New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
.FANC|ES FOR THE FOURTH
New and Patriotic Ways to Dress
a HOLIDAY Table GayIy.

The safe al 4 sane Fourth" slogan that
has been echoins and reverberating about
our ears for the last few years is hearu
this season from new quarter Along
come the manufacturers OF paper faVors ana
decorations with "hreproof crepe and
festoons made Of chemically treated paper.
Although the "freproof' paper decora-
tons may not be obtained IN many and
various forms. IT seems perfectly safe TO
use the ones We are accustomed TO for
such functions as Fourth of July luncheons
and picnics. And what bewildering yari
ETY. of them there is, Newer and prettier
IDEAS every year for napkins and plates
place cards and favors of all kinds!
To begin with the tablecloth. II the reg
ulsr damask one Is not 10 be used paper
damask one is pretty. but even more fes-
tive, especially for round table is cover
OF plain white for the top of the table, and
a frill around the edge of decorated paper,
finished around the top with roll Of plain
Colored or red white and blue paper.
For q real picnic party, as the children
say, there ought TO be paper plates. These
come IN various sizes. and may be bought
most appropriately decorated with narrow
red. white and blue lines around the edge
or plain plates may b similarly decorated
by the clever hostess.
Napkins come in many designs, from the
simplest 10 the most elaborate, from the
chasts all white ones. with tiny flag IN
one corner. TO one that is practically the
flag itself. Then, IN between these. there
are ones with bursting frecrackers around
the edge ard eagles in the corners. II II
,s not going 10 be real picnic party,
the regular damssk napkins may be folded
into cooked hats and trimmed at the sides
With a rosette Of the national colors, or
they may be rolled into tri-colored napkin
rings.
Specially decorated tubes containing fancy
paper napkins. paper liberty caps and
cooked hats. encircled by red white and
blue ring. serve the triple purpose Of dec
Grafton. napkin and favor.
Nc one as yet has come forth with
rstriotically decorated knives. forks and
spoons, but patriotic designs run riot in
other table accessories, such as candle
shades and doilies. However, plain red and
white candle shades are perhaps the most
attractive but in the case of doilies ones
ina gination can be given loose rein for
their marginal decoration. tri-colored
ribbon or string OF bursting flrecrackers
may be pasted or painted on by the hostess
When II comes to the decorated cups for
ices, nuts and bonbons, the prospective
hostess might almost better close her eyes
and grasp blindly-there is such a bcwil-
dering variety % them. There are first the
open cups Some OF these are made in
rose design with curling petals OF red,
white and blue, others are tub shaped or IN
the form Of a cooked hat. Most of these
things can be easily made by nimble-
fingered hostess, but they do take time and
patience.
The closed boxes for bonhons come In a
wider variety even than the open ones
There are satin covered boxes in the shape
Of shields paper drums and knapsacks'
paper facsimiles OF Uncle SANS hats,
the ever popular giant crackers when
children especially love and large cart
ridges whose caps come off and disclose the
hidden sweets.
Some particular hostesses prefer to have
individual place cards made TO order, but
for those who do not care to involve them
selves in the trouble and expense which this
necessitates very attractive cards are be-
ing shown in many shops, or any ingenious
hostess can save expense by making her
own place cards And one does not have
10 be an artist 10 do this effectively All
that is necessary is a little mechanical
dexterity with scissors and paste. Cut out
the designs-shields. flags or eagles-from
roll OF decorated crepe paper. or from
paper napkin; paste them on cardboard
I cut out the cardboard around the design
and finish each one with line or gilt
paint around the edges. All that then re-
mains to be done is 10 paste the standard
3 on the back and a blank piece OF paper or
) thin board OH the right side for the name.
This label, as 1t were, may be put on in
any desired position. There are many
of course, In which flags and firecrackers
figure, but II there Is already large dis
rlay Of the national colors on the table. II
is perhaps better TO sound a Guieter note
with the place cards. This toning down
may be accomplished in many ways. one
. appropriate design, for example, Is an
american eagle with room on his perch for
the name to be written in.
Fayors present quite as bewildering pos
abilities as do the ice and bonbon cups.
1t would be quite within the limits OF pos