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Show Hurrah For Saint Patrick! Ill WHOSE FEAST DAY ENDS THE REIGN OF THE GROUND HOG AND fHI INTRODUCES SPRING. tllB CO think that tho blessed Saint Patrick, who added to his ; other good works that of driving snakes out of Ireland, ; should havo como in theso last days to bo regarded more aa a weather prophet than as anything clso by tho ignorant. Saint Patrick's i day practically ends tho rein of tho groundhog and, according to -tradition. Saint MHjfKf Patrick always Mwimi Indulges in a Jfiffllmfflilj burst of fury pre- SSmjmjttt sumably that WM animal's depar- 9 turo. According to tradition also, I if Saint Patrick does not storm. Saint Sheila who. as everyone knows, was tho wifo of tho patriarch, weeps with Joy. Whatever happens, therefore, everyone expects wot wcathor on olthor tho seventeenth or tho eighteenth of March, and makes hi3 plans accord-1 ingly. There is another use for Saint Patrick's Pat-rick's Day now, however, and that is found in the fact that his feast lends Itself admirably to entertaining. For lnstanco at a Saint Patrick's Day luncheon and J card-party last LylJ year, a hugo pot of shamrocks Y formed tho cen- I terplcco for tho table, whilo at 1 each placo tall hats of green Hft paper held greon ' I bonbons. The candle shades were green also. Tho first courso consisted of largo JH 3trawborries with their caps on, which wero arranged on green plates jJ around cones of pulverized sugar. A puree of peas, faintly green In color, was the soup. The pleco do roslstonce iiH consisted of creamed chicken served 'iH in green popper shells, and this wan accompanied by spinach moulded in whisky glasses into a sort of hat shape, and potatoes stuffed in their Jackets. Watercress and nut meats iiH on lottuco formed tho salad and wcro served with a French dressing. Tho Ices were moulded into tho shapo of potatoes, of hats, of pipes, and of St. Patrick himself, tho latter bravely ar- IB rayed in a tunic of pistachio ico cream. IB Tho cakes wero covered with a green icing. At tho card J IB games which fol- IH lowed this strict- EfSw-v ly Irish feast the ?BSByB jB prizes oftorod iBr IH woro silk stock- iiW iil Ings of tho vivid PH lil green shado pop- IB W IH ularly supposed jB to bo affected by B persons lato from ftt B tho Emerald Isle. x! B Altogether i tl I B was an extremely pretty luncheon and B ono very much enjoyed by thoso who jB partook of it. jB |