Show 4 q Agreeable Little Dinners I 4 1 Mrs Gordon will answer inqui inquiries a ries nes addressed addre eed to her ber by readers readelL t I Letters Lettera should hould enclose return 1 postage po tace and should always be ad addressed addre 4 dressed ed thus 4 4 ADELAIDE IDE GORDON Care of The Tb Chronicle f Washington DC D C CD lifts flue matrimony D should not be entered upon lightly unadvisedly or nor S Ignorantly Ignorantly antly The art to he acquired it Itis Ii m is the result of or thought care and study and let t no woman count herself an accomplished hostess or socially im hn important Important unless she knows know how bow to give Ive Ivea a pretty little dinner There is III of course the tb big dinner C That however Is III t a question of many maDY servants many courses and many wines Aines and is beyond the grasp or the desire of nine women out of ten tenI tena a I Its It t problems I shall hall discuss discus later and S elsewhere The little dinner is the be sit sitU lt U that confronts the greater num number her ber h r and there Is as much taste ste a as Intelligence and as a much knowl knowledge knowledge edge fdge to be displayed in the giving of S H a i dinner of four covers coers as aa In one ODe of fourteen Dont forget this and dont forget moreover that she who 00 entertains her friends satisfactorily Is i a power In the theland land hand she he is also aiM of Infinite assistance to her hr husband huband in hi hh his career I intend the last remark to be re regarded regarded re regarded very vc r seriously There a Ale Aft e wo we women men mf n and more Is th the who dont realize what an immense deal It means mean to A man to bring home borne hi hl his Important business acquaintance and dine him himell well ell so no well in fact that the business a goes goe away in such ft a phy anal u al and mental good and humor that he be I not only is willing but eager to please the tho t h of the woman oman who Ito en eD entertained so 80 delightfully I When the Opportunity Come Comes ComeT ComeY T Y am urn willing to vouch touch lUch for tor the truth of the assertion a that the expert dinner hostess Is made not born bom When C therefore your first opportunity arrives for remember this corn com forting fa fact t Now if Robert w wishes to bring home hOlD his hit really valuable and wonders a 1 wistfully if It you cannot annot get ft up some co cosy y port ert rt of or a little meal dont don t throw I old water on the s scheme heme hf me It ma W be be true that there is If v only I J ono one servant to t wait on the table ta ble that I your Jur experience is It neither wide Ide nor I deep and that your table service does docs j I i not include the numbers of dozens for mary mal y nurses courses zeal seal and the I observance of or all the good rules rule will carry you vou through and victory and arid fame tame will perch h upon y yur ur banners bannen I Do Lb not make the highly uncomplimentary uncomplimentary mistake ml tak of offering your guest Pdt pot luck as aft your only solution of the situation C Iven Vf n if i f you y U hive h p only on I t ta rt y four r hours hou notice noti e m make ike special i preparation reparations C tion display your TOUr best beat of everything CEI thin V and arid ask alk Pk in an agreeable able ou ider to meet IDlet the guest t whom horn you wish wilh v ish to show pa h honor hInr n r rIn I In case rase a the th client is 18 unmarried and andt 0 at t least not an antiquated persons hal bal balance balI C anee ance him at the th laDlE tani with some som nice nl nicea a youngish woma You Vou might prefer for tOr your jour own p pJ ph ure cure to ask In tn your walden maldon mal fn aunt or oi it I h longhaired musi musical musical musical cal genius who h hi s down the street and lays pla the violin u lv You ou roust m t t rot rt consult our own pleas P Pur pleasS S uro Ure ur f n you are striving to topIE tople pIE other to be agreeable C sider first last and always the preferences C of your guests pest |