The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-12
Paris Fashions.
Correspondence Of Home Iycekly

correspondence Of The Home Wcekiy.]
PARIS, May 80. The most important change of
Iashlons have to chronicle is in the setting-out
OF our dinner tables. radical change has taken
place place here: here These series OF chatting dishes
ished from the table. Chatting dishes are still
used ueea, PIT they appear one only at time. We
winch is douby useful it prevents the hot shes
from staining the table, and is moro agreeable to
the guests than the hard wood Of tho table would
pc. Inc green balze cloth is covered with white
table cloth, in whose centre the coat-of-arms or
the initials of the master Of the house are woven.
AS as our stationers now supply their customers
with stamped paper, and make no additional
charge for the cypher, 30 dry goods mon sell
table:coths and table:napkins with the puroha-
sers initials or at-o&-arms, without additional
cost. They require, OF course, some days' or
weeks notice to prepare these table-cloths. The
tabie;naPkins are made to match the table cloth,
in the contre. The napkins are not now hemmed,
but fringedi at both ends. They are bought
fringed. In the middle of the table we place
silver surtout (or tray) or tall Chinese or Japan
ese yase filled with natural fresh flowers Artifi-
cial flowers have not only gone completely out Of
yogue-they are looked upon with horror here
therefore, shun them. 80
Around this hower-flled centre-piece place the
dishes containing Truit preserves, cakes, bran
dled frult, candy-place them with gddy head
and wanton cumming" for nothing is more often
sive to fashion than symmetry. And to make The
dining.room (indeed all the house) harmonize,
avoid everything like symmetry. Like It or not,
this Is fashions last canon. If you are crazed by
soldiers and would have everything present mil
itary appearance, let your model be-not soldiers
on review eled-but soldiers in rout. II your
table be q large one, have great many flowers,
taking care always there are and appear to be
moro fruit, cakes, and other dessert than flowers
Tor you ought to offer your guests eyes more
substance than show. Take care, too, your fow-
ers are placed in beautiful stands here old earth.
enware OF graceful outline and delicate form is
preferred to garnish modern Sevres porcelain.
Efectrotype plated silver is now so cheap and 30
handsome, almost everybody can afford to adorn
his table with it. Nothing is handsomer than sil-
YER, and when the silver contains, and is relieved
by flowers, it seems trebly improved.
It will be seen this arrangement OF the table re.
quires two'oastors. for while their introduction
does not infringe the canon alluded to, neverthe-
less the chief law Of dinner is comfort and conve
only by symmetry, the latter must be resorted to-
Castors are never seen on French tables. ought
to say we're never seen, for since the Universal
making it's appearance on tn. best Of tables here
We have manufactures Of them in every material.
RThe stationers have recently invented such
beautiful cards for bills OF fare almost every host
spreads before each guest the order Of the enter
tainment about to be given. These are laid by
this bill OF fare is used as the card TO designate
the seats occupant by writing his name on it.
Some homses place one bill Of fare between two
guests. This is rather stupid for the economy
is inconsiderable these cards cost one or two cents
each. .ru -. - -
The order Of serving the dinner continues the
"'to 90 oouP nls1 Nuopouy, not even ser
wants, eat dinner without coup; the poor, who
can afford nothing else, cat only soup; relieves
next; then entrees; followed by roast; which, in
turn, is succeeded by the side dishes and entre-
ments; then ices, preserved fruit or cake, and
lastly, fruit and cheese. The meats, poultry and
game are always cut up by a servant at o side.
table, II there are ten guests-in some houses
they are ell 30 carved, whatever may be the num-
per OF persons at table. Meats, poultry, and
game to be carved by o servant are never placed
on the able as 1t to assure the guest "Your host
ooes e cheat; he don't servo up to you the rem
nants Of another banquet"