To enjoy am evening's entertainment one must, of course, be properly dressed, and no malter how much man grumbles, over getting into broadcloth and fine Tinen he will be the first to turn upon his wife if she has allowed him to be the only man in a dinner jacket among a multitude of tails, That, naturally is a great distinction, and one which "the feminine mind can quite comprehend, as being similar to the dis: tinction between a dinner frock" and full evening costume.
Tt is, however, more _difjeult for the untrained woman: y.cye to differentiate twixt the braid covered and the shiny button of a man's dress cent when sha is trying to note the materials, colours, styles, and designers of all the gowns worn by the ladies _present; but she really owes it to herself to do 0, for how other: wise may she be sure that he really a proper' person for her to Imect socially. The other evening while on one side the discussion of free verse waxed warm, and eros the table some racy" petsonalities were being indulged in, we had to lend an unwilling eat to a dissertation on buttons, rue TOUCH THAT COUNTS, Buttons make the man; wrong uso of them, the bounder, we were led. to believe. After' learning their significance as anarking an evening outfit as belonging to the Well-Dressed Man or merely to the Indifferont Malo we shudder-od at our former lack of sensitive ness to this detail. When at comparatively small' expense a evening jacket or tail-coat may be brought up to date it is tragic to think that the would-be Beau Brummels of Shanghai are remiss through We haste, Htictp itself. A couple of French fireproof casseroles, brown or green with a white' lining and measuring some five inches in diameter, are most useful in preparing food for the little invalid, and a small-sized hot-water plate is invaluable, for a sick child loiters over its meals, and, oven to the healthy, half-cold food is unappetising." White enamelled trays with rims all round and with pictures on them are now sold at quite reasonable prices, and these are a boon when sorving bed-meals, where. accidents are so easy. Everything on the tray should be bright and dainty, with nothing heavy and tiring to hold.
A very light out most nourishing little meal may take the form of savoury custard, SAVOURY CUSTARD, Warm up, but do not boil, five ounces of Becf-tea or chicken-tea (we tablespoonfuls of liquid equal one ounce.) Pour this on a. well-beaten fresh egg, strain it into a buttered breakfast-cup, and cover with a piece of butter led paper. Steam in a pan of boiling-water—the water should come half.way up th lo of the cup—, J until just set. The heat should be gentle. The cooking will take about fifteen minutes. Turn out on the hot-water plate, and serve at once with some "fingers" of bread and butter, for butter is the most digestible form of fat, and a good deal can be got down in the form of thin bread and butter.
Here are two very simple and Tight fish dishes.
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