MIXED FRUITS.

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Always choose a raised dish for fruits. Arrange part of the clusters of

grapes to fall gracefully over the edge of the dish. Mix any kind of

pretty green leaves or vines, which may also fall, and wind around the

stem of the dish. Although the colors of the fruits should blend

harmoniously, and the general appearance should be fresh and _négligé_,

arrange them firmly, so that when the dish is moved there will be no

danger of an avalanche.