Breakfast to Bride-Elect.
To a Bride.
Happy is the bride whom the sun shines on,
And happy today are you;
May all of the glad dreams you have dreamed
In all of your life come true;
May every good there is in life
Step down from the years to you.
There's nothing so sweet as a maid is sweet,
On the day she becomes a bride;
Oh, the paths that ope to the dancing feet!
Oh, the true love by her side!
Oh, the gray old world looks a glad old world,
And it's fields of pleasure, wide.
A breakfast for a bride-elect can be made very dainty and pretty by following out a pink color scheme, unless one prefers the more common scheme of white. Cover the table with the prettiest, whitest damask, and over this lay lace-trimmed or openwork doilies, with a foundation of pink satin underneath. For flowers have pink begonias (very pretty and effective), carnations, roses, azaleas or cyclamens. Arrange the flowers in a center basket with a large pink butterfly bow on the handle. Light the table with pink candles and shades in silver or china candlesticks. Have the place cards in heart shapes with pen and ink sketches or watercolors of brides, or tiny cupids.
Mark the bride-elect's chair by a large bow of ribbon or a bouquet of pink flowers matching those on the table. If white flowers are used, lilies of the valley and hyacinths make a pretty bouquet, tied with white gauze ribbon.
Serve this menu:
Grape Fruit with Rum and Cherries
Turkey Cutlets
Stuffed Peppers (Serve on Heart-Shaped Pieces of Bread)
Tiny Heart-Shaped Hot Rolls
Peach Mangoes
Sweetbread Salad in Tomato Cups on Lettuce Leaf
Cheese Straws
Ice Cream in Shape of Wedding Bells Filled with Candied Fruits
Cocoanut Cake and Angel Food in Heart Shape
Coffee
A tiny bouquet of violets tied with gauze ribbon at each plate makes the table pretty and is a dainty souvenir for the guest. Sometimes the individual favors are tiny wicker hampers filled with fine flowers tied with white silk cord.