Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14

some sort IN front or cacH
plate, festooned to the cen
terpiece with some sort Of chain" This
was the answer of famous hostess
when she was asked to tell OF the very
newest thing i'm table decoration.
Columns and clsnking chains on tn
dinner table. YOU gasp Yes, columns
and chains on the dinner table. But tho
columns are made of cut glass or China
and the chains are formed OF links or
crystal or OF Dresden china roses.
At a delightful luncheon not long ago
there stood in front OF each plate a col
umn Of white china. There were ten Of
them, and each Of them supported laree
bouquet OF Dresden china flowers. The
columns were joined together with fes-
toons OF pink china roses, and they were
Joined in the same way to the Dresden
china centerpiece.
China centerpieces. by the way are so
popular at the moment that IL behooves
the florists to look sharply il they would
sell their wares. The china centerpieces
possess the big advantage over fresh
| flowers that they are lasting Some OF
them are made In the form OF figures
1 of lovely maidens bearing baskets OF
flowers upon their heads or h ps OF dane
ing children with aprons fun of flowers.
of singing mistrels with punches OF
flowers strapped to their backs.
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{ Others are in the shape OF baskets
| filled with china flowers
To go with the figures for the center
OF the table are small single figures 20
stand in front OF each plate-in place of
columns. you see. And TO 20 with the
big baskets are small baskets These
can be looped TO the center basket with
| festoons of colored ribbon.
"A dweller in an apartment. or small
/ house. where there is no room 10 store
bulky table decorations, could do no bet
ter than to buy set of little Dresd an
china flower pots, filled with china flow
ers. and centerpiece to match. These
can be used time and again without
| showing signs OF whitening or fading
and are SO decorative that they add
charm TO any table.
The column-and-chain idea was car
ried out recently In cut glass and crystal
AT each plate was 4 cut glass column
| which held a lighted candle. and the ten
columns were looped together with n
crystal chain. They were all fastened
to the centerpiece with other strands OF
| crystal links. The centerpiece itself was
boat of cut glass, with crystal rner-
| maid at each end, and the boat was
| filled with flowers.
very inexpensive imitation OF this
form of decoration could be made for
the Christmas table with pressed glass
candlesticks. looped together with strands
OF evergreen and holly and fastened bv
the same means To a centerpiecc OF
Christmas green's heaped In a low mound
in the center of the table
All centerpieces, by the way are made
In the form Of low mounds. The towering
bouquet of flowers is very unusual The
low mound has taken its place.
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Sometimes the centerpiece is formed OF
big artificial flowers. each with an electric
bulb for heart. grouped in a mound in
the middle Of the table In front of each
plate there is another big. glowing flower
and trailing stem OF green cor meets the
various flowers with the central mound
and with one another
sometimes. too, even in these DAYS or
columns and chains, the centerpiecc is
silver. One OF the most attractive silver
centerpfeces shows a central shaft per-
haps twelve inches tall that is topped
with a silver dish. On the four sides OF
the shaft are four little hooks. on each
of which hangs a small silver basket.
The central dish that tops the shaft is
filled with fruit or nuts and raisins, and
the four little baskets are filled with
sweets of some sort-two, perhaps with
small cakes and two with bonbons, or
one with candied ginger, one with minis
one with stuffed dates and one with
chocolates.
Here is one more idea for centerpiece
borrowed from a recent luncheon:
bed Of autumn leaves i'm soft red
bed, half sunk in Its rustliney depths. a
basket woven by the Indians in the form
of canoe; in the canoe rosy red apples
green pears, white and red and black
grapes, and bright oranges and tanger-
ines