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Dinners

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Luncheons Dinners and Luncheons

NOVEL SUGGESTIONS FOR SOCIAL OCCASIONS.

Compiled by

PAUL PIERCE

BREWER, BARSE & COMPANY

CHICAGO

CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.

DINNER-GIVING FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF BUSY HOUSEWIVES. Upon the Serving of Wines.

CHAPTER II.

HOW TO SEND THE INVITATION—HOW TO SERVE IN PROPER FORM DINNERS AND LUNCHEONS WITH MENUS AND RECIPES. The Invitation. Dinner Menus.

Menu I. Menu II. More Elaborate. Menu III. A Full Course Dinner.

The Ease of a Course Dinner. A Fine Menu. A Mid-Summer Dinner. Luncheon Menus. Simple Luncheon. More Elaborate Luncheon. A Berry Luncheon. Midsummer Luncheon. A Rural Luncheon. Buffet Luncheon for Sixty.

CHAPTER III.

DINNERS AND ENTERTAINMENTS FOR PATRIOTIC, HOLIDAY AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS. Valentine Luncheon. A Lincoln Dinner. For St. Patrick's Day. Attractive Easter Luncheon. Cap and Bells Luncheon for April First. Decoration Day Luncheon. For a Hallowe'en Dinner. Fourth of July Dinner. A Luncheon for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Dinner. A Christmas Dinner. An Unusually Original Dinner. A Spring Dinner. College Dinners.

CHAPTER IV.

"ICE BREAKERS," SUGGESTIONS FOR DINNER, MENU AND PLACE CARDS, TABLE STORIES, TOASTS, TABLE DECORATIONS. Ice Breakers. Dinner, Menu and Place Cards. The Dinner.

SAUCE WELSH RAREBIT ROAST BEEF WITH THE OYSTER COURSE WITH CLAMS SOUP—CONSOMME AND MOCK TURTLE FISH TERRAPIN LOBSTERS SHRIMPS FOR ENTRIES OF VARIOUS KINDS FOR A SPECIAL OR NOVEL DISH FROG'S LEGS LAMB ROAST PIG CHICKENS TURKEY GOOSE SUCCOTASH MACARONI ONIONS GREEN PEAS GAME SALAD DESSERT BON BONS JELLY PUDDING ICES FRUIT FIGS CHEESE ROQUEFORT COFFEE CIGARS CIGARETTES WINES Two Pies Table Stories.

Points on Toasts. Toasts. Origin of Toasts. Etiquette of Toasts.

Old Negro Sol's Toast. Bon Voyage. Family Dinner Toast. Ladies' Toast. To A Chaperone. For a Patriotic Dinner. Father O'Flynn. To the Finest Girl I Know. To My Lady Fair. A Toast Over the Wedding Cake. When The Bride Becomes a Mother. To a Bride. Picture of a Stork. At the Christening of a Girl Baby. The Babies. When the old Bachelor Announces his Engagement:

TABLE DECORATIONS.

Washington's Birthday. St. Patrick's Day. Fourth of July. Hallowe'en. For Christmas.

CHAPTER V.

HELPS OVER HARD PLACES—HINTS TO THE HOSTESS—DON'TS FOR THE TABLE—THE EMERGENCY MISTRESS—PASSING THE LOVING CUP. Passing the Loving Cup.

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