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Show Sister Mary j Ee the party ever so humble there I none quite like a Valentine party From a dinner-dan:? where the hostess -ir. -vides the entertainment to a common party where "a pood time was had I v all," there's an unwonted thrill A dinner with the color Scheme In pink is ue"-t appropriate A r entrt ! .' viol-ts and roses, cand'.cs with pink shades and the delicacy of the dlnnv itself seem to express the valentine spirit. MENU FOR DINNER Cream of Iettqce and Pea Soup Croutons "lives Radishes 'reamed Tuna Fish In Ramekins I'hhken fr.inet t es with beamed Potatoes I 'rincr Rolls and Butter Crab-Meat Salad I'heeve Cups Kisses Little Cakes CMfee MY OWN RECIPES The Mock for the soup and tin i-tip kin CroqiiettSS means the same Chicken. And the outer leaves from the lettuce for the salad go Into ihe soup. Put a spoonful of whipped cream on top of each cup of soup. If you don't happen to possess ramekins, buy little paper cups and set them In a crepe paper rot.e Fill the tuna fish just before servinp. Don't forget for-get to put a little gnttcrt cheese In tip-cream tip-cream sauce for the potatoes just for richness, not enough to taste. Fill the meringue shells with strawberry mousse. Cut heart-shaped cakes from a eheet of pound cake and cover with rose-colored icing to serve with the "kisses." The entire dinner Is made up of simple, delicious de-licious dishes that are not beyond the pocketbook or the skill of the average housekeeper, CREAM OF LETTUCE AND PEA SOUP 3 heads IcMuce 3 tablespoons butter 4 cups boiling water ' If onion 3 clo es l'i tenspoons salt 3 stalks celery .'! sprlps par ley '.' i tips canned ji.-as 4 cups chicken broth 1 cup white sauco Wash outer leaves of lettuce and .i'b thoroughly. Melt butter and add leltUC4 leaves. Cook 10 minutes. Add boiling water, onion with cloves stuck In It, Celery, Cel-ery, salt and parsley. t'over und cooli 30 minutes Add peus and 1 teaspoonfu of sugar. Cover and cook half an botlf longer adding more water If necessary. Remove parsley and onion und press through a fine sieve. Combine with broth and let simmer 10 minutes. Stir In white sauce to make the consistency of i ream. (Copyright, 1921. N. K. A.) 00 |