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Clams on the Half-Shell.
Cream of Corn Soup.
Halibut Timbales. Lobster Sauce.
Broiled Squabs on Toast. Currant Jelly.
Creamed Potatoes.
Strawberry Sherbet.
Tomato and Nut Salad.
Brown Bread and Butter.
Ice Cream in White Rose Forms. Cakes.
Café Frappé, or Black Coffee.
The sherbet is made by pressing the juice from two quarts of berries, adding a cup of water and the juice of half a lemon with sugar; this is boiled for a few moments, strained, and frozen. The salad is made by blanching English walnuts and adding them to mayonnaise, serving with sliced tomatoes. The ice cream if in rose forms should be passed on a large silver tray with asparagus fern among the ices. The frappé should be in small glass cups, if it is served at all, but unless the weather is very warm, have the coffee hot as usual.
A GRADUATES' LUNCHEON
The prettiest possible decoration for this occasion is made by the lavish use of sweet peas, the flowers which seem to suggest young girlhood. The brilliant pink ones should be chosen, and bowls of them should stand about the table, one large one in the centre and smaller ones around irregularly; or else one large bowl may be in the centre and a quantity of the blossoms with the stems broken off scattered all over the table. This is one of the times when satin bows are not out of place, for girls generally think a table all the more attractive for them, though for most luncheons they are tabooed, as suggestive of the professional decorator who revels in bows. The bonbons should be pink, and the cards should be small sheets of paper rolled up to resemble diplomas, each tied with a rose-coloured ribbon, with the name of the guest written on the outside.