| Show MUST GATHER THE rHE PEOPLE THAT MIX Dinner Hostess Hostes Well IVell Know Knows What That Meant Means The feelings of a hostess at a dinner party are much the same us os those of ol olit ofa it a theatrical producer on the first night nighta a 11 a blend of hope and Ie despair of Inward inward In la ward worl excitement and ond outward calm In Inan Inan Inan an Inex Inexperienced hostess this state of mind may continue throughout the eve eve- nine ning but an OD experienced woman can cantell cantell tell within the first ten minutes whether er the party I is I. going coins tb to be a It success successor or not nut Jun Jan comments sagely In hi the Ule Washington Post lost While the producer producer lucky lucky man man has has many subsequent nights on which If It necessary to Improve e the play the hostess poor hostess poor woman woman tins lias no nu such chance hers Is le a single and It II must stand or full lull on Oil Its drat merits merll Oh Oh the Joy If It she CUll can bay ally to herself I It Ii la Is- going to 10 go gu 1 I IThe The wretchedness which she If II she suddenly feels It Isn't t these theo people wont won't mix mu 1 These people wont won't mix mil Is II of course the root of the tie more dinner parties have linn been een s m by unwise Invitations thus thun by hy III IIII chosen food tood letter In fact a u pt i egg on toast where good company Is Isthan isthan than thon stuffed quails and boredom And good goo company does not in wean vim u 11 com company puny containing only inters tins Intent stint talkers for lur then there will sill III be no nobody nobody body left lett fo to listen listeD nor must It IUD IUD- slat entirely of witty people fur for thea there will be nobody left lett to luu laugh ti It Is a 0 question of ot careful com position The hostess who prides herr her herself r self on being able to draw up a It perfect per Ir feel teet menu neither too long nor too short with dishes delicately contrastIng contrast contrast- lug lag ought to spend even evea more time and und trouble In drawing up her human menu menu meu In which each euch guest will have havea a o d deflate finite place and aull will nil fill It to perfection per tee Ion This Is hi not cannibalism but common commonsense I sense for tor different people bears bear a 0 str strong strong g resemblance to cods oo 9 There ore are are i soine some ii m like rocs roas roast mut mutton un un or r pie apple as d 1 iI- iI i earty art and healthy but butling ling fining at the price rice There There are some like fO roast st Beef bee beef trIce excellent ell t tn on on n S Sundays nys but rather out of ot place on any other day of 01 the week There are some live lite curry these rr tl these ese generally have lived lIed It Ion time lime In III New v York and others like V Tery very r thin thill consomme consomme somme almost too refined to be satisfying I Then Theil there are the deviled deviled anchovy anchovy people beware of ot them for tor they bite when you least expect It and the strawberry Ice people sweet yet frigid all very ery well at dances but unfriendly at other other- times Finally there Is the type of ot guest who is like a source souffle that has line not quite come oft well off well meanIng meaning mean mean- Ing but flabby and Ineffective discard that man from the list at ot once or he will spoil the whole affair Choose your human menu with care oh ob anxious hostess and everything else will look after alter Itself Above all do not forget whatever you do to Include include In In- clude elude among your guests Ir a sprinkling of ot those dear delightful humorous Inconsequent Inconsequent In In- I consequent folk they folk they are not mentioned men men- at all on the menu yet what Is I. Isa isa a o dinner without them them the the salted almonds almond's almonds al al- monds mond's I I II I |
