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554 The Book of Indoor and Outdoor Games |
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July
The event of July being, of course, the "Glorious Fourth," the young hostess taxed her wits to suggest it at her table, which glowed with the tricolour. The candle-shades were of small paper flags, pleated fan-wise. A nougat cannon was at one end of the table, a plate of round chocolate bonbons piled pyramidally, to represent cannon-balls, conveniently near. Other chocolate sticks were wrapped in red paper to resemble fire-crackers. The centrepiece was of white carnations in a low, flat basket, and among the flowers tiny electric lights—red, white, and blue—were placed as nearly as possible to represent a wheel of fireworks. The white iced cakes were in the form of Liberty Bells, and the icecream in that of a statue of the Goddess of Liberty, with a spread eagle at the base—a favourite design with caterers.
August
August—"ripe summer's queen"—was prettily suggested by soft, maize-coloured table furnishings. A large sheaf of wheat holding a bunch of pale-yellow roses formed the centrepiece, a tiny sickle at its base. Candle-light, filtered through shades of yellow tissue paper, gave an effect of sunshine appropriate to thoughts of August, as were the favours.
At each place was a round fan of gilded straw, to the long handle of which was tied a bunch of yellow rosebuds by a corn-coloured ribbon, upon which, in gilt letters, each guest read her name. The ices in the form of fruit and flowers were held in a horn of plenty, made of the straw-coloured candy that looks like spun glass.
It was decided that the season should conclude with a merry little subscription dance, to which each hostess should invite half a dozen guests. As costume balls |
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