Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-14
Your Luncheon Table.

Whatever4 your stand on the mootec
Iauestion as to whether or not an all
Towering damask table, cloth were no.
better. for all times and all occasions
yeu must admit now that there iside'
ieided advantage In any scheme. thai
makes 1t possible for you to lengther
the life OF your fine, heavy linen table
cloths. For linen is still high and there
Is reason to question whether ever In
our generation there will be an oppor-
tunity for iis to secure the fine snowy
white table linen that we did In ante
bellum days. So IL you 'have fine table
cloths you would. like to save them.
At least. you want enough so that
Your dinner table can, be set forth In
this conventional manner.
IL you use lunchaPn doilies there is
the suggestion OF size. Some Of them
seem absurdly small, while Others are
large enough SO that they can be used
without fumbler or bread plate, doilies
or both. Needless to say the tumbler
dolly fol the bread and; butter plate
should 20 to the left, above the forks.
YoM should invest in some thin as
bessos Aana cut iout disks OF this ! to
place under the doilies on which you
wish to- stand hot dishes. SOM etihnes
It Is even expedient-to have dishes Tor
each plate, SO that The plates. IL warm
win no.ymar the surface Of the table!
Often it seems difficult to make use Of
a luncheon cloth: which when placed
diagonally on square or oblong table
Is adequate If you are going to set
the table for but FOUR as each corner
provides a cover Tor one. What then
II you have others? N
This can be arranged by having place
doilies laid for, the additional places.
II you wish, to have t*o places alta
Side the point Of the lunch cloth at
the two sides may be used for. a place.
if you wish to serve three on side,
then the point Of the 'iuhsh cloth may
be used for one place. and the doiiles
placed at either side win answer Tor
the other. These additional dQilies
need not match, but it is we'll to have
them of the same sort of work. That
is IL sthe lunch cloth Is madeira they
should be madeira Or about the same
quality. preferably with the same sort
Of border. If of lace they should be
Of the same sort OF lace. Often 1t Is
worth while to have four additional
doilies made for "a large lunch cloth
that, otherwise, can be used only when
YOU have the table set Tor four.
S' tS2 1El 49,"
Z Subdividins the Living Rooms.
or latct years we've all fallen Slaves
to the charm of the very big living
roonsAandtin one instance at least a
family found that, in getting plenty
of space 1t had lost an even more val
liable thing-its privacy After a week
OF living in their new home the family
held a 'conclave. prompted by utter
desperation ..l;5J Z y !. .r s..
q Il can't stand living IN everybody's
lap another minute 'rS walled the
daughter Of the house. ''But I won't
spend my, time in my bedroom. What'ii
we do?",, And right there was born in
that house the cult of the screen, which
was successfully followed by some OF
their friends who lived in smaller
apartments.
Two three-fold screens. with cane
frames. and covered with greenish
gray Grass cloth to match the
living room wallis were arranged at
one end OF the room. screening off tho
built.in seats and table which consti-
t,,ted the dining room. At the other
end OF the long room an. eight fold
screen with black lacquer frame COW
cred with black cloth embroidered in