Show f f h A PARTY HOW TO GET UP AN ENJOYABLE entertainment pink the preva I 1 ng color for decora eions hearts a good game of cards for the day match ng part ne nars rs for the summer table the dining room each year finds old st valentine becoming more popular and hostesses welcome the of february as it gives an opportunity for novel enter talu ments if one cares to peer into the annals of history it will be found that nearly every country has its own valentine day legends and customs to carry out a valentine party a la denmark would make a most inter eating esting and pretty affair in that coun try of snow and ice the little snow drop has from time immemorial been sacred to 10 st valentine and the sen ti mental dane sends his lady love a bouquet of the immaculate blossoms with a card bearin bearing 9 an appropriate verse on the card are as many pin pricks as there are letters in his name if the lady fair is unable to rightly gu guess ess the name she is in duty bound to give the sender some colored eggs at easter which is considered to be in the nature of a forfeit but to return to our party pink is the color tor for decorations with hearts bowknots horseshoes and wishbones used aher ever opportunity offers portieres ol 01 pink hearts cut from a light quality of cardboard and strung on ribbons are very effective with bunches ol 01 them suspended from gas jets pic pie turca turea and draped over lace curtains the rooms should have the rose color predominating for on this one night in the year every one must look through rose colored glasses it cards are played the game must be hearts with score cards heart shaped and the markers be candy hearts with a hole in them to tie on to the score card with pink ribbon the mottoes inscribed on the old fashioned candles candies affords much merri ment after the cards present each lady with an arrow tied with a ribbon the gentleman with a bow decorated in the same manner the colors are matched and partners thus selected for the supper table with very lit tie trouble a heart shaped target of white muslin can be prepared with a heart painted of green on oil the outside one of black a third of yellow fourth blue fifth red this will look like a series of hearts fasten target against the wall and give each guest a fate card when the arrows are shot the color upon which they bit hit determines the fate of the shooter for instance the arrow ing the green indicates that love and riches wait I 1 him or her who hits the gr gren en should your arrow pierce the blue love Is on the wing for or you she who passes colors all has lovers many at her call loveless weeping I 1 we maid if her arrow pierces red i into the b ck I 1 nary a smack he ile who passes one and all ills chance to wed Is very small A valentine dinin dining groom room Is a dream of beauty with the walls hung with green vines and pink hearts in the center of the table have a heart of white snowdrops with pink ribbons running to each plate which is also marked by a pin pink heart name card ornamented with a anch of snow drops for the ladies and a pink carna tion for the gentlemen serve oysters or chicken in heart shaped pastry shells tomato or love apple salad ices lees or cream in heart shaped forms and cakes in the same shape iced in pink |