Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1894 — Common-Sense Entertaining. [ARTICLE]

Common-Sense Entertaining.

There are two or three commonsense rules that would save a would-be entertainer a lot of heartache if she will only heed them. The sensible housekeeper never tries to make her dinners and teas more elaborate than her circumstances would consistently permit. It is always a source of annoyance to attempt to do things that are beyond the limitations of your coo!| or yourself. If your guest is one whe is used to the ministrations of a French chef, you will probably please her best by giving her some of the dainty home dishes for which you have a reputation beyond your home, and of which she has heard. Make things pleasant in your own simple fashion and you will be a success —that is, if you have displayed spotless linen napery, shining* glassware, and burnished silver, and have had the good taste to invite only those who are congenial to each other.