Evening star., 1925-02-06
o lady, there be many things
That seem right fair, below, above,
But sure not one among them all
Is half sn SWeet as love.


and if 1t is not the ever popu-
lar masquerade party, 1t is
some other sort of party that Is ex-
pected, and suggestions for all sorts
are welcome, along with new IDEAS
for table decorations, menus, favors
and valentines for the occasion.
Invitations to a valentine party
should be heart-shaped OF course, ana
may have inscribed quotations on
them. The following quotations are
also excellent to use or homemade
place cards and valentines:
Absence Makes the Heart Grow
Ponder"
His Heart and Hand Both open
and Both Free
"A Merry Heart and True.
Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady"
Just as High as My Heart
Long, Long Be My Heart Win
Such Memories Filled"
MY True Love Hath My Heart
"She Is the Darling of My Heart"
II VIII Wear My Heart Upon My
Sleeve"
A Valentine Dinner.
The decorations for a Valentine
dinner may be in delicate shell PINK
and white instead of the usual red.
You might have a wooden top for the
heart Any carpenter can easily
make one for you. Cover this heart
with pink silk or near silk, and over
the silk place cover of plain white
net with an 1Sinch ruff1e raining
from the edge over the pink SILK ana
finished with a tiny running wreatn
of pink ribbon roses with little pink
rose hearts falling down onto the
rufie every few inches apart
one white carnations, the other PINK
carnations, or you can use roses In
these two colorS speared together
with a big silver dart. If you can
not obtain real flowers, you can use
those made of paper, which VIII
carry out the idea almost as well, as
YOU can buy paper flowers that are
so pretty and natural looking.
Under each plate place dolly
made of the pink silk, covered with
net and bordered with little roses.
Use pink and white china, pink can
dies and rose shades. For place
cards use little cupids and dainty
ballet girls dressed in pink, when
can stand on edge of the tumblers,
girls for the men and cupids for the
women. Cupid should wear a pink
sash upon which the guests name
is written. over the table should
swing a big ball made of pink paper
roses, the roses holding the favors
and being tied together with chiffon
ties, so that at the right time the
hostess may shower" her guests as
a charming surprise by simply pull
ing the ties.
If you have no pink and white
china, you can decorate plain white
china for the occasion by cutting
tiny pink roses and buds from crepe
paper and pasting them on the out
side of the china with -four paste.
If you use red and gold as the
color scheme for your St. Vanentine's
day dinner, an appropriate table CEN
terpiece would be a large red paper
heart pierced by a gold paper arrow.
Streamers Of red baby ribbon should
extend from 1t to the various places.
At the end of each streamer should
be tied an arrow bearing the name
OF the occupant of the chair.
One clever and original hostess
chose yellow for the color scheme
for her St. Valentine table. The
centerpiece was a square of lovely
lace laid over yellow silk. The slen-
der cut glass vase was filled with
big yellow carnations. At the cor
ners OF the lace square were silver
candlesticks with yellow candles and
shades. Beside each plate was a
white heart cut from white cardboard
on which was written in gilt letters
q clever little verse descriptive of
the one who was to occupy that par
ticular seat. During the dinner q
little girl impersonating cupid, with
bow and arrow, and cleverly con-
structed wings, entered and distrib-
uted valentine to each one of the
guests.
Valentine Refreshments.
Much Of the beauty and dantiness
Of a Valentine dinner, whatever the
menu may consist of, is accomplished et
by appropriate garnishes and thu
serving of the dishes. Individua
service, as far as possible, adds tt
the attractiveness Of valentine din
ner.
Stew some beets until very tender,
then slice and Gu. them in hear
shape with small cutter. Dres:
with white or pink mayonnaise or
lettuce leaves.
A tomato salad Is also nice. Scoor
out the inside of the tomatoes anc
fill with celery and nut meass mixed
with mayonnaise and decorate on the
top with small hearts cut out O.
beets.
Chicken patties in heart shape, with
a pink cream sauce around them, are
attractive and appetizing.
Creamed dishes. such as creamet
peas, creamed lobster and other food
can be served In heart-shaped rame
kins or paper cases.
Red currant on cranberry jelly car
be nodded or cut in the form o
hearts and are nice to serve as
garnish with meats.
United hearts are sandwiches Gu
in heart shape, with an olive and
cheese filing.
Pierced hearts are of fee cream
frozen in heart-shaped indiyidua
molds, pierced by a little arrow. Per
feet little wooden arrows come IL
games of jackstraws.
Salmon croQuettes may be moldet
in heart shape and served with sauc,
tartare.
Washington's Birthday.
The decorations for Washington's
birthday tables may be carried out ir
dark blue and yellow, the colonia
colors. Dark blue or gold banded
china would be equally appropriate
Yellow flowers in a dark blue vase
would be effective for a centerpiece
or Just flags may be used. Brass ol
glass candlesticks, with dark blue
shades, would be effective. Crepe pa
per comes in SO many gay and pa
triotic designs that there is no lacl
of material from which to choose ia,
BILE decorations. Add a candied cherry
to each portion of ice cream and sticl
little flags in the middle of white
frosted cakes.
MENU.
Cream of Carrot Soup in Blue Cups
Chicken Salad with Egg Garnish.
Lettuce Sandwiches.
Cream Cheese Cannon Balls.
Individual Custards in Blue Cups.
Sponge Cake. Yellow Bonbons.