Evening star., 1914-02-08
To Arrange Pink Picnic
For Valentines Day

test and FOR the largest number OF hshes
| caught Small heart-shaped bits of jew
/ elry a heart-shaped box of bonbons or a
book Of sentimental poems would be ap-
( propriate.
AZ the door of another room sheets
! should he hung and turned back like the
! naps Of tent This is the dancing pa
/ v5Ijon i.nd here music should be provided
! for dancing There is an admission fee
ltera. .ilsu So that no one that is stinS3
ear. ,laurt Of course il Is quite peruIis
Sblc FOR the men of the party to treat
but they must remember that more
( things to pay for viii come later.
other games can be arranged If the
/ guests do not care to dance most OF the
time \ card able can be supplied with
hits of tinsel and paper lace and ribbon
+ and colored crayonS and the guests can
be asked to make valentines of these
odds and ends. When they are done they
can he hung UP and judged by all or
there can he several card tables at which
hearts are plaxe There can be a valen-
tiu,. contest, in which every guest writes
:; valentine If nine words, the words be-
ginning in order with the letters OF vaien-
tine Valentine. post cards can lie cut up
for puzzles aud given to the guests 10
piece together.
When the time comes for refreshments
the guests arc invited to the dining room
ON tho tabIe are half as many lunch
, baskets as there are guests These are
auctioned of hv tive host or hostess TO
th, men. of course the man who has
been generous with his money has ann
Guilty in getting any Lunch. but as there
arr enough To 20 around he need not
WORRY. Ia each basket is the name oil
one of the woman guests. written on
little valentine. and each man must
share his lunch With the woman whose
name h.. finds i'll his basket
| The baskets can be grape baskets.
covered with pink crepe paper, or other
baskets decorated with pink ribbon
Here is menu Tor PINK supper. Oh
the table there should be a pink salad.
This can bc made OF salmon or snrIml's,
mixed with mayonnaise and served on
very white lettuce leaves In each basket
there should be two packages OF sand
wicbeS nicely tied M in WaXed paper
! with pink ribbons. Cheese mixed with
minced pimiento. bread and butter and
minced pecan meat sandwiches can ali
bC packed we'll
Then there should be n little Waxed
paper package of stuffed olives. In two
naper patty cases covered with pink
crepe paper tied on with pink ribbons.
there should be oysters i'll pink aspic.
For these make clear chicken stock and
mix it with an equal amount of strained
tomato juice This should give it q pink
tinSe -Add enough gelatin to make it
harden. Put three or four oysters in each
paper case and pour the aspic over them
when II is cold and has begun to thicken.
Harden il quickly on the ice, and leave
ON the ice Until ii is necessary 10 pack
, the baskets. Then put on the crepe paper
covers Leave the packed baskets where
it Is cool until time for refreshments.
Little cakes. frosted with white icing on
which hearts and arrows are outlined
with Pink icing-colorcd with cochneal or
cranberry jIiCe-can be wrapped in WaA-
ed paper anl pink ribbon. There can also
be a package of pink winter@retn can
dies Several funcli or tea napkins should
b. put in each basket. Paper napkins
with All appropriate design can be bought
and these help carry out the decorative
scheme. 50 do paper plates, appropriate
ly decorated
From the table ICE cream cupids or
hearts or else raspberry or strawberry
ice cream or Sh.rbet can be served. And
| coffee can be forgiven for its inharmo
niouS color. of course, to top off with
After tho refreshments the guests are
asked 10 count what money they have
left Then little prize is given to the
woman having the most and to the man
having ths least. This distribution of
prizes rnasts II little surprise But as
the. man with the least money must have
been the most generous, doesn't he de-
| serve the prize