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Show New Kind nt I.uneUeous. A very gonreons novelty In Bociety Is called the Rainbow liiincheon." Two n'clork is the hour that has been fixed uii)ii as most, suitable, though oddly enough an accompaniment of the event li n gas lighted lunch room, with the jets shaded by globes of various tints, curtains of silk heiiin employed to shut out tho ob-iru-dve daylight. Atoneof theso raiubow parties a group of mandolin players, bait concealed by lull flowering plants, gave an Oriental touch to the entertainment. Over the oriel window was fitted a rainbow arch four foot long and composed of roses of seven different shades. There were three tables, and at each plate was a hand painted menu card with the guest's name and a miniature rainbow on tho back. The first table was all lu yellow, with glittering cut glass and silver decorated In a repousse of Marguerites. The brass candelabra in lhe center rested lu a flat basket of yellow wax tapers and yellow shades. The fringed doylies wore embroidered iu gold threads and the damask napkins in yellow roses. The china for the ten courses was nil In yellow, yel-low, but different iu design for each course. The second table was decked lu red, wfth napkins embroidered In red roses, and the bisque candelabra set ou a buso of jacqueminot and lighted by red tapers shaded by red globes. The china for each course was also of shaded red. Tho third table had bluo appointments. The nupcry was worked in bluo forget mo nots, and the tapers and shades were blue, with a flat basket of white roses. The bine points came on In cut gluss dishes, and there were rainbow ices in miniature pyramids, and punch glasses filled with ices of various colors. Louisville Courier-Journal. |