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Show " s Listen, You Brides! Here's the Secret Of Staging Parties By BETTY WELLS HP HERE'S a fine art to this busi-ness busi-ness of being a hostess. And for the sake of brides just starting out on their careers, here are some of the rules: Yourself, first of all. No use to try to put a party over unless you are looking like a million. So have a festive dress all ready to slip into at the witching hour, and a schedule sched-ule that permits a last minute primping after you've got everything finished in the kitchen. The Menu Whether it's to be a company dinner, coffee and cake on the porch, or iced punch in state, have one interesting touch. Something Some-thing unexpected in homemade cake; sandwich filling that will enchant en-chant the men; a salad that is as beautiful to see as it is good to eat. If you have one high point, you can get by with staples for the rest. That makes even a big occasion easy to put over. The Appointments Have all the dishes and all the glassware you're going to need sparkling on trays ready to bring forth to set the table ta-ble whether it's for buffet supper, formal dinner or tea on the porch. It will save no end of flutter or dish washing during your party. The ideal way is to settle on the kind of entertaining you can do best, then buy enough china or glass to serve as many people as you're likely like-ly to have at once. The Decorations Flowers arranged ar-ranged where they do most good and in colors that do things for the i house. From the garden if possible, but when there isn't just the right thing available for the picking, don't hesitate to balance the budget to include in-clude some "boughten" blooms. The House Itself Don't try tr re-fix re-fix the whole place the day before company comes. If you start too many ambitious plans for changes just before the party, you'll get all I involved and probably not finish anyway only make a wreck of yourself. Just clean up enough to be presentable. Ee sure there's a place for coats and hats and a good mirror for the ladies. The Guests Invite as few as possible pos-sible just because you think you should. By Betty Wells. W.NU Service. |