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Title: Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ...
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Cooke, Maud C
Subjects: Etiquette
Publisher: Philadelphia : National Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ally arranged,both for the adornment of the parlor and dining-room and the tablemore sumptuous, though always dainty; broiled delicacies, such as donot require carving, take the place of joints, and too rich dishes, withsalads, oysters, croquettes and ices; bouillon is very generally servedat large or small lunches, as is also chocolate with whipped cream. 280 BREAKFASTS, LUNCHEONS AND TEAS. Tea is not expected to be present on these occasions. Coffee,served without cream after luncheon in the prettiest little cups thehostess can muster, is generally at hand. The table may be decorated with flowers and fruit as a center-piece,around which should be placed glass dishes of fancy cakes, and bon-bons. At very formal luncheons each dish is served as a separate course.Instead of coffee being served in the drawing-room, as after dinner,the hostess dispenses it at the luncheon table. The invitations to fashionable, elaborate luncheons should be hand-somely engraved after the following style :
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The toilets of the ladies attending should be elegant, and alwaysappropriate to the occasion. The hostess usually leads the way to the table, keeping the mostdistinguished guest s-t her right, the others following and seating them- BREAKFASTS, LUNCHEONS AND TEAS. 281 selves as they choose. Guests are not expected to remain longerthan half an hour after they return to the parlors. Calls are a polite acknowledgment after receiving hospitalities, andshould be made within a few days after the entertainment. If gentlemen are invited, and the master of the house is present, theguests proceed to the dining-room in the same order as at a formaldinner party. If the luncheon is given in honor of some particularindividual, this fact should appear upon the invitation. The followingis a good form :

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