ar the news directly. Of course if there are only
a few, the luncheon should be an informal one, but if larger, the
decorations and menu must be more elaborate.

If none of those present have been entertained at a Valentine luncheon
on the order of the one already suggested, that may be followed almost
exactly, as everything except the dove over the table is quite as
appropriate for this meal as for that; if the guests are the same, then
the decorations are to be altered more or less.

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Lay the table with lace doilies over pink silk; have several vases of
pink roses on the table, and have all the sandwiches, cakes, and ices in
heart shapes. Use arrows of stiff silver paper in the ices. Give
heart-shaped boxes filled with heart-shaped candies to the guests,
unless you care to invest in pretty little stick-pins with gold or
silver, or coloured enamel hearts on the end.

An appetising menu would be:--

MENU

OYSTERS ON THE HALF-SHELL.
BOUILLON.
FILLET OF FLOUNDER. SAUCE TARTARE.
POTATO BALLS.
CHICKEN LIVERS ON SKEWERS.
FILLET OF BEEF, SLICED, WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE.
POTATO CROQUETTES.
FROZEN FRUIT IN CANDY FLOWERS.
DEVILLED EGGS ON CHICCORY. MAYONNAISE.
HEART SANDWICHES.
ICE-CREAM HEARTS. CAKES.
COFFEE. BONBONS.

The chicken livers are prepared by putting good-sized pieces of cooked
livers on rather small wooden or silver skewers, alternating them with
bits of thin bacon, putting them when ready in the frying-pan, and
turning them till brown, and serving on toast with lemon. They are what
is called _en brochette_ in cook-books, a formidable name for a simple
dish. Fillet of beef is really a dinner dish, yet it is seen not
unfrequently at luncheons, sliced in the kitchen and put on the plates
with a spoonful of mushroom sauce. The frozen fruit has been already
given,--a mixture of sliced oranges and bananas with a foamy sauce
poured over; it is served in sherbet cups, or in candy flowers.

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