The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1914-03-25
NINE. MERRRS ADVICE
SUGGESTIONS FOR DELIGHTFUL
APRIL FIRST LUNCHEON.
All Sorts Of Fun and Frolic Should
Mark the Observation-Disclosures
and Menu That Will Be APP
propriate for the Day.

what Fools These Mortals Be-" So
the wise Puck said years ago, and l,
for one, am glad that the first of April
is near at hand with its frolic, fun and
proverbial showers" with the prom
Use of May flowers" Shakespeare
says in "As You Like It."
Il had rather have a fool to make
me merry than experience to make me
sad" And am going to tell you about
this merry April luncheon that was
given "once upon a time" The menu
would do for a dinner party of con-
genial friends, for / think 1t SO much
nicer to include the men in our merry
making just as often as we. can. This
is an occasion to remember THAT a
little nonsense now and then Is rel
ished by the wisest men,"
Beginning with the table, have this
for centerpiece: Take glass flower
bowl or basket or brass bowl, in fact
any receptacle one would use for a
floral centerpiece. and have a wire top
made to hold sticks of candy; tie on
top of the sticks bits of candy done
up in frills of tissue paper, or wire
them on with the lengths of fine wire
to be purchased at a florists. Green,
pink, lavender and blue make fetch
ing bouquet to be passed at the end
of the meal instead of the usual plate
of bonbons. The following menu is
excellent, and though every hostess
may substitute and change to suit her
own ideas, it gives you something to
build on:
Mock Oysters.
Mock Turtle Soup.
Lobster Chops. French Peas.
Finger Rolls. Tulips and Chips.
Birds Nest Salad.
Mock Watermelon. Sponges. Coffee.
The mock oysters are made after a
rule to be found in every cook book
under the head of corn oysters"
Make them small, as much the shape
Of oysters as possible, butter and
serve very hot, five on a plate, ar
ranged like raw oysters. If you can
get oyster shells to serve them on and
use real oyster plates, so much the
better. Serve with oyster forks. For
the chops" mold lobster croquette
mixture in shape of lamb chops, using
an uncooked bit of macaroni for the
bone, to which attach a regular chop
frill of paper which the butcher will
supply. To make the tulips, use large
red peppers, cutting the top edge to
look like tulip; fill with creamed po-
.tatoes, placing circle of hot potato
chips around the edge of plate or
ramekin saucer. The salad is simply
shredded lettuce or endive with eggs
of creamed cheese. The dessert is the
piece de resistance and is not difficult,
provided one takes plenty of time and
does not get worried. The first reQui-
site is a melon-shaped mold which
most housekeepers have nowadays.
Line it with green ice cream and then
fill with pick ice cream in which large,
fat raisins have been placed in circles.
Pack in ice and salt and let it stand
three or four hours. Serve whole on
a platter and cut in slices like one
serves watermelon. 1t is perfectly
lovely and the "sponges" are individual
sponge drops made from a reliable
sponge cake rule and dropped from
the spoon. so they bake in irregular
shapes.
Jester dolls on wands with bells on
the ribbon ends should be at each
place, the name card attached, bearing
this quotation from Hamlet"
"They fool me to the top of my
bent. NINE. MERRI.