The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-11-07
Hints to the Hostess.

hihtS TO the Hostess
why do some people hesitate about
eueer tanning just because they cannot
90 II as deliberately as their friends
OF helSnDOrSI The sensible woman
VINO mas accepted dinner Invitations,
OUT VINO, perhaps, cannot manage TO
SNe y slf@Aar dinner, can do her en-
PERTAINING with little Sunday night
suppers. a hostess and guests enjoy
il thoroughly.
In many homes the Sunday night
supper Is the company event OF the
week me hosts and guests enjoy il
1hOrouShly' as the preparations have
not Deen intricate or tireSOme and the
hostess is not in a worried and ner-
VOus frame Of mind. For a Sunday
supper the table can be just as at
tracuVe anu the menu just as tempt
ing as Tor course dinner
Eight o'clock is a popular hour 20
serve 1t The maid usually arranges
the table before going out. though
frequently the hostess sees to il her
self. Pretty monOgrammed lunch
clothS ana napkins or flet lace run
nerS with matching dOylies are the
thing for informal suppers. Glass
coasters can be used as a protection
for the polished table. In place of
flowers may be used as a centerpiece.
a large bowl OF nuts or a silver trev
with pretty arrangement OF fruits.
which often are the only dessert
served.
There are numerous good menus TO
choose from for a Sunday supper.
Every Sunday night in one home cold
roast duck, apple sauce. grapefruit
salad. cheese and nut bread sand
Wiches and chocolate constitute the
repaSt. Another hostess makes a spe-
cialty Of her potato salad. With the
cubes Of potato and a generous SUP
ply Of oil dressing she uses a can Of
French peas, chopped nut meats
grated boiled eggs. and a garnish of
pimentO and lettuce. With this she
has cold tongue and tomato sauce,
or a whole small ham. with an In
dian relish, buttered slices of brown
and white bread and ale or coffee
The main point is TO have the sup
per we'll prepared and prettily served
Fashions Borrowed From the Past.
There is nothing new under the sun.
and the same influence Is felt with
regard to dress. In past decades there
were times of simplicity and of luxu-
rioUs dressing; there were periods Of
skinny skirts and periods of volumi-
nous draperies; but what strikes one
most about the dress Of our ancestors
is that il somehow fitted their times.
In this we may learn a lesson, for we
are rather inclined to take haphazard
what our dressmakers choose to re-
vive. without the setting of the stage
to make 1t appropriate. This is were
we err.
We live in an age Of rapid progress.
and the hands Of the clock cannot be
put back. The leisured. sheltered lives
Of our ancestors allowed them oppor-
tunities of picturesque dressing which
is not permissible TO women who are
compelled TO catch an early train, to
drive an automobile in n crowded
thOroughfare, TO mount a motor omni-
bus or to fly in an aerOplane. New
customs necessitate new modes, and
so for ali workaday occasions woman's
uress differs little today from the
masculine garb in it's plainness OF
fabric and simplicity OF style.
To the few who are privileged be-
ings, and can afford the luXury- of a
gilded coach, which in this era takes
the form Of a luxuriously equipped
automobile, the possibilities OF friv-
olous frocks and frills are many
Hence the re-birth Of the pannier mode
and the reason of its failure 70 be-
come a general mode is its impracti-
cability for the modern world. Take
the Empire period in France. when
powder and patches and pointed bod
ices were in full sway, and see how
perfectly the ladies OF the courts OF
the Louis fitted into the picture with
their high heels and tinv uaSn wa istS