimming and
evolve a creation such as he thought
would become his fair partner.
An hour was allowed for this, and
then the finished creations We're put
on to be inspected and judged, each
man being permitted to expatiate on
his particular creation. This proved to
be most amusing. The hostess provid-
ed band boxes covered with pretty wall
paper and tied with ribbons and the
girls took home these marvellous works
of art After they had been passed
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