If the luncheon is to be a formal affair word your invitation thus: "Mrs. Harris requests the pleasure of Mrs. Brown's company at luncheon, Tuesday, September twenty-seventh, at one o'clock." If it is an informal affair simply write a little note on this order:
Will you not join us at luncheon Tuesday at one o'clock? My friend, Mrs. Black, is with me and I should like to have you meet her.
Sincerely yours,
Date.
Put your street and number at the head of the note. Invitations to informal luncheons are also permissible by telephone or verbally.
Simple Luncheon.
| White Grapes on Mat of Natural Leaf, |
| Creamed Oysters in Swedish Timbale Cases, |
| Saratoga Potatoes, Twin Biscuits, Pickles, Olives, |
| Moulded Chicken in Aspic, Mayonnaise Wafers, |
| Marshmallow Cake, Orange Jelly, Whipped Cream, |
| Chocolate. |
Have the fruit at each place when the guests are assembled. Garnish with any preferred flowers, which should serve also as a souvenir of the occasion. Substitute other fruit if grapes are not seasonable. Both timbale cases and Saratoga potatoes given in the next course, may be prepared early. The potatoes, of course, must be reheated. Fill the creamed oysters into the cases, surround with the potatoes and serve the biscuits, olives and pickles on the same plate. Make the biscuits with baking powder, roll out the dough half the usual thickness, cut out and put two rounds together, brushing first the lower round with melted butter. To make the moulded chicken, separate some stewed chicken into small pieces. Fill loosely into small buttered moulds with a slice of hard boiled egg in the bottom of each. Cover with the strained and clarified chicken broth, to which sufficient gelatine has been added to stiffen it, and stand aside to harden. Turn out on shredded lettuce and serve surrounded with mayonnaise. Bake a sponge cake in a large sheet, cover thickly with boiled icing and decorate with marshmallows cut in halves, and placed on the top at regular distances. Cut in squares, with a marshmellow in the center of each. The orange jelly may be made more elegant if candied fruit and nuts are added to it.
More Elaborate Luncheon.
| Salpicon of Fruit, |
| Sweet Wafers, Cream of Celery, Crisp Crackers, |
| Olives, Pickles, Salted Almonds, |
| Lobster á la Newburg, Puff Paste Points, |
| Fried Chicken, Vermicelli Toast, Shredded Potatoes, |
| Oyster Patties, Mushrooms, Waldorf Salad, |
| Popcorn, Bon Bons, Nuts, Figs and Raisins, Macaroons, |
| Frozen Pudding, Cream Mints, Coffee. |