Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-08
Plans for on
Historic
Dinner Purtg

As Lineoin's birthday and washington's
birthday are both officially proclaimed
national holidays, the young nlatron may
combine the two and send out invita-.
lions to "a historic dinner party or "a
presidential dinner party" for some even.
ing between February IL ana p
II any special decorating Is done the
color scheme should be red, white and
blue, In planning for the entertainment
the spirit OF the colonial period and Of
the old south should be emphasized. II
the hostess wishes to make her dinner
an elaborate affair. she may ask her
guests to dress in the costume Of either
washington's or Lincoin's time.
II the guests are asked to assemble
at s, the dinner should not be served
until an hour later As a prelude to Il.
announce a ''who's-who In the White
House" contest Buy collection Of pic
lures OF the presidents then, having re-
moved the names. place the portraits in
esFarious rooms OF the house Provide each
guest with pencil and paper. threatening
dire penalty for those caught giving
or receiving assistance. Fix a time limit
and start them off. In ali likelihood no
one will name all Of the portraits cor
rectly and the results will be amazing.
Arrange a mound OF evergreen twigs
in the center OF the dinner table with
the national flag on top. Place red
candles. one for each guest. around the
evergreen and let alternate red. white and
blue crepe-paper ribbons radiate from
the candles, falling over the edge OF the
table to the floor Place cards will not
he necessary, as dinner partners are to
I've chosen This is done by asking each
man to pick cherry from tree The
tree is sturdy evergreen branch placed
in a flowerpot and decorated with small.
rcd. tissue paper balls to represent the
fruit when these cherries are unrolled
the name of some woman in the party
is found
An appropriate menu Is:
Cream of Tomato soup
Old Virginia Ham -
Saratoga Chips Southern Tea Biscuits
Lady Baltimore Cake
washington Cream
Cake Nuts and Raisins
Any cookbook win supply all recipes
W for cherry salad and Washington
Icream.
Cherry salad-Take one can red cher
ries. Pour off the juice and drain the
cherries on cloth. Put large lettuce
leaf on each salad plate. and a small
mound OF cherries in the center of each
leaf. surround the mound with circle
of sliced bananas and pits of pineapple
then cover this circle with thick
mayonnaise and sprinkle 1t with paprika.
washington Cream-Serve vanilla ice
cream in little pyramids; in the top OF
each insert a bit OF fern or evergreen
the stem of which has been dipped In
melted paraffin. Fasten some candied
cherries on the twtg.
As .'postiude' TO the dinner give an
exhibit Of ye olde time silhouettes-
Provide the guests with pencils and laTge
squares of paper. requesting each 10
outline the profile Of his OF her partner.
.rhese drawings are carefully cut out ano
the paper from which they have oeen
cut is pinned to a black curtain TINS
produces the effect OF a back silhouette
mounted ON a white mat. The pictures
are next numbered. each person peing
asked to pick out his own portrait ana
10 submit the number Of 1t. together Win
his name, 10 the hostess The result wan
he highly amusing. as in ali lkelihooo'
several will select the same silhouetto'-
irene Holmes in Mothers Magazine.