is the very latest mode of dispensing
hospitality, and has, as yet, the charm of novelty.

The hours range from six in the evening until midnight, and during the
heated term is very popular as the windup of a trolley or automobile
ride.

Now, it would not do to seat an American crowd to a genuine Dutch
supper, in all its glory of limburger and sour-kraut, but relieve it of
the disagreeables, and a menu, not fancy, but simple and eatable,
remains.

The table must be covered with the whitest of linen, while the
decorations should be blue and red, thus to combine effectively
Holland's national colors, which, by the way, are not the same as our
own.

The center is occupied by a great dish of stuffed eggs, garnished with
parsley, the green sprays trailing on the cloth; as a companion to this,
there is a large platter of thinly sliced ham, cold, but the "weinies"
must be steaming hot. Then there is a salmon salad encircled by water
cress or nasturtium leaves, and at intervals, dainty mounds of potato
salad. Tomatoes with French dressing (with onions would be more in
keeping), small saucers of cheese, sweet and sour pickles, olives, slaw
(instead of sour-kraut), bread, in layers of white and brown, and last,
but by no means least, smear-kase, served individually.

Pretzels and fruits, which may include any and all kinds, form the
dessert, and can be most artistically arranged by a tasteful person with
deft fingers.

Beer, in mugs, is, of course, the correct beverage, but the lighter
wines are also permissable.

One charming feature of the supper is that it is served cold and all
together, which leaves the hostess free to enjoy her guests without fear
that something will go wrong in the culinary department.

Now, like everything else, the Dutch supper can be made elaborate, and
the bill of fare extended and put in courses, but a friendly gathering
about a homely meal, where one naturally feels at ease, will appeal to
most as preferable.

CHAPTER III.

ENTERTAINING IN THE MODERN APARTMENT--A LITTLE SUNDAY NIGHT SUPPER--STAG
SUPPERS--A BACHELOR SUPPER.

There are some people to whose distorted vision the tiniest molehills
are magnified into veritable chains of mountains, rugged and
insurmountable; and if, in addition to their other woes, they happen to
be unfortunate enough to dwell in a flat, their desolation is complete.
To these women what is said on the subject of entertaining in a modern
apartment wil