The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
Suggestions for
Valentine Dishes

st. Valentines Day, the day above all
others that is dedicated to lovers. is a
favorite occasion on which to entertain
ones friends at an informal gathering.
and surely. there are but few opportunities
that are more auspicious for arranging
delightful affair. EmbIems suitable to
the occasion are varied and numerous,
allowing a choice far more extensive than
Is usually the case. and the prospective
hostess will find no difficulty in securing
decorations that are attractive and in
expensive.
Hearts. cupfds. and bows and arrows
are all appropriate, and their fashioning
Is an easy matter. Two or three sheets
OF fairly stiff cardboard, in red or pink.
according to the color scheme decided
on Will make a sufficient quantity Of
hearts or cupids to decorate the lunch.
con table. and with narrow ribbon. and
perhaps few flowers. will be all that
is needed to complete a most effective
adornment.
feature a large heart placed in the midst
OF circle of asparagus fern, studded
with crimson pinks. Cut the heart from
dark red cardboard, and at its center
paste shall heart made Of thin white
paper Adorn this small heart with a
girls head, clipped from a magazine
illustration. and outline 1t with a larger
white heart, from which the center to
within two inches Of the edge has been
cut The effect will be a series of hearts
TO serve as a target at which the cupids,
with arrows poised. grouped just with
out the asparagus circle, are aiming
The cupids. six or eight in number, can
be purchased for a few cents each, or
they can be cut from red cardboard, il
one is at all ingenious. Fitted with
cardboard braces at the back, they will
stand erect. and a double brace will also
AFFORD support to the heart centerpiece
Small Hearts for Place Cards.
Small hearts, fashioned in the same
manner as the large heart, will serve as
pDee cards, and for favors heart shaped
photo frames will be found dainty and
useful. To make such q favor cut the |
front pieces Of red paper and the back
or red cardboard, both heart shaped. Cut
out the center of the front for the pic |
ture. and paste front and back together,
leaving a place at top or side in which to
slip photograph. Decorate with small |
white paper hearts. arranged a few inches |
apart. midway between the picture and
the outer edge, and sketch a ribbon effect |
as a joining for the hearts. in black ink. |
Brass or crystal candlesticks will serve
as corner finishes. and will be particular
ly effective IL equipped with dark red |
cardboard shades arranged on an asbes-
tos foundation and adorned with a cupid |
with bow and arrow and a few small |
hearts cut from white paper.
Another scheme shows as it's central |
feature a seesaw. arranged in the middle |
Of a low mound Of ferns and red flowers
To make the see-saw cut a strip of stiff |
dark red cardboard two inches wide
and ten inches long. and fasten at the |
center to a cardboard stand six inches |
high. At one end seat a paper figure Of |
man and at the other end q woman |
In the center stand cupid cut from |
white paper. with arrow poised. and . |
string of tiny red hearts slung across |
his shoulder. Outline the whole with q |
circle of small crystal candlesticks |
equipped with white tapers. without |
shades. and the result will be a most |
attractive centerpiece.
For place cards use cupids fashioned |
to correspond with the one just described, /
and for favots red heart shaped boxes /
filled with candies and tied with red |
ribbon. will be appropriate. Clusters Of
flowers. like those used in the center
scheme, arranged in low glass bowls,
will serve as corner finishes, or large
crystal candlesticks equipped with white |
A simple contrivance consists of large |
heart shaped cake. iced in white. Decor
ate the sides with hearts cut from |
citron. and in the center stand a cupid |
cut from citron of sufficient thickness to |
be firm, and brace at the back with
cardboard covered with nice white paper.
The citron cupid may seem a little far
fetched at first reading, but it is wholly
possible. Take a paper pattern and place
over a piece Of citron, cut the consist
ency desired. With a sharp penknife cut |
the citron around the paper pattern, and
the finished cupid will be in every way
the counterpart of the paper one. Ar
range the completed cake on a nat plate
and surround with ferns and white pinks.
the latter grouped close about the plate
edge to hide it from view. White card
board hearts will serve as place cards, and
for favors use white heart shaped book
marks, tied with green ribbon.
To make the book mark. take a small
oblong piece of white cardboard and
point it at one end. At the other end
paste a white cardboard heart, tied at
the point Of the heart free to slip the
marker into the pages Of book.
Crystal candlesticks, with green shades,
made on an asbestos foundation and de-
corated with white hearts, will serve as
he top with a green ribbon bow. leaving
corner outlines, and complete a most
effective valentine theme in green and
white.
AS to the menu for such q luncheonsI
the following suggestion may be found