e exact hour is written on the invitation, as High Tea
at 4:00 o'clock (or 5:00 o'clock). The guests may number about
twenty-four, but twelve or sixteen is a desirable number. They arrive
exactly at the appointed hour. They are seated at small tables having
places for four at each table. The menu is a little more substantial
than for a reception. Here is a typical "High Tea" menu:

_Hot Bouillon_
_Sweetbread and Mushroom Patties_
_Tiny Pickles_
_Creamed Chicken in Green Peppers_
_Cauliflower Scalloped_
_Hot Rolls_
_Spiced Cherries_
_Asparagus Salad_
_Grated Parmesan Cheese_
_Ice Cream in form of Fruits, Flowers, or any desired form_
_Angel Food_
_Coffee_

This menu, of course, may be varied. Clam cocktail, grape fruit, a fruit
cup or hot fruit soup may be served for the first course, croquettes,
any sort of salad and ice cream or gelatines.

An original embroidery contest to precede the tea is to secure the large
pattern initials which come very inexpensive, getting the initial of
each guest. Prepare oblong pieces of linen or lawn which will fold into
envelope shape, six by fourteen inches. Give each guest a piece of the
linen and the pattern for her initial. She embroiders the initial in the
corner or center of the flap to the "envelope" which is a stock and
turnover case when finished. Each guest is given her turnover case to
finish as a souvenir. Give prizes for the best initial, the one
completed first and for the slowest.

A SIMPLE MENU FOR HIGH TEA.

For a high tea for ladies, serve first an oyster cocktail in glasses,
fruit punch or brandied peaches. Then serve sweetbread salad, with bread
and butter sandwiches. Frozen eggnog and fig cake are a change from the
regulation ice cream. Follow by tea.

A "BOOK-TITLE" TEA. 1.

The latest novelty in afternoon entertainments in England is what is
called a "book-title" tea. Of course, this would be just as amusing in
the evening, and any refreshments may be served that the hostess
prefers.

The guests are all expected to devise and wear some particular badge or
ornament which indicates, more or less clearly, the title of some book,
preferably works which are well known.

The "badges" worn may be very clever and most tastefully executed.
"Dodo" may be impersonated by showing a bar of music containing the two
representative notes of the tonic sol-fa method. "Little Men" is
represented by a badge bearing the names of little great