Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-20

MANY women living in small homes
A'A and apartments do not employ
help, so as hoStesses they favor the
buffet meal, the electrically cooked
service, the card party, sewing party,
musical tea, stunt party, theater or
movie party with after-theater tea or
supper, or the Sunday night supper.
For any of these festivities the hostess
can attend to every detail beforehand,
a plan which will give her an oppor-
tunity to fully enjoy the occasion with
her guests.
At buffet meal guests help them
selves from dining room table or buffet,
then partake of the food at card tables,
nests of tables, or from the lap when
seated on couch or chairs in the dining
room or living room. AT the electrically
cooked service only verv simple menu
is needed. The informality of prepar-
ing the food at the table supplies the
fun and entertainment for the occasion.
Buffet Supper.
For this the main course may be a
hot dish such as chicken a la king,
lobster Newburg, or creamed crab meat.
Dreamed dishes such as these should
be served in tirnbale cases or patty
shells.
If desired, a meat fish or chicken
salad may form the main dish. A large
platter with the meat salad in lettuce
cups. accompanied by an assortment OF
vegetables, may be made an attractive
service.
Appetizers such as hors doeuvres,
canapes and pickles maye be served In
as great variety as you wish A dish
divided into several compartments is
very appropriate for holding assorted
pickles or relishes. Tiny sweet gherkins.
slices of dill pickles, celery hearts, ripe
olives and chopped pickle make
tempting dish.
Nodded gelatin desserts are favorites
for buffet service because they look well
on the table and may be prepared ahead
of time.
The Accomplishments for buffet
Nlpper may be rs varied as you
wish, some of which are sailed nuts,
olives, stuffed celery. an assortment OF
Cheeses, pickles and jellieS. Plain
bread-and- butter sandwiches, hot tea
biscuits, cheese biscuits. or not rolls
may be the choice for bread and butter.
Gard Parties.
At a card party a one-course service
makes satisfactory refreshments. II the
course is placed upon individual plates
ready for service before the guests ar
rive it can then be offered with bever-
age, candies and nuts when the game is
finished This plan of service can also
apply to sewing party musical tea,
stunt party and the after-theater tea or
supper.
FOR card party refreshments you
could serve perfection salad, salty
waters and hot chocolate with a marsh
mallow placed in each cup. To make
the perfection salad, dissolve separately
one package of lemon jelly powder and
one package of mint jelly powder &C
cording to directions on the baXeS. Place
one tablespoonful Of the dissolved lemon
Jelly in the bottom of each individual
mold used, which may be heart mold or
other shape. Cut some white grapes In
halves and remove the seeds, then
on the lemon jelly after 1t has started
to SET Two tablespoonfulS OF the dis
solved lemon gelatin should then be
poured oyer the grapes to harden. Now
put in some diced dill pickles and sliced
blanched almonds and pour the dis-
solved mint gelatin over to NIL up the
mold. Serve on lettuce with mayon-
naise, into which has been folded some
whipped cream. On top OF each mold
place a maraschino cherry.
For bridge luncheon the following
are attractive If served on glass plates:
Select some large bananas that have
q decided turned-up end. Cut on about
two inches of the straight end. Peel,
then sharpen the end that has been
cut of so that it viii represent the
bow of a ship. Cut an incision, oval
in shape, in the center. Shave of a
slice from the bottom, directly under
the incision, so that the banana will
rest fiat on the plate. Now take large
marshmallows, press them fiat, cut of
two slices to point, leaving the bot
tom round, and place this in the in
cision of the banana so that it will
stand up like a sail on q boat. With
pastry tube work sweetened and ia
vored whipped cream on the sides Of
the marshmallows. Surround the ship
on the plate with pineapple ice shaved
of with a large spoon so that it locks
Like waves.
Sunday Supper.
Whatever your decision may be as
10 the kind of food to be served, the
serving of Sunday supper Is best ac-