Show FOR fashionable DINNERS DIMS resources of the Cater cateress caterers ers art wraith wealth can call ind SOME OF THE COSTLY entertainments how a was hired for twenty four hours dionn and furnished for a readding We adding I 1 latent ideas in tile wit vay y or of entertainments IM IBM by ji I 1 OU I 1 e tan a r have A L N 1 ral I 1 I 1 an anything th in the I 1 1 world that you k 4 I 1 it I 1 s want it if you are C is I 1 I 1 to pay for I 1 it J A that Is tho the 4 I 1 rule that gas erns I 1 I 1 iio early irly ovary every k lr r I 1 ca I 1 ring cring establish 1 l war int i nt you yon can call I 1 j ader a dinner ro r v is air a dinner for a hundred you yon can have rak rake si and ices or you tell can havo terrapin and canvasbacks canvas backs you can call hive have a full brass band or a string orchestra or only a harpist you can have como one to play tho the castanets or you can have emma eames or pa derowski you can havo have anything and everything you yoa want it you are willing to pay for or it with this grand choice la in the selection ot of entertainments it la Is no wonder albat the fashionable woman oman hesitates whon when she attempts to decide how silo will entertain her guests and soil soft happens that in nine cases out of ten tho the caterer Is told to plan the entertainment ment provide tho the music look after the floral decorations and oven inform tho the hostess about tile the number of 0 guests that can bo be nicely accommodated at the entertainment which has been planned the tha caterer thus has full sway arid and full responsibility also it all things RO go hs he JS 1 lauded to tile ilia skies and his bis bill is generally pronounced far to too a small it if things go wrong or II if there Is a hitch bite anywhere lao caterer Is blamed his bill Is grudgingly paid and patronage is withdrawn he must even so plan plain things that the guests neither weary at the length of a s dinner nor chafe because the entertainment Is the same as provided elsewhere for tho the time beair ios be must bo be ili all things to all people and woo to him and to his business it as much as one flower bo be withered or a strain of 0 music strike into discord WAYS ayn AND MEAS 1 I to accord with tho the peculiar tastes ot of isaason the I season the able caterer has cu cut t down the fashionable dinner it is s only nine courses long it lasts only an hour ind and a half bait many dinners are by special request only seven courses long and just an hour is occupied in serving adom the correct hour for diirner is s neither earlier nor later following the custom of some english houses a faw new kew york vork hostesses have made the ceremony of entering the din log ing room a very simple ono one instead of being stately land and ceremonious the hostess herself leads the way followed by the ladles ladies ol of the party then than come t the ho gentlemen followed by the host N who he comes last the hostess herself indicates tho the prices places at the table arid and all i Is s d done 0 ne i in ti a d delightfully elight fully simple and unassuming L sa u m tn g w way a y very large dinners are as much liked like of this season as they were disliked half a doen seasons ago it Is not unusual now flow to serve a dinner for sixty basov or in only ty people arid and to remove the tables afterward so that there can be dancing these dinner dances are ery cry popular and last year I 1 served a series of tour four of 0 them at the homes of some borno of tho the most elegantly fashionable women momen in new yet boik k the cost of such a dinner varies greatly for as low as 1 or 12 a cater boora a very acceptable dinner with wine and pretty acco decoration rations can bo be arranged the series of dinners ot of which I 1 speak cost 75 a enter this sum included music flowers favors arid and decorations of all kinds usually the question Is not now much will it cost but now how nice can you make it I 1 must constantly do devise something which A aich shelf shall bo be entirely now new and pretty enough to excite oven even the blase admiration of those who alano an and wine divino on the costliest cost liest and handsomest a st tables in the world COLOR color dinners are very popular the flowers which are used in the decoration ot of the table must correspond to the color which is chosen as the prevailing lug liuo buo of the dinner and thus the caterer is obliged to conform in color to the flowers of the season at this time lime of tho the year viola dinners cuativo dinners yellow dinners pink dinners find and rod dinners are all popular perhaps mores popular than any of thorn them Is the green dinners because be caute at this ibis season the green of the holly and the mistletoe gives vestin an especially beautiful effect to tile the dining table at these color dinners everything Is made to correspond the favors match the flowers tho the dishes match tho the favors tile the drapery so far as practicable matches tile the di dishes ond and all units to make one harmonious it holc bole if a lit li called for this time of the year pink roes are chosen to decorate the table it if violet or mauo dinners are wanted violets are rai used for yellow dinners yellow abrys n tithe 1 mums and yellow rallow roses aro are selected find and tor for red dinners rod red loses and the red berries barrios of the holly and bittersweet are obtained childrens parties carlies are very elegant little affsa ills they are from 4 to T T in the afternoon and are in a everyday every cry way conducted like the parties of grownup grown up people for the supper however very simple things aro are served tiny patt battles pl tIes les sample salads plain cakes coaxed into prettiness with colored mot ico cream and plenty of bosbous comprise tho the entire morau menu it of often ean happens that people who de rire to civo an entertainment at homo onto are unable to lo do so for lack of proper space and then licit a point is reat reached ched abero the real art of the caterer comos in iii by somo some means said and in some way lie lia in must list make I 1 it t possible for tho the would be hostess to 10 give just such an all enter as sho degli desires 03 without hiring i a public hall or lit in any way going gain against liar her wishes regarding publicity COSTLY DUT BUT A co caio of this kind was wa brought to