The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-09
The Splendid Resources Of thu
Caterers Art Which Wealth
Can Command.
Louis sherry Tolls OF Mntertain-
ments That Cost q Very
Pretty Sum.
How Q lfansion Was Hired for twenty.
Four Hours and Furnished fora
wedding Reception.

X67AOU JAN HAVE AN LIE
m world that you want, II you ere will
" Ing TO pay for IT,"
That II the ruls that governs nearly every
fashionable catering establishment. You
can ordsr Z dinner for one, or . dinner fol
: hundred. You can have sake and ices, o,
you Gan have tsrrapin and canvssbaoks.
You can have ! fall brass band. or : string
orchestra, Or only ! harpist. You can havs
soms one 20 play the castansts or you sau
have Emma Eamss OF Paderewski. You
nan have anything and everything YOU
want-if yol are willing to pay for II.
With this grand choice in the selection OF
ontsrtainmsnts il 10 no wonder that the
fashionable woman hssitatss whom she
attempts to decide how she will entertain
her guests. And So II happens shat In nial
cases out Of ten the caterer ID told to plan
the establishment, provide the music, look
sitter the floral decorations and even inforn
the hostess about the number Of guests
that can be nicely accommodated at the
entertainment which has been planned.
The caterer thus has full sway, and full
responsibility, also. II all things % right
no 10 landed to the skiss and his bill 10 gen
orally pronounced far too small. II things
go wrong, or II there ia hitch anywhere,
shs caterer 10 blamed His bill Ii grudg
ingly paid aud patronage 10 withdrawn.
guests neither worrv 4 the length Il = din.
nsr nor chafs because the entertainment il
tho same ~ was provided elsewhere. For
the tins being he must be all things to oil
people. And wos TO him n to his bust
ness II a. much 40 one newsr b withsrsd
Oh Z strain OF musis strike into disoord.
To accord with the peculiar tastes OF the
usason thu fashionable caterer has ont
down the fashionable dinner until il 10 only
nine coursss long. II lasts only an hour
and . Aadf. Many dinners BY special
request are oaly ssyen courses long and Just
IN hour is occupied in serving them The
correct hour for dinner ID eight O'Clock
neither earlier nor later. Following the
custom Of some English houses . few New
York hostsssss have made the ceremony
of entering the dining roomitgS q
very simple enc. instead 81 being stately
leads the way, followed by the ladies OF che
party. Then some the gentlemen. followed
by the host, who comes last. The hostess
herself indicates the places at tho table, and
all 10 done in . delightfully."- simple and uA-
assuminR way.
Very large dinners are a. much liked this
season 40 they vera disliked halt a dozen
seasons ago. II 10 mot unusual now TO
serve a dinner for sixty or seventy psopls
and TO remove the tables aftsrward 20 there
can be dancing. These dinnor dances are
series Of four Of them at tho homes Of
some Of the most elegantly fashionable
women in New York.
The cost Of such . dinner varies greatly.
For AZ low as $40 or $l2 q cover a very nc :
ceptable dinner. with wine and pretty deco
dinners of which ] speak cost SIS = cover.
This sum included music. flowers. favors
and decorations OF all kinds.
Usually the queStioR ia not How much
will it costY' but How nice can you make
itr' I must constantly devise something
which shall be entirely new and pretty
enough to exotic even the blase admiration
of those who dine and wine on The costlisst
snd handsoness tables in the world.
Color dinners are vs,y ropular. The
flowers which are used in the decoration of
the table must correspond to the solor which
10 chosen - th: prevailing hue of tho din
ner. and thus the satersr is obliged to con-
form in color to the flowers of the season.
At this time Of the year violet dlnnors,
mauve dinners, ysllew dinners, Pink din
ners and red dinners are all popular. Per-
haps more popular than other Of them is
the green dinner, because nj this season the
green OF the holly and the mistletoe gives
Al especially beautiful efeot to the dining
dining table. az
At these color dinners everything il made
TO correspond. The fayors match the
flowers. The dishes match the favors. The
napery. 10 far 40 practicable, matches the
dishes, and all usite to make one har-
monious whole.
II . pink dinner 10 called for This time of
the year. pink rossa are chosen to decorate
the table. II violet or mauye dinners are
wanted violets are used. For yellow din
ners, yellow chr saathemums and yellow
roses are selected, aud for red dinners rcd
rnnaQ and the rad haPPino 0f thA hn11v sd
bi~tterswsst are obtained.
Cbildren's parties are very elegant little
affairs. They are from 4 to Z In the after
noon. and are in every way conducted like
the parties OF grown up people. For the
supper, however, very simple things are
cakes. coaxsd into p%rsttinsss with oolorsd
icing. ice creams and plenty Of bonbons
comprise the entire menu.
1t often happens that people who desire
to give an entet tainnsnt at home are nm.
70 do 10 for lack Of prol OF space. And
1t 10 reached where the real art
comes in. by some means
he must make it possible
lhostsss to give just such
. she desires without
~ in any way going
n1;ng publicity.
,roaRhs 10 me
10 was keeping
partmsAt houss
20 company Of
oeption Of her
tr. lied the fol-
re than thirty
tmsnt was pre-
or was scarcely
fsception room.
vision in blue
lat walters and
With each other
d after locking
saw that other
provided for the
was greatly op- /
In . publis hall. |
! TO me aRd III
like TO have the
ptnansisn which
yea for this es-
completely. and
that Il will seem
csptien just % II
lmmsnsely. and II
apon my pHepara-
'uld hire tho man
ftsr consulting up
dealers I learned
Fand sulsst Of the
on, tnmenss though
btsly furnished.
ksd ! mast confess l
. over ths entertain
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