Evening star., 1915-06-11
SHOWERS FOR THE JUNE BRIDE.

The woman who can think up new
form of bridal shower is a woman o.
resources for it seems if every i'm
aginable sort of shower has alreaos
been worked out But for every new
bride there is probably new sort of
shower-new, at least. in some details
One shower that created great deal
of fun not SO very long ago was a
table linen shower The prospective
bride, of course. did not know that it
was a shower-at least she was sup
posed not to know. All the other
guests We're asked to reach the hostess
house ten minutes before the guest Of
honor, and they gave the hostess their
linen offerings before the bride ap-
peared Then the afternoon was spent
at cards
When refreshment time came the
guests We're taken to the dining room
and seated at the dining able.
This was a spring shower. and the
decorations were yellow. At each end
of the table was fiat dish containing
a big green pottery frog, and from his
back sprang stalks of yellow dafodils
In the center of the table was big
NelloWiced cake
Ice eream-French vanilla. which is
Very yellow-was served in ring molds.
with a candied cherry ruby for all the
guests the bride. For her there
was sparkln. candied pineapple dia
lnond There were little cakes with
yellow icing. and yellow peppermints.
and as the hostess china was white
and gold the whole scheme carried out
the yellow note of color
When the refreshments We're partly
reaten the hostess asked the bride to
cut the cake in the center of the table.
The bride tried. The knife she held
pierced the frostins. But there 1t
stopped. For a moment she struggled.
and then realized that the cake before
her was not of the usual sort.
At the hostess suggestion she tried
her luck a cutting the bottom of the
AXE. And behold. when she pried at
the bottom of the cake with the knife
the whole shell of froSting lifted up
and pile of tissue paper packa ges be-
meath was disclosed
The cake was merely a big paste
board ioN. a round one. frosted with a
heavy yellow icing. one that could be
easily nodded over the outside of the
box and formed into fancy scrolls and
markings And it served as an admira
Bile means Of hiding the gifts.
\ pretty handkerchief shower was
ca arried out in this way-and it was
a veritable shower. The guests were
gathered on the second floor of the
hostesses house and stood in the hall
when the bride-to-oe arrived. She
was asked by the maid to go upstairs
to remove her wraps. And as she
started up the other guests leaned
over the hanisters and pelted her with
their handkerchief gifts, each, of
course, marked with n card Tor later
Identification.
Sometimes shower is of general
sort, and the guests bring whatever
they please. Such shower developed
into something unusual The hostess
had arranged for surprises in the way
of refreshments. but had not planned
to give the gifts in any unusual way
But she had asked the gift-bearers TO
reach her house ten or fifteen minutes
before the bride and to bring some
article for the brides trousseau or linen
chest.
When the guests got together their
curiousity tempted them to show one
another their gifts. And suddenly an
idea popped into the head OF the
hostess.
She rushed to the sewing room and
dragged the dressma ker's form from
its hiding place. and in few moments
the guests had dressed her. Ihe cap,
stuffed with paper, surmounted ner.
The little Jacket was draped over her
black shoulders. The various pieces
of table and household linen were made
made TO serve for a skirt. Two big en-
broideded bath towels were pinned
together for the top part.
admirable ruffie and several small
Ruest towels helped cover the other
bare spaces With the ribbon slippers
showing coyly beneath the improris-
ed skirt the effect was quite delight
rul. and a surprise full Of pleasure for
the bride.
Sometimes one refrains from giving
shower because of the necessity Of
asking all the guests to bring gift-
But handkerchief shower need be
drain on nobobdy's pocketbook or m
eenGity. \ crepe de chine handker-
chief can he bought. or the girl who
can enh-oidcT can make one of hand
kerchec linen
A cheap" shower that was the source
OF much pleasure was a recipe shower.
The hostess asked all the guests to
write three Of their favorite recipes
on cards size sent them, to sign them
and 70 bring them to her house on a
certain afternoon. When the guests
arrived the hostess presented the bride
with little wooden recipe box, in
which were some blank cards and the
Index ca rds headed bread, pull
dings" and other foods
Then the guests gave the bride the
ca rds they had prepared, and she sort
ed them and arranged them in her box