The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-26
Let Members Pour
at Won1en's Club Tea


approximately hundred and fifty
guests. Would you suggest that it
is better at tea of this size to let
the hotel do all the serving, or do
you think it more friendly to have
members of the committee preside
at the tea table?
Answer: At a tea for as many as
fifty the details of serving are more
often than not taken care of by the
caterers, or by the servants in a
private house. However, in your
case, if sufficient members of the
committee take turns at pouring, it
should not be too firing for any one
of them, and there is no question
that club hostesses at the tea Ia
BILE would create a more friendly
atmosphere. In any case, all the
other details of replacing used cups
and saucers with fresh ones and re-
plenishing sandwiches and cakes
and passing them will be taken care
of by the hotel.
Serving Young Guests.
n EAR Mrs. Post: would like to
- give an evening surprise birth
day party for my son, asking a
dozen or SO of his high school
friends. Everything is to be SIM
pie and the evening will probably
be spent in playing variety Of
games, as our house does not af-
ford space for dancing. For re-
freshments, would chicken sand
witches and milk be sufficient?
know all the young people drink
milk and hardly any of them drink
coffee, and I thought milk would be
very easy to serve. Or can you sug-
gest something that you like bet
ter?
Answer: If you are sure they like
milk better than anything else, this
is an excellent reason for serving
it. Otherwise, I think l would sug-
gest that you have cocoa for a
change, and also because a hot
drink would taste better with cold
sandwiches.
Break Away Gently.
n EAR Mrs. Post: When I first
- began working in this office
several of the girls invited me to 60
to lunch with them and tried to
make things pleasant for me. But
now 1 don't seem to be able to get
away from them ever and I find
that their interests are not mine.
would rather not lunch with them
but seem to be getting deeper into
the habit. What can you suggest
for me to do?
Answer: Since you can not very
well tell them you do not want to sit
with them, the only thing can think
of to suggest is that you make other
engagements for yourself at noon,
at first occasionally and later on
habitually.
Ribbons and Seats.
n EAR Mrs. Post: What is meant
- by ''in front of the ribbons"
and within the ribbons" and who is
seated in each place?
Answer: Both mean the same
thing; having place within the en-
closure marked by the ribbons. The
pews in front of the ribbons are
always seated according to near
ness of relationship, and cards bear
ing the actual pew numbers are sent
by the mother of the groom to each
of those relatives and few dearest
friends who are to be seated on the
groom's side of the church, and by
the mother of the bride to each of
those who are to be seated on the
brides side of the church.
Fine Technical Point.
n EAR Mrs. Post: Which is cor
- rect? Drink your soup or eat
your soup?
Answer: Eat your soup with
spoon and drink it from a cup. In
other words, you eat it with table
spoon when served in a plate; you
sip it from a teaspoon or drink it,
when served in a cup.
WNU Service.