The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-28

lpose young woman wanted to have u
dozen or more friends in to tea Just as she
would in her own house
OF course she won't want a private room.
Private rooms are now at a discount for
all kinds of elmer parties except tho, e n
which the guests want to stay very rate
and enjoy themselves afterward with music
or some other form of enliven11ent imposi-
BILE in 2 b l.. But for lunch o ; and dinners
the private room is out Of style.
well, take that afternoon tea for, say.
fifteen, men and women, or merely women.
In corner Of the room | arrange table
AT which five or six persons may sit If they
want to. Then another table is put near
that one and chairs enough for all are pro-
viled.
"rhen 7 may move the palms abou, a
bit in order To m X the corner little more
secluded, The large table is of cour So
supplied with the tea and whatever the
young woman may want In the way OF
cakes and such delicacies.
There will, OF course, be pretty china and
silver on the tables and flowers If the hostess
wants them. Then there is a waiter to
look after the comfort OF her guests,
Scarcely an afternoon passes that we
do not have s'veral teas of this kind
Luckily the room has plenty of corners
and enough parties can he accommodated
to keep our patrons from having 10 go
elsewhere. All our patrons say that they
know their g tests have a much better time
here than when they are invited to their
houses.
The luncheors that we arrange here
for ladies are different in only one particu-
lar from those given In private houses
The number Of guests that lady invites
TO luncheon here is never more than
fourteen,
More often there are even fewer. Ten
Is the usual number. II II is possible
spread table for party of this kind in
a corner
The silver and china are Of course beau
tiful. The flowers are entirely a matter
of the hostess's choice. She can order
them from me or have them sent in by her
own florist. OF course. the number Of the
flowers used and the manner of the decora-
tions are things that rest entirely with her
and depend upon the amount she desires
For dinners We make the same arrange
ments: and but for the number of guests
the dinners given here are the same that
one would find in private house.
1T is, OF course, quite possible that the
linen, silver and china are not so fine as
some millionaires may possess; but they
are fine enough to serve for any ordinary
dinners
For dinner Of this kind we see to it that
the service is not too fast but moves slowly
as it would in ones own house Dinners
of this kind begin usually at 8 O'Clock.
although | have known them to be later.
-Four or five years ago the place chosen
for such a dinner was always a private
room; but now it is always given in the
large rooms. That seems to be half the
pleasure OF dining In restaurant to be
with the rest Of the people, even though it
is a private dinner.
Dances, Of course. we have arranged
for years. The functions that are rarest
here ar. the weddings. Usually we have
them only when the guests are strangers
in New York
And the mana ger might have added that
fond as New York now is of ha wing good
tim, in public. it still prefers to have the
domestic element In its weddings; so they
are celebrated in church or ut home.