Evening star., 1941-06-23
More Puzzlers Solved
Etiquette and Dating Difficulties
Discussed in Column Today
By Kay Caldwell and Alden Harrison

Dear Kay and Alden: Recently I
read an etiquette tip which didn't
seem right to me. 1t was on the
question of what to do with an ice
tea spoon after using it, when no
saucer was provided. The answer
was to leave it in the glass, rather
than lay it on the table. Can you
tell me if this is correct? w. T. c.
Not in our book! We'd put it back
on the table.
Apparently the purpose of leaving
the spoon in the glass is to avoid
soiling the tablecloth. But if the
hostess-or the restaurant proprie-
tor-doesn't care enough about the
cloth to protect it with saucer. we
wouldn't worry about it. either.
However, we certainly would worry
about the possible result of leaving
one of those long-handled ice tea
spoons in a glass. The way you'd
have to grip the glass to keep the
spoon from poking your eye out
would be one of the clumsiest things
you could do at the table. And you
could hardly lift the spoon out and
hold it every time you took sip of
tea!
Furthermore, we'd bet dollars to
doughnuts that before the meal was
over. some one would hit one of the
, protruding spoons and spill a whole
glass of tea. So we'd recommend
putting the spoon on the saucer
when there is saucer, and putting
it where the saucer should be when
there isn't!
Dear Kay and Alden: Is there any
set rule as to the side on which a
corsage should be worn?
have been told to wear it on the
right side when dancing, because it
will be crushed if worn on the left
side, and then to transfer it to the
left side of the coat after the dance.
MILDRED B.
The important considerations are
to wear the flowers with the stems
down, and to place them where they
will look best on your dress.
Wearing them on the left shoulder
is probably smartest, but transfer
ring them to the right shoulder will
certainly save them from being
crushed while dancing.
Dear Kay and Alden: The club that
I have just joined is giving a big
dance with name" band. I would
like to take a date, but have to
help on the door through perhaps
half of the dance.
Also, don't dance so well. Would
it be all right for me to take the
girl into the ballroom and find some
one to dance with her, and then go
on with my work? BOB q.
1t would be all right for you to
take date if you are sure you can
get her plenty of dances, so she'll
have a good time. But, if the girl
had to sit around on the sidelines,
she would spend a dismal evening,
and so would you.
If the girl is popular and well
| acquainted with the other fellows
and girls who will be there, we think
it should work out all right. But
she should understand the situation
in advance. You might line up some
stag who would be willing to look
after your date until you have full
filled your duties at the door. And
you should find way to slip into
the ballroom occasionally while you
are working, to check on the situa-
ton and make sure your date Is
having fun.
Dear Miss Caldwell and Mr. Harri-
son: How can get my father most
ly) and my mother to 60 out for an
evening so I can have three or four
friends over2 My father always
! listens to the radio and hardly ever