Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
The Successful Din-
ner Giiver.

'I select my gown to please the men: the table decorations likewise: and the service is of the best and the swiftsst that this town affords. No lettering be- tween courses. very few flowers and no ribbons on the table: and in place of an Iced dessert that is bound to chill the stomach and bring Indigestion in its train. there is usually something that can bs gotten through with quickly. Then. if they want to finger. there are the cheese and fruits and the coffee. which make excuse enough. That's the whole secret of being . successful dinner-givsr. if you want to know!'
 This is the recipe of one of the most successful of Southern hostesses. vsm. an whose dinner invitation is an tonor that is never by any chance declined Ths trouble with most women who aspks ts too many courses, too many little eoth- ings, too fussy table. and too slov serv- Ice to please their men guestA Whers the unattached man-and he ls aivays . welcome guest at the dinner tables If his friends-is concerned. the gown # the hostess, the substantislity of the dhhes- not too sggressively substantiaL bs it us- derstood and the satisfactioa of hs ap- petite are what make for . successful dinner; while feast of reason and low of soui can never bs considered an ade- quate equivalent for untasted dishes. poor service and . badly selected menu.
 Not that all the delicacies of the sea. son are to be passed by. Not at alii But . man likes his oysten we'll chilled and abundantly sessoned: . clear soup sevsd piping hot-and never make the mistake of Inviting . man to take either brad or crackers with his soup; either is h psoe form-some nsh that comes to tasis we'll done with . piQuante sauce: thss either roast or game; . good salad; d. sert of simple character; cheese. fruks and cofYee.
 In England. that land of dinper-giv. ing, bread and butter are never served ss dinner. Into each serviette there C tucked . tiny, hard.baked roll. this is.' tended to do duty when broken as | -push-plece" in connection with osh e salad, for which courses British etiquette provides no knives.
 It is told of . prominent American woman, who has won her way well into the best of English society. that on the occasion of her nrst important dinner she and her guesu were seated at table sre che discovered that the butterplatss b. longing to her gold table service were not on duty. h ouite audible tones shs ad- monlshed the butler % to thsir need at table. The man pretended not te hear. and the hostess raised her voice . trine. The butler be had seen service with roy- aIty-merely informed his mistress in weii-trained whisper that ''lt C not good form to serve butter at dinner; no iady should need to be informed of thatr" The story was too good to ksrp. and next day fl went the rounds of London that Mra sosnd So, the wealthy American, neafiy had . nt last night when the butterplates were missing from the dinnef table
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