sketch of a horse, or of a horse-shoe, or a whip or
some similar device, and the favours may be of the same character, in
the shape of little silver pins; or, if the luncheon is sufficiently
informal to warrant it, these favours may be chocolate horses, standing
at each plate.

MENU

CLAMS ON THE HALF-SHELL.
CREAM OF LIMA BEAN SOUP.
CREAMED SCALLOPS IN RAMEKINS.
CHICKEN IN GREEN PEPPERS.
BREADED CHOPS WITH TOMATO SAUCE.
POTATOES AU GRATIN. HOT ROLLS.
LOBSTER SALAD. Cheese Straws.
ICE CREAM WITH MAPLE SAUCE.
COFFEE.

The chicken in the peppers is to be ordinary minced white meat, with
sufficient white sauce to make it palatable; if it is too wet it will
not be good. It is put in raw peppers from which the ends have been cut,
and the seeds removed, and the whole thoroughly heated in the oven. The
potatoes are baked and served in their own shells after they have been
scooped out and seasoned, and cut in half, with grated cheese over them.
The ice cream is a rich French cream made with eggs, and the sauce is
hot maple syrup with English walnuts broken in pieces in it; it is one
of the most delicious of desserts, well worth being used in place of any
of the suggested creams at any luncheon during the year.

AN INDIAN LUNCHEON

Boys are supposed to scorn luncheon as a purely feminine meal and one
which is necessarily frivolous; nevertheless there are occasions when a
boy is interested in entertaining his friends at luncheon, perhaps
before going to see a football game, or some such athletic contest, and
then a meal with Indian accessories will delight him.

The table should be laid with a cloth rather than with doilies, and the
centrepiece may be a birch-bark canoe, planted with ferns. The cards may
be of birch bark with quotations from Hiawatha, or of cardboard with an
Indian's head in colours, or a sketch of a wigwam, or a tomahawk, or a
pair of snowshoes.

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The bonbons may be in pretty little bead pouches laid at each plate, or
else in pairs of small moccasins around on the table, or in tiny
birch-bark canoes. The luncheon should be a hearty one without those
"frills" which the budding masculine intelligence refuses to admire.

The menu, like the one suggested for the Thanksgiving luncheon, may have
a suggestion of Indian dishes in it.

MENU

OYSTER BISQUE.
CREAMED FISH IN SHELLS.
SLICES OF TURKEY BREAST. PEAS.
CREAMED POTATOES. CRANBERRIES.
LOBSTER SALAD.