Evening star., 1915-06-13
was given by Mrs.
Edward Frank
lin W hite of
Irvington. This
bpstaSS iS npe of
luncheon OF the WeeI
A Strawberry
Luncheon Lately.

hostess IS one OIL
the many Indianapolis women who are
beginning to take a great interest in
the Kitchen garden as well as the
flower beds of the front yard. and her
greatest pride is her stra berry bed
where she picks berries as large as an
egg.
She issued her cards for straw
berry luncheon and the guests found
tor the center of the tables a great
mound of luscious red berries in a bed
OF deep green strawberry leaves
l he first course was strawberry
cocktail, beside which were olives ar
ranged with a long stem to represent
the first leaf of the plant
The second course was the entree of
cheese and eggs in the design of the
yellow and white strawberry blossom
Plckled beet salad realistically sug-
gested the red heart shaped berry.
The last course was the berries served
on their leaves with powdered sugar
cakes
A visit to the strawberry bed was
one OF the joys of the occasion
An indianapolis hostess had novel
idea for announcing a betrothal. The
guests found at their
But the Daisies covers at a luncheon
n;d Tall unique little book
let's in the form of
two hearts from behind which peeped
two big daisies half concealed. as if
trying to catch a glimpse of the prom
Use on the cover of the book that
Daisies won't tell"
But. OF course, every girl immedi-
ately wanted to know the secret which
she found revealed on the first page
in the little verse:
Daisies won't tell,
I've heard say
So Marie and Joe
Have set the day.
1t didn't take long for the guests to
guess by her bushes that the bride
elect was Miss Marie Pritchard, who
Immediately was shoWered with con-
graduation
And the third page in the booklet
announced that day to be June %. This
was revealed above the little line:
The only day in the year when 1
plus ! equals l."
The last page was headed, After
August l." and below was the verse:
There's a chair beside our fireplace,
Now. II you don't believe it.
Come and see it for yourself.
The hostess used the idea of the
Shasta daisy in all of the decorations
which were very elaborate. The ices
were in daisy designs. as were the
cakes and the candies.
1t was really unkind Of the mercury
to take such drop on Wednesday,
the day of the daylight
a Party for carnival at the Moses
A.4;cu Williams estate, near
Boston, for the benefit of
the anti suffrage fund. However, the af-
fair was most successful. and a number
Of the booths were sold out" The candy
was disposed of early in the afternoon,
and the vaudeville tent was filled to
capacity" on the occasion of both per-
formances. Naturally the Temperance
bar" with its iced drinks. did not do
a thriving business. which was antici-
pated. but its loss was the tearoom's
gain. for no one could resist the lure
of the convivial brew and its warming
influence.
AS for the flowers. they were lovely.
a quantity of wonderful bloom coming
from Mrs Edwin s. Webster, who
proved generous purchaser. Espe
cially enjoyed were the parasol and hat
booth. which did a thriving business
and was nearly sold out" the several
remaining chapeaux and parasols be-
ing privately disposed of the following
came the property of Anne williams,
another was purchased by Mrs. Frank
r. Briggs, Mrs. Andrew Robson
bought chic black and white hat,
which proved immensely becoming. and
Mrs. LarZ Anderson was another of
the patrons Of the hat booth. Mr. Ander-
son was the only man who purchased at
the millinery department. With his Gus
tomary generosity Mr.. Anderson invited
a little woman who was making sill
houettes to select the hat she best
liked. because. as he expressed it, II
want you to have the hat and I want
the anti-suffragists to have the
money"
June brides, with their shimmering
gowns Of satin, their enveloping wells
of tulle. their roses
Another CHAPTER and valley lilies
Dill, their closely con.
on 'une olloes' cealed we ddine
plans, their showers. their hopes. their
farewells to girlhood joys. swung into
the limelight Tuesday and brought us
another turn of the social Kaleidoscope