Gala-day luncheons; . is more easily managed if bread crumbsare put on top with butter, and smalldishes or ramekins are used. The watermelon is to be scooped inlarge spoonfuls from the rind, the seedsremoved, and the melon laid in a freezerwith powdered sugar and a little sherry,and the freezer put in a cool place packedwith ice and salt for at least five hours. When country houses are rather farapart, it is often convenient to go fromone to another on ones wheel, in spiteof the fact that bicycling is no longer inhigh favour. Still, so long as wheels areso useful they will continue to be used,
Gala-day luncheons; . is more easily managed if bread crumbsare put on top with butter, and smalldishes or ramekins are used. The watermelon is to be scooped inlarge spoonfuls from the rind, the seedsremoved, and the melon laid in a freezerwith powdered sugar and a little sherry,and the freezer put in a cool place packedwith ice and salt for at least five hours. When country houses are rather farapart, it is often convenient to go fromone to another on ones wheel, in spiteof the fact that bicycling is no longer inhigh favour. Still, so long as wheels areso useful they will continue to be used,and just so long A BICYCLE LUNCHEON will be found appropriate for someoccasion. Decorate your table with golden-rod orautumn leaves or a mixture of golden-rod 164 Gala-Day Luncheons and purple asters, the two flowers whichare so beautiful together; do not on anyaccount use garden or hot-house flowersfor a luncheon, which on its face suggestsout-of-door sport. Search the magazinesfor bicycle advertisements, and cut out. bicyclers in all sorts of attitudes anddress, and paste these on cards with abrief line commending some one make ofwheel for each guest; the more extrava-gant the praise of each, the better. Thereare all sorts of pretty little favours to behad of bicycles, tricycles, and tandems,which will serve as souvenirs. This may 165 Gala-Day Luncheons be transformed into an automobile lun-cheon by the change of the two convey-ances. Oysters are again in season, andwill be welcomed by the hostess as a firstcourse. MENU Oysters on the Half-Shell. Tomato Soup. Creamed Lobster in Shells. Quail on Toast. Potato Croquettes. Jelly. Hot Eolls. Grape Sherbet. Apple Salad. Water-Cress Sandwiches. Frozen Peaches. Cake. Coffee. Bonbons. The salad is made by scooping out thewhole inside of a large red apple, after aslice has been carefully cut from the stemend with a sharp knife; this pulp ischopped, mixed with small bits of celeryand English walnuts, with stiff mayon-naise, and the who
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