Evening star., 1938-12-28
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OF unaqualnted people? Does the
guest tell her name to the first per.
son receiving and Is this person sup
posed to introduce the guest to the
one standing next?
Answer: 1t merely makes the diff
ference of being welcomed by COM
mittee that takes the place of the
hostess at a private party, in con-
trast to entering a public building
without having any attention paid
you. Whenever there is a formal
receiving line, there should be an
announcer. In private house
where there is a butler, he always
does the announcing. In a hotel,
the hotel supplies the announcer.
Otherwise one may be hired from a
caterer. AS each person approaches,
the announcer says, What name,
please?" You tell him your name
Mrs. John Jones"-and then he re-
peats 1t in distinct rather than a
loud voice, and you enter the room.
At most receptions of small or mod
crate size-meaning anywhere from
50 TO 100 people-every one shakes
hands with each person in the receiv-
ing line. When the occasion Is very
formal, when four of the patronesses
OF ball receive, for instance, the
guests merely bow as they pass by
the receiving line. At an informal
reception where there is no an
nouncer, Mrs. Jones gives her name
Tin full with title) to the first person
in tho receiving line.
4 X y
Dear Mrs. Post: We would like
to give party in honor of our sill
yer wedding anniversary. Many Of
the people we could ask are not
intimate friends. In your book you
speak of guests at such a celebra-
ton being very good friends. My
husband and I believe that you
stlpulate this because the guests
usually feel that they should bring
presents. We don't want these peo-
pie to bring presents and 1 suggested
that We have the usual anniversary
invitation printed with mo gifts,
please But my husband doesn't
like this plan and thinks it would
be better simply to invite people as
though it were just any party and
say nothing about the anniversary
beforehand. We could bring out the
significance of the occasion, he
thinks, in the decorations of the
table. Will you comment on his
ideas and please make any sugges-
tions you think might be helpful.
Answer agree with your hus-
band and I think it would be yery
nice to give an evening party and
not say anything about its being an
anniversary. When your friends
come they can be made aware of the
occasion by the silver flower, for
instance, that your husband wears
IN his buttonhole and your dress
with silver on it somewhere. And
perhaps you would have a silver ar
rangement of some sort as the CEN
terplece on your table and silver
lace paper mats under the sweets
and under the dishes on the table,
and use broad trimming of some
sort OF silver cellophane. Be sure
II you are going to use it on table
with many candles that 1t Is nom
lnf1ammable by testing little piece
OF 1T first. The best-known manu-
1acturers OF this type of material
put out a non-inflammable variety,
l know. I add this merely because
1t might be possible that other ma
terlal OF similar varieties is not safe.
Of course, the chief ornament on
the table would be large wedding
cake covered with white icing and
trimming of silvered confections or
artificial silver leaves with your in
ltials In silver at the top and the
two dates: 1913-193a.