Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-01

A artistcally arranged table does
~ not depend upon a large quantity
of flowers or upon expensive ones
The simplest and most insignificant flow
ers will look well in room II arranged
with taste and care but it IS necessary
that distinct scheme of color should
be kept in view
The flower luncheon answers admira-
bly, for a large affair served with buffet
refreshments or luncheon proper re-
stricted to few congenial friends, who
will doubly enjoy the few well prepared
dishes artisticany garnished and served
among dainty surroundings. A wide
range of flowers is offered. very effective
combinations being obtained from tulips,
daffodils violets pansies, liacs and hya-
cinths
Short1stemmed flowers should always
be put in low receptacles, while those
with long stalks lose all their beauty I'M
less put in high, narrow cases. Water
lilies look best when allowed to float on
water in a low, broad dish. Niolets can be
prettily arranged in dainty cups and
saucers, yellow and white china having
a lovely effect
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Pansies look best when used alone IN
low china dishes. Nasturtums, which
are SO bright and hardy look well in
white china basket or in a glass bowl
through which the stems may be seen.
Daffodils and white lilies show to best
advantage in long. narrow glasses. Sweet
peas should also go in long. slender
glasses and will adorn a room beautiful
ly. A rose bowl is best for arranging
roses.
Without foliage of some kind no scheme
! decoration can be entirely successful.
:; asses are pretty with flowers having
long stems. With some pretty foliage or
fern leaves a bunch of flowers will &c
twice as far in the arranging.
Narcissus may be, combined with smi-
lax and soft white tulle to form a
charming wedding table, sweet and
fresh, and in truly bridal array. In the
| center place fiat. circular mirror out
filmed with smilax and narcissuses Ten
drills of smilax studded with narcissuses
should extend to the four points of the
table. where they should be met by
| broad streamers of tulle leading from
| the chandelier and ending in soft
| is a rope of smilaX, caught at intervals
with clusters of blossoms, while directly
above the arched centerpiece is a bell
| of filmy white. from which hangs a
clapper Of narcissus and greenery.
An ordinary wooden hoop hung over
the center of one attractive wedding
table. 1t was suspended by means of
white satin ribbon. and decorated with
asparagus-fern and shower sprays of
lilies of the valley. A low. circular bed
of lilies occupied the center of the table.
and broad white satin ribbons crossed
| beneath it, ending in big bows at four
corners of the table, beneath which rib
bon bows were tucked graceful clusters
of feathery asparagus-fern.
|;
| Exquisitely pretty is a centerpiece of
] pink roses. pink ribbon and ferns. This
| idea is also adaptable for one-color
luncheon, as the combination is easily
worked out in any color desired 1t would
| be pretty developed in yellow.
| For centerpiece of apple blossoms
and pink ribbon use tall, narrow basket
and fill it with apple blossoms, letting
smilax trail over the sides. Place the
smilax also around the base Of the basket.