| Soup a la Americaine (Potato) | |
| Colonial Pot Roast | |
| Baked Tomatoes | Stewed Corn |
| Butter Beans | |
| Columbia Salad, with Star-shaped Wafers | |
| Virginia Corn Bread | |
| Independence Pudding, Hard Sauce | |
| Washington Pie | Election Cake |
| Nuts | Fruit |
| Coffee | |
INDIAN DINNER PARTY
Invitations may be printed or written on birch bark or paper imitations of same, or on paper cut into the shape of tomahawks, tepees, etc., and may be hand-painted if desired. Decorations should be Indian blankets (as portières, couch covers, and mantel draperies), Indian rugs, baskets, tomahawks, bows and arrows, war clubs, chromos, colored photographs, clay or papier-mâché Indian heads, plaques and busts, etc., any of which would make suitable favors. A miniature wigwam made of blankets in an out-of-the-way corner, adds effectiveness. Footman and maids may be dressed in Indian costumes made of burlap with bright colored trimmings and fringes; or the guests may be invited en costume.
For table decoration a skin should be placed over table cloth through the centre of the table and upon it an Indian basket filled with any red or yellow common flowers, such as marigolds or nasturtiums (red and yellow), or better still with wild flowers, red or yellow.
The menu cards and name cards, of stiff ecru paper, have Indian decorations in brilliant red, green and orange; the candles are also striped in the same vivid colors and the candle holders are made of corn husks. The canoe, designed for the entree, which is the chicken, is made of heavy brown paper.
Menu for Indian Dinner
| Squaw Soup (Bouillon) | |
| Wigwam Croquettes (Fish) | |
| Chicken a la Canoe | |
| Saddle of Mutton | |
| Choctaw Peas | Apache Gravy |
| Arrowhead Potatoes | |
| Calumet Squabs | |
| Pappoose Rolls | Wickiup Salad (Romain) |
| Prune Sioux (Feather Cream) | |
| Hiawatha Cakes | Indian Punch |
| Grasshopper Cheese | Tomahawk Coffee |
INDOOR LAWN PARTY
Our social committee, of which I was then chairman, wanted very much to have a lawn party; but the season for such things was quite over, as the evenings were too cool. However, a bright idea occurred to one of our number, and we decided to have an indoor lawn party.
The Saturday afternoon before it was to take place, four of the committee took a team, went out into the woods, and secured a lot of pine boughs, autumn leaves, etc., and Monday evening, which was the evening before it occurred, we increased our force of workers, and went to the vestry to turn it, as far as possible, into an outdoor scene. We trimmed the chandeliers, posts, and every available spot with boughs, strung Japanese lanterns all across the room, made a beautiful bower in one corner for the orchestra, for which we had three pieces, a piano, a violin, and a cornet. In the opposite corner of the room we had a canvas tent where fortunes were told at five cents each (by palmistry) by one of our young lady gypsies. Hammocks were swung from the large stone posts, and a standing double swing was placed on one side of the room, where the younger people enjoyed themselves hugely.