The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
'-rhree dishes, we'll dressed and welcome
VIII withal,
Both pleaseth thy friend and bccomcth.
60. AA thy hallv
Rule of Invitation.


"A good rule In invitation is to never
I misrcpresent the character OF the enter
tainment to which you invite friend.
Some persons think 1t only proper mod
Z esty. to speak slightingly of any social
II efforts they are making or else they
think that to underrate their own dnngs
implies enviable familiarity with 'func-
,8tions" on a grander scale Consequently.
we have all suffered from being invited
VERY Informally" or Just among our
4 selves" and being entrapped under false
Ii pretences into a large affair. Alas We
no longer know whom to trust when In
vited to other peoples houses.
Suppose a friend asks us warmly TO
5I3Hcome ont and have luncheon with mo
on Tuesday at one" and Tuesday turns
Y out stormy. as of course 1t does. The
4 question arises whether to wear rainy
"a day clothes and come upon n festive
dozen sitting In gala attire around
Il nower-decked table or whether to expose
ones freshest frock to the hostile skies
merely for hash and tea and an old
friends conversation. In the one case
your old friend thinks that you do her
small credit; In the other, she exclaims
over your smartness and Is mortified be-
cause her simple hospitality has clearly
fallen below your expectations.
The kind OF invitation we all like to
1 other peoples houses is one that is
timely, exact in its terms, definite as to
ways and means, and, above all, cordial
%yAnd, OF course. as secondary virtue,
: the ideal request hospitable must leave
a loophole for escape. 1t must not push
cordially to the sticking point. Every
ono hates to get stuck, You remember
the enchanted hall to which came the ad-
venturous knight Qfs,old, how on the
walls was writtep. BE bold; be bold;
Il be bold; "be bold. but on the fourth
azwall, a"Be not too bold" So, on the wall
aff Of other peoples houses that we love 20
4 tvistt Is written BE pressing; be press
ing; be not too pressing"
Announced Engagement.
"a bride Of last year announced her
management at n Thanksgiving Day
luncheon in a manner pleasant, rs well
II ns unique She was one of the great
army of bachelor maids living In apart
51nents, and her engagement party was
{3designed with n view to giving her
friends joyous Thanksgiving Day party.
las well as to announce to them the fact
that she was soon to leave the ranks Of
| the unmarried.
I& She invited Eleven girls. all Of jhem
iboarding or rooming IN New York City,
iarttsts, writer's, and the kind, who would
totherwise have TO cat a lonely dinner
at q nearby restaurant With the assist
ance of an apt little maid. she prepared
turkey, cranberries potato custards and
lplum pudding, Flor table was one Of the
Iprsttiest Of the season, and Is repro
4 duced herewith.
The place cards were decorated with
the entwined initials Of tho bride and
groom elect ga gold lettering, Hhe table
Twas decorated with crepe paper in yellow
and green. natesd nf the regulation or
table cloth The ccl'iysi decoration was
formed by dozens Of tiny yellow crepe
paper pumpkins, the lower twelve con-
talnlng the ail-impagtant announcement,
The Thauisgiying dinner is ;Elways
looked forward 10 by the children Us one
ii OF the big feasts 1T lilo war, and II Is
the wise mother who can prepare a menu
81 that will be satisfactory ANA at thc same
stime have no bad after Effects rho
turkey. mince and rn'H1o pies, the tarts.
II the dainty desserts, aud the swcetneals
ARE an essential part without which the
feast would be noomrctc, Haze the
menu as simple as you can, everything
well cooked, and homemade 30 far as
y possible.
Anniversaries.
The first anniversary after marriage Il
81 the cotton wedding The second, tn
apaper wedding: the fourth ls observed al
81 the leather wedding: the NTH. as IN
wooden wedding; The seventh is Oh
q wooden, the tenth the tin the tweltt
X the linen the fifteenth the crystal ~
twentieth The china. the iwenty-if th
silver and the nfeth the golden wed
ding.
Corn-Husking Bee.
42 There Is no prettier form OF chtetlhlt
4 Ing In the country AZ his season Of "
y year than corn-husking bee The eai
OF corn are stripped from ihe stalks an
piled upon tie barn floor, the barn be'l
gayly decorated and lighted with aptuH
Il vines and colored lanterns, the con
d pany take separate piles OF corn, ana u
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