Gala-day luncheons; . needle and paintbrush. She can have them of plainpasteboard with a border in colours anda pattern of painted flowers, or a conven-tional design. Or, she can buy dozens of 15 Gala-Day Luncheons silk or cotton rose petals and make reallybeautiful things with them. Or, if shehas plenty of money and no time to spare,she can buy almost anything, from simpleshades of paper roses or chrysanthemumsto imported arrangements made by artis-tic fingers in silk and flowers together. Un-less, however, she is prepared to buy a new set quite fre-quently, she willalways invest inone or two
Gala-day luncheons; . needle and paintbrush. She can have them of plainpasteboard with a border in colours anda pattern of painted flowers, or a conven-tional design. Or, she can buy dozens of 15 Gala-Day Luncheons silk or cotton rose petals and make reallybeautiful things with them. Or, if shehas plenty of money and no time to spare,she can buy almost anything, from simpleshades of paper roses or chrysanthemumsto imported arrangements made by artis-tic fingers in silk and flowers together. Un-less, however, she is prepared to buy a new set quite fre-quently, she willalways invest inone or two morethan she needs,lest some dayshe finds oneburned and none to match it in the cards are really necessary, — pri-marily, in order to avoid confusion in seat-ing a number of persons in a short time,but with a secondary reason for their exist-ence which is not to be overlooked: theyenable the hostess to seat together thosewho have most in common and who willstart the ball of conversation rolling, and 16. Gala-Day Luncheons keep it going. Many a meal lias provedstupid and tiresome to some one becauseshe sat by an uncongenial fellow-guest; ahostess shows her tact — or her lack of it— by the way she plans the seats of thosewho are to surround the table. As to favours, they are in no way es-sential; they are suggested here merelybecause they afford some opportunity fororiginality, and serve to break the ice atthe very beginning of a meal. They arenot for the older woman, who will doubt-less despise them, but for the girl-hostesswho is gay enough still to care for what-ever raises a laugh. They should dependfor their worth not on any intrinsic value,for they should have none, but on theircleverness, their appropriateness; thosementioned are only suggestions; everyhostess should from these go on to otherswhich have more to them. Just a word of warning as to themenu. Do not try and transform intoa function what should be only a 2 17 Gala-Day Luncheons light and plea
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