The largest birthday party ever staged in Canada, at which three of the largest cakes made in the country will grace the tables, will be held here May 20 in honour of King George's 44th birthday.
The king, who arrives in Canada May 17 for a month's visit, will be in the capital May 20. He will attend the party with Queen Elizabeth.
The party will besstaged on the lawn of the Government House. It will be attended by about 4,500 guests, and will cost $3,600.
The tables will be laden with three-layered birthday cakes weighing 200 1b. " 13,500 sandwiches 3,600 rolls, 6,000 chicken puffs, 3,000 jelly puffs, 6,000 coffee and chocolate eclairs, 75 pounds of petit fours, 46500 assorted tartlets(120 mocha cakes, 2,250 individual mochas, 600 bricks of ice cream, and 150 gallons each of tea, coffee and lemonade.
The tables' will be waited on by 75 young waitresses, attired in uniforms of royal red, with blue pleating round the sleeves and collar, and blue buttons. They will wear a red ribbon tie and scalloped white caps.
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