Line a dish with lettuce or cresses and pile within it tiny pickled gherkins or cucumbers, olives, pickled limes (small), and other miniature pickles, keep on ice until very cold and pass at the conclusion of a hot-weather luncheon or dinner.

Broiled Mushrooms

Peel and stem flat mushrooms, roll in melted butter and broil quickly. Lay upon thin, crisp slices of toast, each of which has been wet with a teaspoonful of mingled sherry and lemon-juice. Pepper and salt the mushrooms while hot. let them and the toast get very cold, and serve as a savory.