Show A suggestion concerning Concern loe late dinner dinners if we could all see that amusements tb thad a society the frequent intercourse 0 of friendships the intellectual meetings of minds are arp as important to the human well being as any other cultivation or as any earthly acquisition we should be willing to set apart some time for society as its due now how Is it we give up the day to two things work and eating even the latter at not being so much enjoyed as it should be for want of time the claims of society are crowded into the tag fag end of the evening people by that time are not in very good trim for society and especially for ant another ther meal they have little hie life to give to company and it if in III response to the tender hospitality they go to a friends friend Is house and eat a fourth meal they do so with w ith little enjoyment and at the expense of health all this might be changed without violence to our business or to our reasonable customs taka take the case of evening parties instead s of calling them at late hours in winter say let them be held not later than 6 let the supper or dinner as the case may be be served as its boon soon as the guests arrive so that it would take the place of 0 a regular meal this would only require men and women to abandon their usual av avocations an hour earlier than usual in a word to take into account social life as a n necessity assembling at 6 the company could disperse at about the usual time now of gathering together there are few people who will 1 I not agree that this would be a sensible practice new york ledger |