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