The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21

riyes at his office feeling heavy, lacks
ambition and is not ready to do good
work until the effect OF too much and
too rich and TOO heavy food has worn
away.
Then, for luncheon, as no gentlemen
are at home there is usually a dish
made from something served at the din
ner before, but it is a good hot dish.
There may be potatoes or light salad,
cup of tea or cocoa, but, whatever
it is, luncheon is essentially a made over
meal though none the less daintily sery-
ed or appetizing because of that.
/ do not advocate having dinner ready
the very minute that the gentleman Of
the house appears. Instead, there is
wisdom in giving him a little time to
freshen himself, and if he is as wise
as his wife he Will change his costume,
for then he win feel absolutely another
man. With the business dress will go
many of the business cares, and in ad
dition, there is economy in keeping these
clothes specially for wear away from
home.
The woman who makes profession OF
talking about dinners invariably tells
you that you must start with soup.
Sometimes this is possible; not always.
Therefore, / would advise you, as you
have only one maid, that you start either
with fish or sav0ry. Your savory
is offered as an appetizer when roast
is 10 follow, and the eating of both a
rich fish and roast would be rather
too heavy. Therefore, tonight begin
yonr dinner with sayory, which in this
| instance takes the form of very thin
toast with anchoyy paste spread be-
tween it. These anchoyy sandwiches are
EMBODIED in white napkin and laid
on a plate in front Of the host, who
serves them on cold, small plates. After
they are eaten the maid enters, removes
the plates and brings in the roast with
its two vegetables-one, of course,
potato Following this are lettuce
hearts, served with cheese, since with a
roast a dressed salad is rather too rich
When this goes out, your sweet comes
in, 1t may be some dainty in the way
Of a preserve, but whatever it is, no
matter how simple, it must be perfectly
made, else it should not appear.
A pretty dish of fruit has been the
centerpiece, and those who desire some
of it take it in its turn. A tiny table
just by the hostess has the coffee ap-
paratus upon it, and while every one else
is chatting she make and serves it in the
tiny cups to which it seems so perfectly
adapted, and conyinces you, when you
taste it, that it is the ideal drink and
has reached perfection, inasmuch as it
is what Gothic demanded it should be-
black as hell and strong as love.
OF course your maid cannot attend
your table properly if you are continual
ly ringing for her to do some small SER
vice. Therefore your table must be laid
so that one or the other in your party
can assist the others. There is no nee
essity to demand ice, as that glitters
in its pretty tub and is put in the tum-
bier by some one at the side of the table
with the ice tongs. There is no neces-
sity to ring for water, as that, clear,
and filtered, is in it's carafe. And as
far as possible everything that can, with
neatness, be put upon the table is there
but the sauces peculiar TO each dish come
on with it and disappear with it. The
crumbs are carefully removed, and your
service is as good as that in households
where supercillious butler controls
four or eight men servants.
How to achieve good service and good
housekeeping? You must be systematic.
You must understand the value Of eoot
piece of meat, of each pound of fruit or
sweets, and of each loaf of bread that
goes into your larder. You must realize
the possibility of everything. Do you re-
member the story of the young wife.
who when she was asked what she
would order for dinner, said leg of NUT
on Monday. roast beef on Tuesday. a
pair of chickens on Wednesday, pork on
Thursday, salmon on Friday, ham on
Saturday night, and wild ducks ON SIM.
day night? The good housekeeper. when
she has her leg of mutton properly boil
ed and served with caper sauce, knows
just how long that leg of mutton win
last and how 1t will reappear. "ProperIy
boiled" 1t Is In such state that when
the knife is put into It the blood spurts
out: Perhaps 1t appears on Wednesday
night: II 1t does, It Is not seen on Thurs
day. but a roasted chicken, accompanied
by broiled bacon, appears.
BY the bye, how many Americana