Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1910 — WOMAN'S REALM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

W OMAN'S REALM

A BRIDAL LUNCHEON NEW IDEAS IN TABLE DECORATION AND PLACE CARDS. How the Hostess May Eas«y Evolve domething Attractive for Luncheons, Teas and Dinners Connected With Marriage. Every hostess takes pride In Investing novel and pretty decorations for her luncheons, teas and dinners, and she takes special pride when the guest of honor is a J’oung bride or bride-to-he. It Is never a difficult matter to evolve something attractive for a festivity connected with marriage, for there are so many charming designs that can be used—cuplds, hearts, wedding bells, wedding rings and the like. At a recent luncheon given for an engaged girl the color scheme was pink and white, pink being the favorite color of the The hostess was the latter’s closest friend ■and all the guests were intimates of •the two, which made the luncheon a Very jolly affair. The chandelier, above the table, was festooned with pink and white tulle, and suspended from it was a large (golden hoop simulating a wedding ring. From the hoop streamers of pink and white ribbon stretched to each cover, held in place there by tiny cuplds, each cupid bearing a card ■with the name of the guest to whom the place had been assigned. Bride i'oses filled a cut glass bowl in the center of the' table, were clustered in vases and bowls on sideboard and inantel, and nodded in banks from the low window seats. Yellow luncheons are very-appropri-ate when the guest of honor is a bride, since yellow suggests sunshine. At one such luncheon in early summer last year a wedding bell covered with field daisies with yellow hearts and black-eyed Susans with yellow petals hung above the table. A big flat dish

of old brass, filled with yellow lady's slippers, stood in the center of the table, and a wreath of daisies andi smilax followed the curve of the table, just inside the plates. Daisy festoons stretched from the chandelier to the four corners of the room and daisies and black-eyed Susans and tall feathery grasses were banked on the mantelpiece and massed in earthenware pots of quaint and unusual shapes. The place cards at this luncheon were tiny yellow satip slippers filled with rice, the little card with the name on it half hidden in the rice. Other pretty place cards for engagement or bridal luncheons are hand-painted designs showing a girl’s head framed in a wedding ring, cuplds peeping through a heart design, or twin hearts pierced with arrows. A woman with some skill in water colors and a certain amount of invention can easily paint the cards for < luncheon and, knowing the fads and fancies of her guests, can get in little personal touches that will enliven the luncheon immensely.