The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17

There are several brandneW ways OF
serving suppers at home after small
dances. card or theater parties. and
these novelties are all the outcome OF
practical application of chafing-dish
science, says an exchange.
When the hour for refreShment ar
rives and the dining-room doors are
thrown open. in place of the doubtfully
inviting cold collation. on the long side
board. or at one end of the stately din
ing table. the steam and glow from
coupe or trio of big chatting dishes
greet the hungry guests.
Over the great silver heaters, with
their double-powe alcohol lamps, in
the very smart houses, the family chef.
or a caterers man, engaged for the
occasion. presides. From top to toe he
is arrayed like a lily, and he probably
speaks very broken English.
If a couple of double chatting dishes,
which supply in all four cooking basins.
are used, two men can rapidly feed al
most any number of persons, and de-
lightful informality reignS. All about
the cooks are bowls heaped with raw
materials for conversion into dainty
meSses. Every utensil used in prepar-
ing the supper is silver, and every
guest. selecting what plates. knives,
spoons. etc. he or she desires from
piles on a side table, goes personally
lot EttDlUSS lTOll lnS ctlGHIlS ulSueS.
L The discreet caterer VINO has an eye
to artistic effects as we'll as con-
5Nenierce, establishes in the four corn
ers Of the room or across one end a
tSroup of giant double bowl chatting
dishes. These glittering furnaces are
presided over by chefs in white. who
respectively prepare oysters, Holsters,
'curried fowls and terrapln, by the
steaming quart or half gallon Plates,
forks ha9nad
table at the head of which urns of
bouillOn. coffee and chocolate keep hot
over alcohol lamps, and the butler or
capable hired head waiter maintains
perfect order
a wise arrangement is the dishing
UP of all hot semi-liquid preparations,
as terrapin and lobster a la Newburg
in small silver bowls, Tor by doing
away with as much china as possible
the food is kept very much better and
breakage is avoided. The hot drinks,
too. are offered in silver cups, and
most charming painted Russian plat
ters answer as plates for salad, GRO
quettes. etc.
BY this clever device no china-loving
hostess is obliged to subject her own
treasured porcelain to peril. The cater
er supplies all these new dishes, and
no aftermath, as a bill for breakage,
chills hospitable pleasure over a sue
cessful entertainment.
The largest social event of the week will
be the marriage of Miss Mary Belle Clark,
eldest daughter of Mathew Clark, to Francis
!. Towle. The marriage takes place in the
cathedral. and following there will be a we'd
ding supper at the brides home on Summit
avenue.
The Household Economic association stands
Sponsor for entertainment to be given
with fashionable patronage tomorrow evening
in the Lyceum theater, Minneapolis. Society
has been liberal in the purchase of tickets,
and the boxes and loges are nearly all en-
gagged. The Artists league will display
set Of pictures following an attractive cur
tain-raiSer. and an artistically set play will
be presented by popular local artists.
One of the events announced for the week
Ehich viii arouse interest among all the
older residents of st. Anthony hill and many
pf the younger ones is the lecture to be given
Tuesday evening at s o'clock by Miss L. A.
Gill. in Christ Church Guild hall. Miss
Gill is the founder of ST. GATHERINGS school
of this city, and is at present principal of
Kemper hall, Kenosha. She speaks French
architecture of the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries. with very beautiful illustrations.