Evening star., 1937-03-06
Beware of
Borrowing
Anything g
Strange as 1t May
Seem Som e thing
Always Happens.
BY EMILY POST.

nEAR MRS. POST: A friend Of
fered to lend me a very old and
beautiful bowl. which I was to have
used for salad at buffet supper. I
was delighted and took the bowl home.
I washed it myself. and carefully. in
hot water, and did not bump it. So
imagine my dismay when it simply
broke in two pieces. The accident
spoiled my fun at the party. 1 must
do something now about explaining
to my friend and perhaps replac-
ing the bowl with the best substitute
I can. won't be able to duplicate it,
and even il I could I would not be
able to afford anything like it. Is
there something I could do 10 soften
the blow, and how shall explain
about the accident when it really only
just happened without warning.
Answer-The situation Is certainly
unhappy and perhaps points out the
reason why one should be wary Of
borrowing anything of irreplaceable
value-ever If the bowl really did
just fall apart in your hands. it sounds
to me quite likely that it may have
been broken before. and the cement
loosened in the hot water II that
was why, 1t is very happy outcome
for you, since it need merely be re-
cemented to be as good as it was be-
fore. In any case. cementing 1t Is
about the only thing you can do. and.
of course. tell the owner exactly what
happened. Unfortunately, short Of
getting a duplicate bowl. nothing
could possibly take its place. On no
account give her a poor substitute.
DEAR MRS. POST: We are hav-
~ ing a buffet supper for at least
so. and more than likely rs people.
1t is impossible for my house to pro-
vide anything like this quantity of
china and glass plates. I have plenty
of fiat silver, having ours and that
inherited from both families. But the
dishes May I use dishes of paper
or is this not suitable except at real
picnic?
Answer-It depends very much upon
the style in which you live. If your
house is very simple in type and the
food to be served is also to be very
simple, then you can certainly use
paper plates. On the other hand, if
your house is in any way formal and
if your party can also be described
by the same word, then you should
have china plates. Very inexpensive
plates can be found everywhere-even
those at a 5-and-10-cent store would
do perfectly and could be kept for
just such parties. But if you can't
possibly buy china, then use paper
rather than borrow from your neigh
bors anything so easily breakable
(chipable) as either glass or china.
\ r X X
NEAR MRS. POST: When a high
school girl asks a boy to her
sorority dance given at town club,
is she supposed to pay taxi fares, tip
ping and everything, in addition to
having the tickets? Or does boy ex-
pect to take care of these incidentals?
Answer-On all such occasions an
invitation given by a girl to a boy
should mean that no expenses of the
party are to be his, further than the
possible bus or taxi fare If neither
she nor he have a car, and possibly
a tip for the check room. If supper
is not included with the ticket, she
should avoid putting the boy in what
might be an embarrassing position
by expecting him to pay for this.
Surely there must be some way by
which the girls can arrange to have
supper charged to themselves. Re-
member that nothing is more unfair
to boys who are young and earning
no money than being invited by girls
to parties of one sort and another and
letting them find that they are ex-
pected to be hosts instead of guests.
When they invite q girl to go out with
them. that u another story.