The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-01
FAsHIoNARLE DINNERS
Their Effect Upon the Health OF Those
Who Partske of Them.

asked TO do, would be to arrogate 70 myself
superior wisdom snd better taste than many
Of my friends and neighbors possess. But
q two or three hours course dinner was
always to me an insupportable and unneces-
Sary bore. | have never had any use for
these occasions and never shall have. That
this lack of appreciation Of what il gen.
orally considered the very climax of
hospitality and good cheer may be due to a
vital lack in myself, / am quite willing to
concede. | like q dainty luncheon where
ladies are permitted TO wear suitable cos
tunes out do not like to feel compelled
to remove a flannel under garment for the
purpose of exhibiting my neck and arms
| see no reason for thus endangering my
health, or sacrificing my modesty, or my
prejudice against this decollete style
whichever my friends choose to call it.
But the objector may say, Zone is not
obliged TO bare ones neck and arms This
is true. One could go in a stuff dress, aud
wear tourists ruffling in the neck and
sleeve, and still be allowed to sit at the
table, but when one is invited to ''swelln
dinner-what an appropriate term-one is
expected to wear a costume which conforms
to the prevailing style. It is almost as
unpleasant to depart from the etiquette Of
such occasions as it is to shiver and flush in
| a low body and no sleeves to speak Of
| honor the woman, however, who can at
| tend a dinner party in a modest and health
full gown. The examples of such must be Of
the greatest value, and am equally
ashamed OF the women VINO wear gowns
immodestly low in the neck. and who are so
ignorant Of the laws Of health as to thus
recklessly expose themselves to draughts
and varying temperatures.
There is still another side to this dinner
party subject. While the process Of eating
| is going on, one can only talk to ones inn
mediate neighbors. There can be no gem
eral conversation, and, unless one has en-
| tertaining companions, there is nothing left
| but to listen to the buzz of voices, and the
popping of champagne corks, and to see that
| some sort of justice is done to the viands
One very fashionable course at present is
| the spaghetti course. This delicacy is not
broken up in the cooking, and one is ex-
| pected to hold the fork in a
perpendicular position, and after
winding it round and round this
| instrument to carry it to the mouth without
dropping or trailing il. am sorry to say
| it is considered proof Of familiarity with
| good society-not to say the four hundred
to crowd this mass into the mouth in the
manner described. To cut ones speghet ii
| and take it up in convenient and delcat
mouthfuls is to show ones self a very coars
and common person. l am always very
coarse and common on these occasions, and
very Questionable, for my collar boues
and shoulders feel more comfortable
see goose flesh on any ones arms, particu-
larly my own. At the last dinner party
attended, lady, who was so supremely
decoilete as to be disgustinglY naked, had
o severe chill which was only mitigated by
frequent sips Of cognac. She died a week
later of pneumonia, developed from the
cold caught at this dinner party. 80, |
| l. 4 l.. - n
me after the brandy began to take effect.
"Send your waiter for q shawl sug-
gested.
20. dear, no." she replied with an ex-
| preston Of anxiety impossible to describe,
shat would never do"
These are some Of the reasons why I do
| not like the ultra-fashionable dinner party.
There are others just as vital, but space
forbids me to pursue the subject.
My readers, aud especially those who
have asked me for the "St. Denis roll''
recipe, would laugh heartily if / could tell
them my persistent and heroic attempts to
| capture It, aud my various and ignominious
| failures. suppose if / had asked TO see
the cook who made these rolls, In
other words, IL had gone %
the work in q straightforward way
| should have succeeded But / didn't ]
attacked it diplomatically-th is politi-
went for Hill. limited, and praised and
sounded the depths of knowledge possessed
| by assistants, in short made such an utter
goose of myself that l had not the face to
do what I should have done in the first
place. But the experience has provoked
many a hearty peal Of laughter, and given
birth to some jokes which without it would
have been impossible. A young Brooklyn
| housekeeper who was determined to get this
| or in ba att inv fal N
few friends to luncheon the other day. l
must confess that l felt a little prick
of Jealousy as my eyes rested upon the st.
Denis rolls. They were perfect in appear
| ance and when asked "how on earth" and
all that sort Of thing she responded that she
mad Just initiated and had not been able to
get even an official whisper regarding the
delicacies. Those much sought after rolls
are said to be thoroughly HYGIENE, and
they look like four very light and brown
little biscuits put together. 81 took" said
my hostess, lone quart of sifted -four, a
little salt, great spoonful of pow dered
! sugar, a scant half cup of sweet butter and
enough warm milk to make a soft
dough. Into this milk l dissolved one
| half of a Fleischmaun's compressed yeast
cake, and when thoroughly mixed placed
| the pan containing the dough in my bread
raiser. In two hours and half it was as
| light as a feather. Then l Toured the
| molding board and cut off enough dough to
make four little biscuts-a la st. Denis.
cut each separately and then Joined them
till had square of four and SO on until
had used up my dough. Then put the bis
cults into my bread-raiser for half an hour,
and afterward baked them half an hour in
| quick oven"
Those rolls were just as satisfactory as
the ones had worked SO hard to get and
reSembled them in appearance as we'll
The breadraiser spoken of by my friend
| is wonderful invention. Let the daV be
cold or hot, wet or dry, the hread always
raises perfectly and in Just such length Of
time. 1t is great saving Of work and
worry.
what Of the dress goods for spring and
summerw l am asked. We have bad no
openings yet, but spring bonnets are already
seen on the streets There is a new material
for gowns called the Armadale zsphyrs.
These goods are very dainty and lend them
selves beautifully to tea-gown effects. Some
of these designs are suitable for street wear.
The Zephyrs will wash perfectly and bid
fair TO be the most sought after among thin
goods. They are as cheap as they are
artistic. ELEANOR KIRK.
TEROwING AWAY MONEY.
A Shop Girls Protest Against q Wo-
mans Great Extravaganza.
From the NelC York Times.
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