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Grape Fruit with Cherries.
Cream of Chicken Soup.
Fried Oysters with Sauce Tartare.
Chicken Croquettes with Peas.
Sweetbreads, Mushroom Sauce.
Carrots in Cases. Bermuda Potatoes.
Cherry Sherbet.
Celery and Cabbage Salad in Green Peppers.
Ice Cream Hatchets. Cakes.
Coffee. Bonbons.
ALSO FOR A FEBRUARY 22 LUNCHEON.
The sherbet course is exceedingly pretty. The ice is made from home-made candied cherries and put in glass sherbet cups with a little bunch of artificial cherries tied to the handle with green ribbon the colour of the leaves.
A SHROVE TUESDAY LUNCHEON
Shrove Tuesday comes the day before Lent begins, and there is always much gaiety on hand by way of a temporary farewell to festivities. The old custom of serving pancakes on this day should not be forgotten in planning one's menu for the gala day meal; true, they are certainly an unusual dish for luncheon, but they should by no means be omitted.
There is a very beautiful and odd decoration to be made with delicate white flowers and tiny white candles, which can be arranged with little trouble. Have a low mound of moss for a foundation with a border of maiden-hair fern; stand Roman hyacinths or lilies of the valley in this, not too near together, with the candles between, having first inserted a toothpick in the bottom of each and had them on the ice over night to prevent them from melting too soon. Keep all the colour on the table green and white,—the candles, the china, if possible, and the ice cream. The pancakes should be made very large, one covering the whole griddle, spread with jelly, rolled, and sprinkled with sugar. One, or at most two, should serve a tableful of guests.