Show 0 y L LV V V JETTY BLAI Letters and questions fo for this department should be addressed to Miss Betty Blair Hearts Heart's Haven Salt Lake Telegram Write only t on one side of the paper It is append your name and address but these are held in confidence and will not be bo published I 1 1 De Dear Miss Blair I Could you please give me some Information on h how w to receive 1 guests guests- at a formal wedding and atan atan at atan an informal wedding also how to arrange guests and seat them at a wedding edding dinner MR MRS J. J W. W WJ J. J The The bridal party receives the guests In the drawing room or living liv liv- living ing room depending upon the house ti Usually a floral setting Is provided and the bride and groom take their 1 I places in front of ot the decorations The bride stands on her husbands husband's I a right and her bridesmaids are arc either grouped beyond her or else divided V t half halt on her side and half halt on the I i I side of ot the forming groom a crescent crescent cres- cres cent with the bride and groom In ill 1 j lithe the center s L J I t At At a small wedding the guests i 1 ij receive more more personal attention by 1 being r brought over O to greet the Wide and groom but at a a big re- re reception the guests remove their I wraps if a place is provided for them and then come in to congratulate congratulate congratulate the groom and wish the bride blide happiness The brides bride's mother takes her place somewhere near the entrance Y a of ot the reception room where the theu u i guests shake hands hands' with the hostI hostess host- host I f ess ss making some polite remark about the beautiful wedding ori or ori I i i 1 lovely bride and continue in line i to the bridal pair i V at The grooms groom's mother always receives re receives receives re- re either near the brIdes brIde's mother or else continuing the line beyond the bridesmaids and it Is proper for every guest to shake shalee hands with her too whether they know her or not but it Is not necessary necessary necessary sary to say an anything thing The brides bride's father sometimes stands beside his s wife but he usually circulates r K e among mong his guests Just as he would f il-at il at any other party part where he Is rr host The grooms groom's father is a guest and 1 it It is not necessary for fOl strangers strangers' to speak to him unless he stands beI beside beside be- be I side his wife and as it were receives receives receives re but there is no impropriety In any anyone one telling him how holy well they know and like his son or his bis new in daughter The guests as soon as they have 1 congratulated the bride and groom go out and find themselves places daces Inthe in inthe inthe the dining room Your second question puzzles me slightly Do you mean a a. special bridal dinner for the bridal co couple and their families and a few close friends or do you mean the supper which Is served to all the guests at the reception In the case of the latter there are usually a number of girls assisting who see that all the guests find places in the dining I room after greeting the bridal couple After the guests have dwindled down to only a few tew latecomers latecomers latecomers late late- comers and the bridal party need not be there to receive they may come in for tOr supper The bride and groom always sit next to each other she on his right the maid of honor or matron is on his left lert and the best man is on the right of the the bride If it sitting at a a. a table the bridesmaids and ushers If you have I them arranging themselves alternately alternately alternately alter alter- around Sometimes the there e must be two ta tables tables ta- ta tables bles if so so the bridal party Is seated seated seated seat seat- ed at one and the parents of ot the bridal couple at another The grooms groom's mother has the place of honor on the hosts host's right The other places at the table are occupied by bythe bythe bythe the clergyman or one who performed performed performed per per- formed the ceremony and other close friends If the clergyman's wife Is present she is seated at the brides bride's fathers father's left Dp s thi this explanation clear up all the points upon which you were uncertain If Ie not let me know with specific queries and I shall be glad to explain further but please let me know ow about the size of ot the wedding whether It Is to be an evening morning noon or afternoon function function function tion at home or in the church church- whether there is to be a wedding breakfast served at one large table or a wedding dinner etc etc otherwise otherwise otherwise oth oth- you ou receive a lot of information Information information tion you do not need and may miss miss' something of importance Dear Miss Blair We have had an argument as to the age of Gloria Swanson Would you be kind enough to enlighten us on this subject Thanking you QUARRELSOME Gloria moria was born bon March 27 7 1898 1393 at least that Is the date given You are welcome