Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-24
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
by Laura L. Kirkman.
SERVING THE CHRISTMAS
DINNER YOURSELF

In countless homes tomorrow, hotixe-
keeper hoe trser viii be serving their own
Christmas dinners, without the help OF a
maid.
"How can | serve it with the least f'iss
and commotion7" these women are now
asking themselves, as they lay their last
minute plans "Am sure TINT my arrange.
ments represent the minimum of pfysical
motIon1
OF oourse. in meas,re, each housekeep-
er-hostess must be her own eihciency
expert in planning the serving OF her meal
with n vicw to labor saving, step saving
and tirne-saving; for her particular menu
will determine this. But assuming that
the nenu consists Of only n soup course,
fowl or meat and two vegetables, salad
course, dessert course and coffee fand the
hontr.s who must serve her meal herEeh,
would do we'll to conine herself To n
simple dinner, with az few courses as shir),
she can best serve 1T in the following man
ner.
Have the soup already on the table IN
filled plates before announcing that dmner
is ready Around the flower or Tern centre
pitco viii be small fancy dishes containing
croutons, cranberry sauce, olive, celery,
nuts and raisins Nearby, on the serving
table. will bc filled individual salnd plates.
On the sitleboard will stand the cotiee
urn (this should stand on tray large
enough to hold the cufs, sugar bowl,
cream pitcher end extra spoons. nc
other half Of the sideboard top should bc
left bare, to receive dishes from the table
which may be deposited there for mo
mcnt The menu will be-:
Cream of Mushroom Soup,
Celery Stuffed Olives
Roast Turkey, Oyster Stufling
Potato Cake Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Cranberry Sauee
Lettuce, Chiifonadc Dressing
Plum Pudding
Coffee Nuts and RaiaIns
Assuming thai guests and family mum
her five or six. the holsekecpcr will need
ia tise trav IN removing the empty dishes
and IN bringing some of the courses. For
etvle must he sacrificed 10 the guests
comfort II ia better hospitality to do
things a. expcditiolisly NJ p1ssible 40 that
the guests need not be made coiiecous
that their hoetcss IL going 70 great
amount o{ trouble, than tn do them with
more style but also more bother
he wrse hotscsifc will take nut as
many empty soup plate-. alter the SOUP
course n viii ra an the trap without
stacking, and Nil bring back the roast
turkey She will then remove the re-
malndcr of the soup plates and bring
back with her he two vegetables
When the dinner plates are empty.
tho hostess will fise and exchange two
~ The guests empty plate, f. two Of the
tiled salad plates on the 8erying saelo,
repeating the proce=v untll all IT the salad
portions are on the table and al u the
empty dinner plates are on tho serving
table
1t the completion Of the saini course
the hoet.4,s wlu put the turkey platter on
the sidehoarj She vii then put the two
vegetable du,hess on tho tray aud take
them into the kitchen, bringing hack The
plum pudding AID pudding platc7. and
placing these before her husband or some
other members of the family thus, rs
this person serves the pudding the guests
attention II distracted 80 that the hostess
NAV deftly remove TO the kitchen their
empty salad plates as we'll rs the empty
DINNER plates on the serving table and the
turkey platter on the sideboard. he
coffee tray VIII now be lifted TO the able
at the hostess place, and the serving Of
the meal is completed.