Evening star., 1920-01-09
Sug 6 e S tions S for the
Hostess and Guest-A
Rainbow Party-Sea-
sonable S a | a d S and
Desserts.

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Here are a few suggestions to the
hostess, in order to make dinner
party d success:
Don't worry about mistakes. Laugh
! if anything goes wrong.
! No matter how tired you may be,
summon all your will power to hide
it. y merry hostess makes a merry
guest.
Don't interrupt people who are hav-
ing a good time in their own way to
I, try to make them happy in your way,
and don't keep on playing game
when the interest in it flags.
Keep q girl from being wall flow
er. If you can't make the young men
tie things to do for you, which will
make her feel important and not neg
lectsd.
If any of the young men are shy.
ltl>-1 them at your side as aids Don't
refer to the fact that they are shy.
their hands and feet or their man
ners. Send them here and there, and
they will forget themselves in their
interest in helping you Avoid the
mistake of calling on the popular
young men to do your errands.
Suggestions to the Guests.
The welcome guest is the one who
Make your time of staying suit the
hostess, and above all do not be late
Don't interfere with any arrange
ments, and don't correct the children
of the house, give an order to serv-
ant or even a hint of any kind.
Don't invite friend unless the
hostess suggests it first.
Don't leave the house without
thanking your hostess for her hos
pitality.
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your personality will be pleasing at
all times, and you will be desirable
as a future guest
If you have a talent of any kind.
don't force your hostess to spend
valuable time coaxing you to display
it You ought to be more than will
ing to do what you can to add to the
general pleasure.
A Birthday Party.
When arranging a birthday party it
is a good idea to carry out the entire
plan with the birth-month flower and
color and have the zodiac sign as
crest on the invitations. If it is impos-
sible to get real flowers, the artificial
kind can be used. with plenty of crepe
paper for furthering other decorative
schemes. Do not put the paper on the
table, but arrange it in festoons above
the table to present canopy. with
dropping flowers and ribbon streamers
at each table decoration. Get white
flowers and tie with the astral colors.
A pretty way to make place card is
to draw the outlines of butterfly on
cardboard and below it a miniature
should be printed. Cut the card out
and with the aid of a pair of button
hole or manicure scissors and round
punch you can make the butterfly al
most lacelille. If flower is made, such
as the chrysanthemum or daisy you
TINT fha taox yx-ith tor r,N1n
Humorous place cards are great ''ice
breakers" at a dinner or luncheon. OBJ
tain secretly from the family of each
invited guest small photograph of the
one invited to the affair. After soaking
the pictures loose from their mountings
cut out the head of each one. Mount
each on an oblong rough-e edged card OF
water-color paper. After tinting the
faces change each one as your fancy
dictates For the sweet, flowerlike girl
paint a flower pot with blooming plant
and her face peeping forth from the
petals of a flower. Have the fun-loving
girl with smile on her lips dress as
a fool, with cap and bells. The modest.
retiring girl should be made into bal
let dancer. spinning about on one toe.
This requires very little skill with the
brush. as any of these many subjects
may be copied from pictures with per-
feet success.
Pretty and original napkin ring
an oblong piece of linen just the right
length to go around napkin. cuttinE
into a point at one end Buttonho ole
around the edges in colors to match
various sets of china, or embroider
in a special decoration of fruit. Gro
chet a ring on the point to slip over
crochet button fastened to the other
end For a child the name may be
outlined IN script The guest may
have ring with the word ''Wel-
come" outlined on it. or any symbol
denoting welcome When laundered
these rings may be stiff1y starched to
make them more solid.
take an envelope made of the best
linen paper. Seal the envelope and
cut OF the ends. forming a napkin
ring Of the usual width. Write the
name across the center.
One woman does part OF her enter
tanning in a unique way. She does
not keep servant. so cannot do
ner She invites her friends by tele-
phone to come and have dessert with
her on a certain night. At the time
specified they come flocking in, en-
thusiastic over the progressive din
ner idea in a new form, and then all
adjourn to the library, where, by fire.
light, or with the added light of can
dies, they gather in a friendly circle,
each with little Japanese tray, on
which are single flower and des-
sert that it has been easy to prepare
early in the day. In this way she
of friends. and they are highly
pleased, and she is not overburdened
A Rainbow Party for Children.
~Come to our rainbow party" read
invitations written upon blue paper