Dear Miss Blair Will you please settle settie a dispute A says that a widow with minor children receiving compensation loses that compensation if she re re- re marries B says she does not as the minor children hold the right to the same Thank you GREENHORN What kind of compensation and from whom Greenhorn It might all depend upon this Usually there are definite specifications on such subjects and they would be noted In each case In general however howe B is likely to be right the minor mtnor children would be c cared Hed for regardless regardless regardless regard regard- less of the mothers mother's marital contract con con- tract Please lets let's be more definite in the Information given If it you wish anything specific In the answer Dear Miss Blair Is it proper to wear a hat with an evening dress and 2nd if so what kind would look well with a gold brocade dress sleeveless UNCERTAIN CERTAIN I The strictly evening e grown or frock does not call for a a. hat of any type and one should not be worn With a n. dinner dress however hats are sometimes effective and in good taste depending upon where worn A tiny brilliant colored turban or a large picture hat frequently of ot transparent material would be most appropriate I Dear Miss Blair 1 Will you please tell me me about the cassava plant and how tapioca is made from it M. M G. G Bingham The Tho cassava R manioc or Tapioca tree is a tropical shrub about six feet in height t with dl- dl di divided vided leaves and a large tuberous root which contains a milky milly juice of a very acrid taste v There are two o varieties of or cassava one the bitter and one poisonous non the sweet The poison Is acid add which Is exp expelled b by l heat Cassava is S cultivated In Africa in South America and other tropical tropical trop trop- ical countries even In Florida It Itis Itis ItIs is called mai or in Brazil Brazil Bra Bra- zil and juca juc elsewhere in South America Tn Tits Tue- natives of ot Africa South America etc use these roots largely as food they have something something something some some- thing of the taste and quality of i parsnips When Vh n freed from flom juice grated and baked they are also eaten eaten eaten eat eat- en under the name of ot cassava bread Cassava is used in other forms also but it is as the source of ot tapioca tap- tap loca that It is of ot the greatest Im Im- im- im This product is a pure starch which is prepared b bj bye r pulpIng pulping pulp- pulp in Ing the root washing out the starch colle collecting ting it and ind nd drying It on heated heated heated heat heat- ed plates Does that rover all the points In In which you ere vere interested Dear Miss Blair This Thia is the fiirst time I F have ever entered your corner although I 1 have read ead it every day Miss Blair my question is rather a hard one Could you tell me what should be included in baby's first wardrobe B B. B J. J J. J Bingham Wed We'd be glad to help you B B. J. J J. J but we print printed d three complete lists of ot articles to be included in bl baby's bys by's layette only omy two da days das s ago Wont Won't you please look up UI your paper paper for lor Tuesday March arch 23 which devoted a great deal of space to this Dear Miss Blair I hope do not mind you my corning com corn ing again with If ahus a hus husband band W was lS born in th the United States and nd is of course cours an American American- citizen citizen citizen cit cit- izen is not his wife an American also through her marriage to him even if she was born born in another country coming here while a child It is that way in the state from which I came and It being a government government gov gov- government law I I believe it to be the tha samo same in every state I want to praise Hearts Heart's Havens Haven's cornier corner as being both helpful and nd interesting LIKE TO KNOW Of course don't I-don't mind your coming coming conning com conn- ing again with a question Were We're Ve e glad to have you and delighted to hear that YOU vou like mee our corner You are quite right about abou this law Jaw being 11 tl o o same in every state however it all 11 depends upon when r you ou u were married to your husband as a's to whether that m made de you an American citizen Also you ou may have be become como a n citizen when hen your father became naturalized that Is If you were a n. minor at the time If It Itou you ou marri married d' d an American citizen before the gassing of th the he- he Cable act September ept 22 22 1922 2 your ge automatically made you yeu u a fI citizen also But If you married since that time and were not a citizen previous previous previous pre pre- to you you- 11 0 marriage you as an n individual must be granted citizenship citizenship citizenship citizen citizen- ship regardless of the status of your husband We Ye have alre already idy discussed diScussed discussed dis diS- cussed different phases of this thi I act but If yon you have any further questions ques ques- ques questions we well we'll h ht hI lad to answer them |