Gala-day luncheons; . dividual bunches offlowers at the beginning of the meal, al-though always a graceful and pretty cus-tom, is not seen just now as much asformerly. If you use candles, have them of vio-let, with plain violet shades edged withthe flowers sewed to the paper or silk 55 Gala-Day Luncheons foundation; or else have plain shades ofheavy paper painted with wreaths of theflowers. Your cards may match these,being squares of cardboard almost cov-ered with a wreath of violets, with abowknot painted on it, and the name ofthe guest written across the bonbon dishes may be fil
Gala-day luncheons; . dividual bunches offlowers at the beginning of the meal, al-though always a graceful and pretty cus-tom, is not seen just now as much asformerly. If you use candles, have them of vio-let, with plain violet shades edged withthe flowers sewed to the paper or silk 55 Gala-Day Luncheons foundation; or else have plain shades ofheavy paper painted with wreaths of theflowers. Your cards may match these,being squares of cardboard almost cov-ered with a wreath of violets, with abowknot painted on it, and the name ofthe guest written across the bonbon dishes may be filled withcandied violets and other violet-tintedsweets. MENU Oysters ox the Half-Shell. Bouillon. Halibut Timbales with Lobster Sauce. Salmon Croquettes with Peas. Shad with Eoe. New Potatoes. Cucumbers. Violet Cabbage Salad. Brown Bread and Butter. Olives. Violet Ice Cream. Cakes. Coffee. Bonbons. If shad is not in market as yet, thoughit should be in March, use any broiledfish; if white fish is obtainable, nothing 56. Gala-Day Luncheons is nicer, especially if it is planked. Thesalad is an odd one; a head of purplecabbage is taken, the leaves turned backand the centre cut out; a white cabbageis shredded and mixed with as muchshredded celery and stiff mayonnaise,and this is put into the purple cabbagehead, and it is passed on a round platterto the guests. The ice cream is a plain one colouredviolet with fruit colour; it is put in a cir-cular border mould and turned whenfirm out on a bed of whipped cream; thecentre of the mould is heaped with thissame whipped cream, and over the wholea quantity of candied violets is the edge of the platter a wreath ofnatural violets is arranged with theirleaves, making a really beautiful this seems too elaborate, or if theflowers are not abundant, fill meringueshells with the violet cream and tie twotogether with narrow violet ribbon andlay on rounds of lace paper on each 59 Gala-Day Luncheons plate; the cream should rather
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