The table should be covered with a white cloth, as elaborate as one possesses, and the centrepiece should be of lace. On this should be a large mound of white roses and asparagus fern; and if you choose, a canopy of vines from the centre of the ceiling to the edges of the table, fastened wherever they touch the cloth with a white rose. If candles are used they should be white with shades of white rose petals, or else silver openwork. The table should be set with silver and glass as far as possible, and the small dishes which ornament it should be filled with small cakes with white icing, white candies, strawberries covered with white icing, white candied rose petals, and all the other pretty things to be found, such as large white candy baskets filled with crystallised fruits,—those made to represent broad-brimmed hats, bent into odd shapes, are very graceful,—or the simpler mounds of charlotte russe, tied with wide white ribbon.
At a wedding luncheon or breakfast the guests of course sit around the room, not at the table, which is used simply to serve from, and the menu is simpler than for a regular meal.
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Cream of Clam Soup.
Crabs Newburgh in Cases.
Sweetbread Croquettes with Peas. Rolls.
Chicken Salad.
Ice Cream in White Rose Forms. Angels' food.
Café Frappé.