tal candlesticks with yellow tapers and
small golden hearts attached to the tapers. The bonbons are yellow
hearts and all the refreshments are yellow and heart shaped.

A CANDLELIGHT TEA.

Illuminate the rooms with candles in different colors with shades to
correspond, green and white in the parlor, setting a row of candles in a
straight line across the mantel and banking them with masses of feathery
green. Use pink in the dining or supper room. Have a round table lighted
by pink candles and pink shades in flower forms, placing the candles
either in a pyramid in the center or in a wreath with Christmas green
tied with broad pink ribbon, in the center. At each plate put a tiny
Dresden candle stick (such as come in desk sets) with pink candles for
favors. Serve hot bouillon, oyster and mushroom patties, tiny pickles,
creamed chicken in green peppers, cauliflower au gratin, hot rolls,
spiced cherries, asparagus salad, grated Parmesan cheese, wafers, ice
cream in form of pink candles with lighted tapers, Christmas cakes.

A FLOWER TEA.

For early September a flower tea is a most enjoyable affair and is
easily arranged with little expense. Have the invitations sent out at
least a week before the event.

The parlors should be tastefully arranged and decorated with flowers.
Wild flowers are in abundance at this time and they are always bright
and cheery.

Let each guest, as she arrives, be presented with a bouquet of flowers,
no two being alike.

For amusement there is nothing better and more instructive than the
following:

Pass to each lady a sheet of paper with a pencil, the paper containing
typewritten questions. Explain to the company that the contest is to
last fifteen or twenty minutes as desired.

The printed questions are to be answered by the name of flowers.

Here are appropriate questions for the contest, with correct answers:

What lady veils her face? Maid-of-the-Mist.
Who is the sad lady? Ane-mone.
What lady weeps for her love? Mourning-bride.
Who is the bell of the family? Bell-Flower.
What untruthful lady shuns the land? False-Mermaid.
What young lady is still the baby of the family? Virginia Creeper.
What lady comes from the land where ladies bind their feet?
Rose-of-China.
Who is the neat lady? Prim-rose.

After the given time expires let each guest sign her name to the paper
she holds and exchange with her nearest neighbor. Then the fun begins as
one rises and reads