onbons.

As the guests leave the receiving line, they move informally toward
the dining-room, where they stand to be served. If the wedding
reception takes place directly after a ceremony in the morning, or at
high noon, the refreshments are more elaborate than at an afternoon
affair and the guests may be seated to be served in the different
rooms.

When a caterer is not employed, and the serving of the refreshments is
managed by the hostess herself, it is a pretty and practical plan to
ask several young girls to help in the dining-room. They should see
that the guests are promptly supplied, and can relieve them of their
plates when they have finished.

Below are half a dozen good menus for buffet wedding breakfasts and
receptions, varying in degree of formality to suit individual needs.

I

BOUILLON
SALTED CRACKERS
CHICKEN PATTIES
OLIVES
PINEAPPLE SALAD
SMALL LETTUCE SANDWICHES
NEAPOLITAN ICE CREAM WITH FRESH STRAWBERRIES
COFFEE
CAKE

II

CREAMED SWEETBREADS
CHERRY SALAD
WATERCRESS SANDWICHES
RASPBERRY ICE
MACAROONS

III

CHICKEN SALAD
FINGER ROLLS
FROZEN CUSTARD
SUNSHINE CAKE

IV

SCALLOPED CRAB MEAT
BREAD AND BUTTER SANDWICHES
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
ANGEL CAKE

V

ICED CLAM BROTH WITH WHIPPED CREAM
SALTED CRACKERS
COLD VEAL LOAF
SARATOGA CHIPS
OLIVES
PINEAPPLE ICE
SMALL CAKES

VI

ICED CONSOMME
SALTED CRACKERS
CHICKEN CROQUETTES
ROLLS
FRUIT SALAD
UNSWEETENED CRACKERS
LEMON CREAM SHERBET
SMALL HOME-MADE COOKIES

THE FAVORS

For wedding favors at a wedding breakfast or reception a number of
interesting little souvenirs can be inexpensively prepared. For
instance, there are wee fans (bought at the doll department) with the
date lettered on each; tiny straw baskets that look like the one
the flower girl carries and are filled with very small artificial
forget-me-nots and rose-buds; airy butterflies of white and pale
yellow silk, to be fastened to fine threads above the table in the
dining-room, where they flutter realistically over the flowers
beneath.

More frivolous are very diminutive bridesmaid's hats, and at the
wedding of a bride who is going to travel far away there may be small
boats, either real or of cardboard, with a flying flag of matrimony at
the masthead.

The old-fashioned posy gift cards with clasped hands are quaint; so
are the little nosegays in white pape