GAYER DINING TABLES

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6670, 25 July 1928, Page 11

GAYER DINING TABLES

Brighter dining 'tables' will -’bel’Sebn this season, and an, attractive-looking., dinner table is a pleasure to which every, woman can treat herself,, a pheasant fact, convincingly illustratod.-at. an exhibition entitled, 7 '; and in a Kensington ' store, states a London exchange.

Here notable - hostessesi'havc, so to speak, godinothered ; dining,' tables . set out in different ways, with the hap,, piest results., ' £ *■ *- * < Each table was covered With’ a' cldth which heed not necessarily bo white or cream, but may bo a pale apple green, a delicate oakapple shade, or oven deep grey enlivened with Jink roses. , This is good .news for the; owner,of, it may be, a shabby dining table, and, incidentally, the use of a tablecloth helps the homo linen industry,, .which is impbrtant and deserves all'tho support it. can get.

A table sponsored by Mrs. Wilfred Ashley illustrated the decorative effect of small silver , witch balls and red cherries set in a dish instead of Here., red candles in green candlesticks stood on an “ oak-apple ’ ’ cloth, /with red almonds in. dishes introducing a further note of colour. ' :

. The. Bachelor’s table, set on a blue cloth with a willow design, was enlivened with, red carnations to match the ; fed handles of the knives, and on Lady ■Carlisle ’a out-of-door summer' luncheon table a buttercup-coloured cloth served as’: the 'background for glass, modern both as regards design and colouring. Try the, decorative effect of a OTife cloth with damask patterns.in fadeless, colourings. Miss Nancy Beaton, choosing this as the colour for her debutantes’ table, set upon it glasses gaily patterned with flowers and pink carnations' set in glass linked by crystal chains.