Show A ST PATRICKS DAY LUNCHEON Party Arranged In Honer of the Good Old Irish Saint A girl whose birthday lItHe on March li remembern that it was St Pat ricks day determined that the party given in her honor hould also show regard re-gard for the good saint As a luncheon had been decided on in writing the In vltatlons a postscript was added re T 1 WITH ONE BIG FLOWER questing each uest to come prepared to tell an Irish anecdote or story or recite a poem about St Patrick Vhen the day and the guests arrived arriv-ed they gathered around a table profusely pro-fusely decorated with soft greGn foliage A harp wound gracefully with smilax and Its strinxa of tiny white immor telles formed a centerpiece raised on a mound covered with ferns The dishes holding bonbons small cakes and salted almonds were all wreathed with smilax and delicate groundpine and the namecards were painted with and cut in the shape of the shamrocle so green The bonbons were merely round sticks of chocolate six inches long made thicker at one end by the confectioner confec-tioner at the request of the young hostess hos-tess in order to resemble the blackthorn black-thorn or bogoak shillalah whIle the little cakes were excellent oraties their surface covered with chocolate dust and having bits of almonds for eyes The candelabra were trimmed with smilax and the candle shades made of small tissue paper Irish flags crimped Into shape The menu could only be made to conform con-form to the prevaIling character in two or three dishes The single entree was a most savory and highly seasoned Trish stew served very hot in little sit cer saucepans At that stage of the luncheon where a vegetable is served as a separate course Instead of asparagus I aspar-agus or celery a sliver salver was brought In garnished with much pars Icy 1 and heaped high with potatoes In their jackets which appeared to ba so tight that their whitG meat was bursting burst-ing through The ice cream took the form of the glntleman who pays the rinta white wellfed prosperouslooking porker who stood lIrmlr on his four short legs and when laid low by the sacrificial knife revealed all sorts of delicIousness In the form of marrons and catldied fruits Stories anecdotes and Irish wit followed fol-lowed this feast and one young woman astonished the company hy asserting that St Patrick was not 111511 hut a Scotch lad who in the fifth century was stolen br a wild hand of Irish pirates pi-rates and WIO when finally restored to his home could not forget the heathens oC the land of his captivity and so returned re-turned to them as a missionary devoting devot-ing his life to their conversion Best and last before goodbYes wero I said a harp was brought in and one of I the guests taking her scat sang In a plaintive voice Kathleen lavour1 neen LAFAYETTE LAWS i |