High Tea

Afternoon Tea

Except in the Nursery or in large homes , the old-fashioned "tea" has all but ceased to exist .

We are not now bidden to partake of tea-cakes , hot buttered toast , new laid eggs , and such delicacies at 4 o'clock in the afternoon ; we can only then expect the ordinary "at home"tea in tiny cups with it's accompanying thin bread and butter ; and this in many houses which cannot lay claim to be fashionable ones.

Far be it from us to abuse this afternoon tea , which seems to the feminine mind almost a necessity where the dinner is late ; but if doctors are to be believed , it is a bad habit we have got into , when it sometimes happens  that , calling at several places , we may consume three or four cups in one afternoon .

At the large "at homes" to which guests have formal invatations , the teas are now quite the feature , and a great variety of dainty eatables and drinkables are provided .

Foie gras , cucumber , caviar and fish sandwiches , and such things , pleasantly vary the monotony of cake and bread and butter ; and for those who do not c are to take either tea or coffee , there are "cups" of all kinds ; while in summer , fruit and ices are almost invariably given .

"High teas" as substitutes for late dinners , are not now so frequent as they used to be , but so long as our young people care to play tennis all the evening in summer , they cannot quite go out of fashion .

A moveable feast , such as this meal may be , is a great boon to those who like to spend as much time as possible out of doors during the fine weather ; and it can be a very pleasent meal even in winter as well as summer .

 

INVATATIONS I

                 Mr. & Mrs. D. Mc Duffie   

                   Wednesday , Dec. 6th

From Four till Eight o' Clock    

                             3339 East Walnut Street

                                             R.S.V.P.

 

 

INVATATIONS II

Mr & Mrs. Barton request the pleasure of your company on

Thursday evening ,Jan. 22d , from eight to twelve o' clock   920 B Street

r.s.v.p.

MENUS for "AT HOME" TEAS

                                                       (Summer)

Cucumber Sandwiches        Fois Gras and Cress Sandwiches      Anchovy and Salad sanwiches   

                                          Bread and Butter  , White and Brown                                                             

 

     Rout  Cakes                              Madeira Cakes                                         Pound Cake                        

                                                              Petit Fours                

      Ices, Raspberry and Cherry                                 Strawberries and Cream                                   

          Tea            Coffee                        Claret                    and                  Champagne Cup

                                                           (Winter)                                                                    

   Caviare Sandwiches             Tongue Sandwiches                         Sardine Sadwiches  

                                     Bread and Butter , White and Brown                                                               

   Plum Cake            Seed Cake                Fancy Cakes                             Almond Cakes        

             Crystallised Fruits                                                         Sweet Biscuts   

                 Tea              Coffee                       Claret         and                  Sherry

MENUS for "HIGH" teas

                                                                          (Summer)                                                    

                                                                  Mayonaise of Salmon                                                   

Cold Dishes:            Tongue                                                                 Veal  and Ham Pie    

                                 Cucumber                                                                       Salad      

                       Compote of Fruit                   jelly           Cream              Fresh Fruit            

                              Tea                                            Coffee                                 Wine         

                                                                              (Winter )                                  

                                                                     Scalloped Oysters                 

                         Mutton Cutlets                                                             Cold Phesants           

                                                                       Winter  Salad              

                   Macaroni  and Pineapple           Cheese Cakes                   Pound Cake                  

                             Tea                                           Coffee                                        Wine

Classic High Tea set up