ribbon of the same shade over the entrance to the diningroom. Of course the question will be asked, "Why is the rose thus placed?" and the hostess will explain that the rose is the Greek emblem for secrecy, and in olden days it was placed over the table when guests were entertained, in token that what was heard around the board was not to be repeated. That is where we get the expression "Sub rosa."

The bonbons and ices may be served in exquisite roseshaped cups, the cake trimmed in candy roses, and even the salad may be brought on in rose cases set on a standard of three rose stems wired together and wound with dark green tissue paper. These cases may be found at the caterer's, or made at home if one has the time.

A June Dinner

NILE green and white were the colors selected for a dinner to which eight guests were asked one warm night the latter part of this month, when the weather is apt to grow rather oppressive. The centrepiece was a cut-glass bowl filled with maidenhair ferns; candlesticks were of glass with green shades. Over the table a large fern ball was suspended, casting soft shadows with its long feathery leaves. At each place a doll's jardinière held a spike of giant mignonette; white cards decorated with hand-painted sprays of maidenhair ferns bore the names of the guests, with a quotation. Here is the appetizing menu served: A clear soup with a spoonful of whipped cream placed on top just at the moment of sending to the table; boiled trout with egg sauce; breaded veal cutlets; Lyonnaise potatoes; asparagus on toast; vegetable salad in green pepper cases; pineapple sherbet with a green maraschino cherry on top.

After the repast, while still seated at the table, the hostess passed a bowl containing green crinkly paper leaves each concealing a question written on a slip of white paper. The one answering the most questions received a salad plate, while

the maid brought in a head of lettuce to the guest having the least to his credit.

Green and a musical instrument? Greenhorn.
Green and a reptile? - Green turtle.

Green and a dwelling? - Greenhouse.
A synonyme for "always" and green?

Evergreen.

Green and a common name for material? - Green goods.
Green and a portion of a house?

Green room.

Green, an elevation of land, and a part of the United States? Green Mountain State.

A Farewell Party

A YOUNG woman who sailed for Europe in June had this unusual luncheon given her. The centrepiece was a toy dray piled high with miniature trunks, and the place cards were dress-suit cases with the name of the guest written and pasted on the side. The guests, who were all intimate friends, had purchased a silver travelling cup in a russet leather case, and it was at the departing friend's plate. After the luncheon was well under way, the maid brought in a pile of steamer letters, one from each person, to be read on shipboard. With the dessert, telegrams purporting to be from absent friends arrived, all giving advice, remedies for mal de mer, and good wishes.

Before leaving the table, the guests helped the little dray with its horses around to the guest of honor's place; she took the trunk marked with her name and found it to contain a dainty turn-over collar from each guest. The other trunks contained small bonbons. After this envelopes were passed containing foreign post cards cut into pieces, making puzzles. The subjects were all supposed to be places to be visited by the traveller. The reward to the one first solving her card was a framed post card, a copy of a great painting.

A Steamer Letter Shower

As JUNE is the month when most people go to Europe, a description of this clever entertainment given for a young woman on the day before she left for New York may be acceptable. One hears constantly of the steamer letter. This may consist of almost anything, from the ordinary letter mailed to the steamer for the day of sailing, to mammoth bouquets, huge baskets of fruit, boxes of candy, and presents of all kinds.

On this especial occasion, the table centrepiece was a toy steamer flying the flag of the line on which the guest was to sail; the place cards were postals which afterwards were mailed by the traveller back to the luncheon guests; they were all stamped ready for mailing en route. Each person brought a parcel or letter with instructions written on it stating when it was to be opened.

At sea the days are often monotonous, and anything is doubly welcome that savors of home and far-away friends. As the traveller was to sail on a slow boat, there was a surprise for each day. Some of the gifts were: a glass jar containing salted nuts (dampness spoils nuts, so when given for an occasion of this kind, seal air-tight), a jar each of peppermints and lime drops. (Another hint: chocolate and French bonbons are not very satisfactory sweets to carry on an ocean voyage, as they mash and melt too easily.) This tourist was to spend her birthday on board, so a tin box contained a cake ornamented with candied cherries and candles all ready to light. Then there was a good-sized box of candied ginger; a "memory book to hold menus, tickets, checks, etc.; Japanese handwarmers, to slip in the capacious pockets of an ulster, which were expected to prove a great luxury; a box of ballroom pencils to go in a chatelaine bag; and a cup attached to a flask completed the list of practical and acceptable remembrances. The hostess presented "twin" pillows of blue denim embroidered with white initials for use on the steamer chair,