| Show GOOD TASTE TASH TODAY by EMILY POST worlds world foremost authority on etiquette emily post what Is tt it dinner lunch or supper D PEAR L EAR mrs post A friend of mine insists that no matter wh what t rs s served the meals of the day I 1 in their order are called breakfast lunch and dinner and a light evening meal is supper I 1 maintain that if a person eats a full course meal at noon it is called dinner will you explain this to us answer meticulously speak speaking ing dinner no matter whether served at midday mid day or in the evening begins with soup in plates set on a tablecloth and is followed by meat and vegetables and there is no cup and saucer for a hot beverage on the table it is the tablecloth and the soup in the soup plate and the absence of cups and saucers that classifies the meal as dinner until lately the presence of bread and butter plates also banished the name of dinner supper is recognized principally because set on a bare table and it has cups and saucers and hot coffee tea or chocolate on the table and soup if any is served in cups the dif difference ferenc between lunch and supper is that one is at midday mid day and the other is in the evening less meticulously but according to its more usual interpretation terp dinner is the substantial meal of the 24 hours no matter at what time it is eaten and the other meal is either lunch or supper 0 0 0 sending announcements DEAR mrs post my only relatives are my aunt auni and my brother and under the circumstances I 1 am not going to have a very large wedding and an will not send any invitations but I 1 would like to send announcements to our friends everywhere in whose name should these announcements cements be sent answer either would be proper although somewhat depending upon circumstances it if your aunt has brought you up and your brother is younger than you then the invitations t 10 ns would certainly go out in her name but if you and your brother cave have always lived together and if he is older than you the invitations would probably go out in his name this however cant be answered definitely since the question of how both feel about the matter must be taken into consideration ask her alone EAR mrs post Is it necessary DEAR ato to ask the friends with whom a friend of mine is visiting to go out with us I 1 have always done this but this year things are different and I 1 much money however I 1 do not want her criticized for my failure to do something that would be very difficult for me to do right now bu which they may not appreciate answer under practically all circumstances cum stances one is tree free to ask ones friend and not the persons with whom she happens to be staying especially if the latter are strangers substitute for spouse EAR mrs post you have written D DEAR that to all general parties such as receptions and musicales musi cales eales a wife may accept an invitation for herself and send regrets for her hu husband s will you to so a little further and explain whether she might be allowed to take a friend in her husbands place to such a general party since to go alone would be rather unpleasant answer she could do this only in the house bouse of someone whom she knows well enough to call on the telephone and ask tt if she may bring whoever it Is in johns place |