me last summer A woman who vile was keeping house in a dainty little apart jaent to entertain a largo company of at the toa rea reception cryllon of her ber of daughter tighter who was to bo be married this the following week to moro than thirty poop loopo a into tho the bijou bijold apartment was pr epos crous for thoa luo little parlor was scarcely bigg bigger arthalia than a teto A vote reception room abo diding room oom mas as a clay on in blue china nd ind gold so 0 o small that wallers and guests nests would be ba mixed up tip with each 0 t h e r in i n hA b 6 p 0 le s s confusion c 0 n r ti sio n A and n d antior r 1 0 coking 0 1 i n g 0 v e r L iho h 0 g ground r 0 u n d carefully u reft ili y I 1 taw that hat other quarters would have to bo be provided for the tha entertainment the lady ady was greatly opposed to lo hiving giving a ro re cerl CD IOU tion in III a public hall suddenly an idea dos occurred to me file and I 1 said madam would you yon not likes to to hayo havo tile ho UIO 1110 of that thai largo and elegant mansion is chieft stands vacant next neddo door orto to you 1011 for this occasion I 1 lean can furnish it completely said and will so arrange everything that it will seem on tho OVO evening of at the iho reception just as a if 1 you ten really if lived ved the idea pleased liar her Immen immensely soly find and I 1 accordingly sot to work it illy preparations pa rations I 1 found that I 1 could hire iho 1110 massillon mansion for or ono one day and after consulting upholsterers and furniture dealers I 1 learned that between sunrise a and of tile the eventful day t tho h a mansion immense though it was wai could bo completely furnished when the day arrived I 1 inest confess I 1 wai somewhat nervous over the entertainment tain ment tor for the undertaking w as really a 1 stupendous one hut bait by 7 0 a lock at night all was wail complete and as a I 1 looked it over I 1 stalled smiled at the result tho the floors wern ot of good material had bern been highly oiled arid and very och and heavy hod been placed apon thorn them the windows wore liuna hung with handsome hand sonio curtains tho walls were covered with port leres cros and pictures while tho the mantel vast aud and cabinets were plentifully adorned with bric a br brac very artistic and very unique hits bits of furniture were wera scattered about tile the house and there were couches and folding beds and all things to indicate that thai a family might be ahio there in tile the ladles crossing room wore ladies maids in aids whom wheat I 1 had soot bent up no from my own establishment and on the dressing tables thoro there was wa As 63 bountiful a supply of combs comb 4 and brushes and toilet brica bric a brae brac as the soul of 0 any woman could desire nothing was ml alsing sing from a fair aar ol of curling tongs to a ii powder ras rag rouge cups wore ware plentiful and it was remarked afterward by the iho hostess that nevor never had sho she seen scan such thoroughly equipped diersing rooms now how much did all this coil it II cost but there was 1500 1500 worth of furniture in the ilia house bouse and the number I 1 of people employed during tile twenty tour four hours was almost beyond belief OF ART A short shore lima ago I 1 did a similar thing for a young married couple they were living in a flat fat and they wished to give a grand entertainment by leasing the apartment next to them tor for ono day and furnishing it a great deal of space was added to tho the already available room and everything passed ott off beautifully probably to this day tho the friends of that young couple are denouncing them for their extravagance la a occupying room flitt flat when wheat in reality they uro living in one which is less lesa than halt tha number of rooms I 1 am frequently asked what Is the in ili which I 1 can give dinner and I 1 always reply that one room Is sufficient by putting pitting screens along alone one side of the room I 1 shut out my lay preparations from the ibo quests guests whilo use of chafing alls hais I 1 serve tile the entire dinner from behind the iho screen as faultlessly as though I 1 had a kitchen and 0 butlers pantry from which to draw LIKI okria very tunny funny things are sometimes done when people wish to give an entertainment it if a woman comes to mo me and says mr sherry I 1 wish to div alvo ca a dinner to twenty people arid and my house bouso in ili small I 1 say to her Ma madam darn you may do so but you must lot TOO havia myown my own way with your adue ha use thon I 1 visit liar boost look it over und and plan th tUng I 1 I 1 akis a general before a battle attle it if I 1 see sec that her dining table is her bar cook steve faulty and her chairs are arc not suitable tor for a dinner I 1 siy say it liar her can call you lot let me have the entire use of your house on the afternoon of 0 tho the dinner dinder yet may reserve dressing rooms for yourself and guests but I 1 beg that you will allow me to take lake possession of the rest of the lious liouc lio uc if she Is a sensible woman she gives way to my judgment and lots me havo have full swing sawing on tile the day of t tho h a dinner I 1 send a truck to tho house and order all furniture removed and put into tho the truck out go the offen offensive sivo dining room chairs the table the bric a brac ibo that are in fit the ILI way the recaption dooin furniture and nd everything not hot actually needed tor for the oll dinner arient nothing Is loft left as s it was except the parlor and dressing rooms I 1 then put small emall dining tables it lii the tha dialog room and reception room place suitable chairs at thom them sot set up a huge f gas stevo lit in thu the It kitchen itchon and then I 1 am ain roady ready to give adlener ad a loner after abodin ilio dinner Is over the guests drift into the iho parlor or and in loss than an hour and hoino times in half an hour I 1 have the tha dining danli g tables removed and all things sot set back just as thes were before thi the hostess can thou throw opera opeil liar her doorne and ila haa a dancing or whatever she pleases willits her guests marvel at the quick quickness anti ami quietness with which her household machinery moves As 1 I staid said in the beginning you can have hav 0 it and everything you want if you aio dilling to pay for it louis sunney |