Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-17

able Eitment.
A correspondent asks for information
concerning the proper fitting Of q 8
O'Clock tea t1bie
Beginning with the table itself, Il
may be q small oval, circular or hexagon
shape AIRY one Of these Is preferable 20
n square ono Tables nro shown IN shops
that are provided with small leaves, or
arms, a few inches vide, to open ont "a
all directions. Such arc not especially
commended. Their effect Is not as COOL
as pieces of furniture, and thoy perform
their Office On rather an uncertain man
nor. Even four or Eve persons surround
ing such q table ondanger its freight, u
slight jostlo being sufficient to overturn
a cup or plate on one Of its frailly sup
ported arms
IL the surface OF The table is highly
polished. and it Is preferred not to cover
II entirely, a handsome square or round
centorpieco dolly, which is only a din
ner centerpioce, IL used, or n toacloth q
yard square may prettily and wholly
veil e. The Dresden designs are not 70
much in vogue as they wero Our I'M
happy fashion Of doing everything 20
death, whether it be Dresden, Trilby on
empire effects, has worked its inevita-
BILE reaction, and the powdering Of linen
with gay little blossoms 10 not much
countenanoed. Anything that Is we'll
done, however, remains beautiful, and
those who have fne pieces Of such nee
dlework should let them see the light
frequently. In planning a now cloth
some later design may be employed.
For the actual impedimenta OF the Ia
BILE there n required a tea Daddy, a hot
water kettle, q coy, n wafer or cracker
dish, two or three pretty cups and sau-
GERS, cream jug and sugar bowl
A hagon for alcohol is sometimes
enumerated, but this and spoon basket
are like the tables with leayes-elabo-
rating n function whose simplicity is its
warrant, Tho alcohol should be put in
the lamp out Of the room. IL is often
attended with a little splitting. and II
Is much better to have the lamp ready
for lighting beforehand. The tea caddy
ought TO be Of silver; on q handsome
table Il is. Il should have a measuring
cover, this little distinction being one
that those Sin the know" insist upon.
To measure the tea with a spoon Is moi
considered quite so correct and 80 red
client Of the old time flavor as to use
the cup Of the caddy, zone I'll tC
q brew" A glass mat may be provided
TO set the hot teapot upon, and thu
spoons arc laid loose upon the table
These, by the way, as we'll as the cups
should DO usable ones. In the days o
souvenir spoons the rage for variety be
} got some curious ~Gravesties Of these use
, full table implements. Ono felt gratefu
II one was not offered a perforated bowl
so twisted and grotesque and abnorma
were the changes rung upon tea an
coffee spoons. Cups should hold NOR
than an actual thimbleful, though the.
need not hold a pint, and should bea
some relation to the laws Of gravitatiol
In their poiso upon the saucer. The
should have o smooth rim. A flute
{ edge Is O most uncomfortable finish 70
a drinking vessel. The wafer baske
may be silver, china or cut glass, wit
: again q preference for silver. A tiny OF
D uamental vase or dish may hold matches
1t seems almost needless to add th
a oaution that a parlor tea table shout
ba kept in q state Of irreproachabl
cleanliness, but the experience, once {
8 twice encountered, Of having q scum {
a dust rise on tea offered during a call o
o another than the hostess regular day O
Q home aroused the suspicion that som
o parlor tea tables are kept-like some pal
n lor Observation-Disclosures only ON compan
dayR-New York Times.