The Washington times., 1937-02-19

favors and party decorations
Even to the cherry tree, and tt
Such modern knicknackS GER
tainly please the modern hostess.
And the stores have available
such a wide assortment that every
preference can be satisfied.
One of the cleverest of the new
innovations are tiny candles for
individual place favors. A bril-
liant life size red cherry with
three green leaves underneath is
made of wax and has running
through the center a slender
white wick.
Details Perfect
Colonial danes daintily dressed
and every detail perfect, even to
the white wigs, are fashioned OF
wax and come in pastel colors.
The other candle is shaped as the
red. white and blue hat that our
Uncle Sam wears. The hat is
white with a red and blue band
around the crown. On the top,
a blue star encircles the wick
They are fairly inexpensive.
In the realm of nut cups, the
assortment is wide. Little brown
cardboard nut cups with two
drumsticks are fashioned for the
more militant parties. HatchetS
of various sizes of brown natural
wood colored cardboard with red
blades, come with hollow centers
which can be filled with small
candles.
For children's parties, these are
a delightful treat. Some of the
hatchets come with three re d
cherries tied on the side not only
carrying out the symbolism, but
also adding color.
Even the tree trunk has been glor'
flied. For the center of the table
one store features large tree
trunk to be filled with candy. The
hatchet is resting on the top OF
the trunk and on the sides of the
trunk are clusters of cherries.
The idea is to decorate the top
of the tree with cherry lollipops.
Miniatures of the cherry tree
motif are available for nut cups.
These are mentioning only a
few of the favors on display. In
the realm of candy you will find
red and white striped stick candy
transformed into daShing drum
mer boys, and bags Of minis in
red cellophane tied with clusters
Of cherries or hatchets with the
inscription, Il cannot tell a lie"
Place Cards
Place cards are of every deScrip'
ton. Some of them are quite
simple, others shaped as drums,
hatchets, cherry trees, and some
have whole companies of colonial
soldiers parading across th0n.
For the center decorations,
papier mache decorations are avail
able in red, white and blue that
give unusual and charming ef-
fectS.
Party decorations could not
be complete without mention OF
the small Dresden" colonial sol
diers dainty and effective on
mirror placqueS; small nut cuts
featuring a daring minute man
with cooked hat ringing the lib
erty bell, and one favor that
steals attention from George
Above a small package of mintE
enclosed in red cellophane i!
Martha with a neat coiffure O.
cotton. Fastened on the cello
phane is the American flag as il
appeared in colonial days.
Yes, Washington's Birthday |!
an ideal time for a party. Menus
are simple to plan, and the whole
atmosphere gay and charming
Guest Teas
Certain clubs have on this da!
guest teas. Dainty open facec
sandwiches, tea cakes, and mint
of red, white, and blue are attraC
lively served. Exhibits of colonia
pewter, silver, glassware, ant
needlework are featured as on
of the highlights of the occasion
Many mothers find this an idea
occasion to have party for thei
son. Many of the favorS are 81
distinctly masculine.
In serving the refreshments
use blue plates if you have them
Otherwise, choose paper plates
and serve a gay red and whit
menu.
Cherry cluster salad, made b
arranging halves of cherries on
canned pear spread with crear
cheese, spiced cherry relish an
cherry ice cream are few Of tn
convenient ways to include thi
red fruit on YoIr menu.