The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-13

VINO has not read Thackeray's witty de-
scrlptions of these failures of dinners, poor
and pretentious, ordered in from the green
grocer's and uneatable, in London!
"lf they could have leg of mutton, an
apple pudding and glass of sherry, they
would do well, but they must shine, they
must Guido their neighbours"
And that is the first mistake people with
$4,000 year should not try to emulate
those who have $50, 600 year.
And Thackeray says again: but there
Is DO harm DONE not as regards the dinner
glyers, though the dinner eaters may have
to suffer. 1t only shows that the fermer
are Hospitality inclined and wish to do the
very best in their power. If they do badly,
how can they help it! They know no pet
terri
The first thing at which young house
keeper must aim is to live well; every day
her table cloth must be fresh, her glass and
silver clean, a few flowers must be on her
table to make it dainty, few dishes well
cooked, such table as will be healthy for
her children and acceptable 20 her sband
and then she has but to add "little mere''
and it is fit for any guest, and any guest
will be glad to join such a dinner party.
! But here l am met by the almost unan-
! swerable argument, that the simplest din
ner is the most difficult to produce. Who
knows how to cook beefsteak, to roast a
] IeS VI mutton 50 IudG us natural Juices are
retained, TO roast it so that 1.-THE blood shall
follow the knife,n to mash potatoes and
brown them, to make a perfect rice pud-
| ding, that cook is said deserve that cor
don blue, which Vatal, Ude and Bechamel
carved
The young housekeeper of to-day, with
| very modest means. has, however, now to
meet condition of prosperity which even
| twenty-five years ago was unknown. All
] Y of oil ~
profusion is now fashionable and, one may
say, expected.
But agreeable young people will be enter
tanned by the man who is worth $50, 900 a
day and they will wish to return the civil
ity. Herein lies the difficulties in the
"ART OF ENTERTAINING"
but let them remember there is one simple
dinner which covers the whole ground
which the poor gentleman may aspire &c
| give, and to which he might invite prince
| The essentials of a comfortable dinner are
but few. The beauty of a Grecian vase
without ornament is perfect. You may ado
cameo and intaglio, vine, acanthus leaf
sstyrs and fauns, handles of rams horns
and clrclets of gems to your vase if you
wish, and are rich enough, but unless the
outline is perfect, the splendor and the
arabesque but render the vase vulgar Sc
with the simple dinner, it is the Greciar
vase unadorneu.
And remember that rich people, stifed
with luxury at home, like to be asked tc
these dinners. A lady in England, very
much admired for her witty conversation
said she 'fntended to devote herself to the
amelioration of the condition of the upper
classes, as she thought them the most bored
and altogether the least attended to of any
people," and we have heard the rich man
in New York who complained that he was
not any longer asked to the little dime 81
There is too much worship and lear OF
money in our country. In England and on
the continent there is no shame in acknowl.
edging Il cannot afford it," l have been
asked to luncheon in England where q
cold joint of mutton, few potatoes and q
plate of peaches constituted the whole re-
past, and | have heard more delightful con
versation and have met more agreeable
people than at much more expensive feasts
VINO in America would dare to give such q
lunchs