LONDON LUNCHING

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 137, 6 December 1935, Page 15

LONDON LUNCHING

BLACK TABLECLOTHS

Finger foods/for the buffet luncheon, to be smart, must be-- very- -'small. Easily the largest items on : the.luncheon tables.at Lady palryrnpl'erChainpney's, says a London writer, were.the pale mauve-tinted meringues^' the creamy filling of which ■wasl*jdotfed with an■ old; nursery favourite1, 'hundreds and thousands. The' -hostess also served reindeer, sandwiches, and revived egg flip.- \, :".'.,"":'-: :"rh'V'. Lady Massereene, was one of the first to discover the tiny "square ginger jumbles, about the size : of a postage stamp, filled with creapi:.' Prinbess Catherine of Russia .preferred ■ savouries, crisp .baked nuts' and' olives; and penny-size biscuits spread with red and black caviare. ".'"' ' .'.' ' '

Guests at this early—quarter to;one —luncheon heard about thelslack velvet and gold net tablecloths that are to ,be introduced to Mayfair at a ball shortly. They have been choseri'as a. perfect background td pure' white Chippendale china by Lady Strathcona, who has the Duchess of York's special permission to use a. replica of.,the Duchess's, own china, for her forty guests. "*■"■ '■■■.'.;"--• '";'■ ' ': '

White carnations with silvered 'leaves,- English crystal, and red and white cigarette boxes and ashtrays representing orchestral players will be other features of the modern dinnertable. . ; , .'.■:;. ..... vv ■ „■ y- -■ -