Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-06

| which is SO pure it is said to bear lander
ing without furnishing. The cord in this
place is used to form an arabesque border
about five inches in width. Other cen
ter-tables are embroidered in old India
blue, in pure white, in ecru, or in gold
silk, and for dinners in 90 colors the
center piece is embroidered in the color
chosen-usually yellow or rose color.
Napkins to match should be of gener-
Gus size, never less than three-quarters
square. Embroidery is used to add to
their beauty; the lettering, like the
table cloth, is in long letters placed mid
way between the center and the extreme
point of the corner.
While fashion dictates, it does not
dominate in the matter of silver, and
though the new rich win buy low shapes
if you have good article of genuine sill
yer set it on your table in the full assur-
ance that grandmother s teapot will ex-
cite more envy than the latest piece from
Tiffany. Remember this is a new coun-
try and handsome piece of silver with
three generations behind it is by no
means common, and the ownership is Il
matter of legitimate pride. Besides
proving that these kind of things are no
novelty to you, their use evinces to 9th
ers a certain superiority in yourself that
enables you to set at naught the petty
things of your less fortunate neighbors
and this principle extends to other arti-
Giles that have in themselves an intrinsic
value. This is scarcely necessary to
write as the last few years have devel-
oped craze for spinning wheels, high
clocks and all the discarded furniture of
a century ago.
In issuing cards for dinner they are
usually on rough paper in long slender
shape, and there is no radical change in
form Whenever a hostess launches out
into a colored dinner the stationery used
is always the color of the dinner.
The fashion of breakfast parties is
steadily growing in favor This form of
hospitality is SIMPLER and usually more
genuine, as at breakfast friends con-
gregate rather than guests of ceremony
Perhaps this part of the country is A little
too near primitiveness as yet for gentle
men TO attend Il breakfast between the
hours Of and u a. m. still there are
times even here when it would be more
convenient than any other
form of entertainment. The table,
if possible, should be round and
covered with heavy felt or cotton flannel
in order to prevent any unnecessary
noise, and also to add to the appearance
of the upper cloth. While it is permissi-
BILE to use colored napery most ladies will
prefer the pure white damask fashion de-
crees that the white cloth must be ironed
with only one fold, and this fold must be
exactly in the middle The slightest de-
Walton from this exactness will make the
table look crooked. It is not considered in
correct taste to place fruit on the center of
the breakfast table It's place is at one
corner OF on the sideboard. White GRO
cheted mats, which were discarded some
time ago, have been restored to favor and
are vseful addition to the breakfast ia
BILE.
A word more by way of admonition to
invited guests, which may seem snperfiu-
Gus, but hosts viii be apt to appreciate.
When any one receives an invitation to
breakfast or dinner, their immediate
duty is to answer it, whether it is ac-
cepted or declined In case it is accepted,
the next duty is to be punetual at the
hour mentioned; and the third is to feel,
when there, that you are to do your full
share in relieving the hosts from any
anxiety as to the enjoyment of their
guests.
RECIPES.
Apple Pies-The best way to season
apple pies is TO put sugar, -four and the