The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
PARTIES.
PROVE USE Or
ELECTRICITY
important to Have Refresh
ments Just Right Saves
Hostess Labor.

The going away party has be.
come as much a part Of our ex-
istence as our SIMMER vacations
It is usually given two weeks or
ten days In advance of the de.
parture for the country. This party
serves two purposes. 1t definitely
ends the winter and spring social
season and discharges all social
obligations. leaving the slate clean,
so to speak, ready to begin all
over again upon returning in the
fall.
The kind OF entertainment one
may give depends somewhat upon
the number of people to be enter
tanned. Where ones acquaintance
is small luncheon. formal or I'M
formal, with q bridge game or nah
jong afterward is In good taste.
but when ones acquaintance IL.
large an afternoon "at home will
be found by far the better Then
any number Of friends may drop
in and be entertained without spe-H
cial effort.
Refreshments Important.
The refreshments must always
be appropriate for the occasion
and the weather. Right here l
want to warn those contemplating
giving such party to give con-
siderable thought to the choice
of Refreshments, for what may
be good on a warm spring day
will be very wrong II not hope
less for cold. drizzly one, Of
which we usually have many.
Spring is generally as change
able as 1t is beautiful, and host.
esses must be guided accordingly
Often a hostess deluded by a
warm spell decides to have all cold
refreshments for her reception.
Then, with ice cream, iced tea,
frosted chocolate. salad and cake
on hand. the day arrives wet and
cold speaking in the YER
nacular Of the street-she's stuck!
A clever hostess, of course, never
finds herself in such a position.
HOY does she do it? BY careful
planning and providing against it.
She plans only the solid portion Of
her menu such as sandwiches, cakes
and salads and the liquids she
leaves until the morning. of the
appointed day. Then IL 1t rains
or the weather is otherwise dis
agreeable she puts electricity to
work. Such hostess presumably
owns all the modern electrical table
appliances wired tea wagon, or,
at any rate. her living room is
equipped with enough convenience
outlets to which she may easily
attach the electric kettle. coffee
percolator, toaster or waffle iron
and serve any or all of these hot
refreshments together with pand-
witches. cakes. salad and ice cream.
Saving the Hostess.
This is one Of the many emergen.
cies that have no terror for the
woman who uses electric service.
/ AS any woman who has seen or
used tie small electrical appliances
knows they are really very present
able, and for this reason free use
can be made of them, anywhere
at any time. In fact, II is getting
/ to be quite "the thing" among pep.
I pie who know to use the electric
tea kettle and coffee percolator on
| their tea table so that they NAV
make fresh iced tea and coffee nv
| using 1t hot and chilling It with
cracked Ice in a tall glass. There
Is really no drink that / know
of that can quite equal fresh ICED
tea or coffee made this way. A
hostess who owns these appliances
gives her friends the best and
therefore cannot help being popu-
lar.
Having these appliances saves
her much work and eliminates the
running back and forth from living
room to kitchen that must be done
under other circumstances, All
gives the hostess more ease and
time with her visitors. No guest
likes to have great deal of fuss
made to serve her because it makes
her feel as though she is being
troublesome, which is the last thing