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' > spoons poous , loit 10'lf 10lf loaf ' sugar and creamshould Cleam cream cicamshould hould should be ready The coffee mayor mayormay may or ormay ormay may not oe De pouied pOUled pouted out before the tray traygoes traygoes traygoes goes InCorrect InCorrect In InCorrect Correct ScntmgThe SeatingThe Scaling Scntmg Seating ScalingThe The success of a dinner pal paity patty ty Is large large- largely largely . - ly IY dependent upon the seating of I guests This is also true of lunchlon luncheon luncheonand lunchlonI lunchlonnnd lunclnonand I nnd and supper piitlcs p'lltIes plltIes patties ' " which "hJch hJch gather nil ah nl ) nit nita , ut utI uta uta I a dlnm dining , ; table Assuming that tlie the llOS bus llOStess bustess IK'Stess IKStess ' tess his h'ls hls ' asked ashed con congenial conenial , ; enlal pei pel"Clllos pelClllos pei-mswhich pei mswhich " ' - ons , , " which ' " h1ch Is the first es essential cs"entlal csentlal " entlal for S11eI.I.S8 S11eII.S8 S11eIIS8 success sucn-ssthe sucn ssthe . . - , , the next thing In importance is halog haling halingthose ha\ ha havingthose \ log those togethel togethet who will nitunlly n'ltl111lly nltl111lly naturally ' find findsubjects findsubjects flndsubjects subjects of Interest to talk taJk about Thisdoes This Thisdoes Thisdoes does not mem me'ln meln mein ' that those In the s sine sinefields sunefields une unefields fields of work worh , such as ns artists artlstc artlsts ; , dodurs doctors doctorsliterary dodurshte11ry doctorsliteiiry hte11ry literary persons , ec , should be bo side sille by byside byside side Ide , since it Is not good form to ' t I Ilh ilk Ilhshop ilkshop ilkshop shop shopn shopBut n " But there Is still anotlicr another ex- ex excellent LX ix-cellent ix cellent - . cellent roison rC'lson rClson reason ' for ml mixing ' mg thebtoup the tIle "lOUp lOUp btoup "lOUpdliferentl btoupdifferently " toirupdifferently dliferentl differently , } A dinner dmnel dinnet Is an ente.lun entelun ente.lunment ente.l entel ente . lnnnicnt tin tinment ment at \ which Inch persons should be 1.11 111 tak taken . taken . . en out of their special specml atmosplicit atmosphcll atmosplieie and nod andbe nodbe uudbe be dh diverted dherted erted by conversn conversation tlOn wLlch wLlchgives \ wklchgives Llch Llchg1 g1\ g1 g1es gives \ es them glimpses of other worlds worldsand \ worldsind orlds orlds'Iud 'Iud Iud and ' fields than their own Then they theylun theyhale theyhave lun hale e meutil ment'll mentll mental ' as well as physical rc re rcfreshment refreshment refreshment refreshmentAftci freshment freshmentAftel freshmentAftet Aftci Aftel Aftet the attention has been gl\'en gl 'en en given gl'ento givento givento \ " ' to these details comes the matter of ofpI ofptestlge ofpiestlge ptestlge pI esUge among guests This does oes not notIndIcate notIndicate notIndicate IndIcate social superiority superIorlt superiorit3 ) or Inferi InferI- Inferl- Inferl InferIorIty Inferlority Inferiority - - ority In ha this country countn countrs , but a formality formalityof of etiquette . . . The most distinguished distinguishedmember distinguishedmember distinguishedmember member of the party , n D a . stranger to towhom towhom whom \ horn the hostess wants "ants ants " to etend extend etendcourtesies extendcourtesies extendcourtesies . : courtesies , the person for " whom "hom hom the thep'1rty theparty thepirty p'1rty p1rty party ' Ins h'ls hls his ' been arranged , etc , , these theseha.e thesehave thesehave ha.e hae have . prestige for tor the time . Bell 'Dell Dell Dert ' Sndlcatewu Syndicate-W\U Syndicate W U Sindlcata Sndlcate ) -w-u w u - WNU : - , \ Service I |