made for decoration and her table may
well be the delight of many a more ambitious hostess. The decorations,
simple, inexpensive and artistic, are the outward and visible signs of
her individual taste. No thick stalks of unbending and forbidding
"bouquets" disfigure her pretty vases. Her candles gleam through dainty
shades (of paper it is true) fashioned by her own deft fingers.
Full-skirted and fluffy, their inexpensiveness makes it quite possible
to have them of all colors and shades, and a much-prized pair of silver
candelabra lend dignity to the general effect.

Quiet entertaining, preceded by gracious little notes presaging a
cordial welcome, is one of her fancies, and one is quite sure that at
her home the entertainment will be deprived of customary stiffness and
will resolve into a merry table of congenial friends.

A short time ago an old friend of such a woman became engaged and
wishing to meet his fiancee she followed her call by an invitation to
supper. Appreciating the newness of the engagement and her slight
acquaintance with the young lady, she wisely made it a little supper of
four and decked her table with sweet simplicity.

Her china, of dainty Limoges, was purchased with an idea of being
serviceable for many occasions, and is mostly in odd half-dozens,
although the color scheme throughout is green and white, a combination
which blends well with anything. Her soup plates, tea plates, dinner
plates, platters and vegetable dishes are of the same pattern, but the
china for the entree, the salad set, dessert set, cheese plates, bread
and butter plates, etc., are all of a different but harmonizing design.

Green and white being always a lovely color for the table and also
admitting of very inexpensive treatment, make informal suppers not only
quite possible but very attractive as well.

The table was round, just large enough for four, and nearly covered with
a pretty lunch cloth embroidered in white. In the center a huge
butterfly bow of wide green ribbon that just matched the china trailed
nearly to the edge of the table. Over the cloth were scattered white
carnations and ferns in artistic carelessness, and two slender
candlesticks, with generously green skirted candles, broke the flat
effect. Each candlestick wore, with holiday gayness, a large green bow,
and the soft combination of color and grouping was charming.

The supper itself was very simple. A course of raw oysters and stuffed
mangoes, with