tiny Radishes and Hard-boiled
Eggs_
_Olives_
_Nut Sandwiches_
_Orange and Pineapple Salad_
_Sweet Wafers_
_Strawberry Ice Cream_
_Iced Tea_

A WATERMELON TEA.

Ask a congenial party, being sure that all are fond of watermelon. Have
the fruit on ice at least twenty-four hours before serving, and above
all things give this affair when the temperature is up in the nineties
if you want it fully appreciated. Have a sharp knife and cut the melons
at the table (for it is such a decorative fruit), and use only white
dishes and flowers. Let each guest count the seeds in the piece or
pieces and give a souvenir to the one having the largest number. A
pretty prize and appropriate is to procure a very small and symmetrical
melon, cut off the end, hollow out and line with oiled paper, fill with
bonbons and tie the end on with broad pink satin ribbon.

If expense is no object, have a quartet of colored singers with banjos
concealed and let them sing good old plantation songs for an hour or
two, not forgetting "Den, oh, dat watermelon." Grape juice is a good
drink to serve this party. Have the tumblers half filled with finely
cracked ice.

CHAPTER X.

UNIQUE IDEAS FOR TEA.

A CHOCOLATIERE.

A chocolatiere is a pretty affair. The decoration is an immense mound of
bride roses in the center of the dining room table. The refreshments are
baskets of chocolate ice cream filled with whipped cream. The cakes are
chocolate squares. The candies are all chocolate and cream, and hot
chocolate is served. Chocolatieres are very popular entertainments for
young girls and for matrons. They are given in the morning or afternoon.
As nearly every woman loves chocolate, they are pretty certain to please
the guests.

A KAFFEE KLATCH.

The kaffee klatsch is an afternoon affair where ladies meet and chat as
they sew and are served a luncheon of German dishes--cold meats, salads,
coffee-cake, pickles, coffee, etc. Each guest is given a bit of
needlework, button-holes to work, or a small doily to embroider and a
prize is given for the best work.

Have a number of tea towels, cheesecloth dusters, Canton flannel bags
for brooms, silverware towels, etc., cut and ready to hem. When the
ladies assemble, let them hem these as a gift for the bride (for whom
the kaffee klatsch is given) to take home with her. Ask each to tell
some of her first experiences in housekeeping, and at the close of the
afternoon take a vote o