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The Evening Collation

Evening refreshments may be of infinite variety-from the very simple to the most elaborate without regard to appetite or digestion. The menu may include hot bouillon, hot entrées, sandwiches, cold entrées, salads, coffee, salted nuts, ices and cakes. Coffee may be served in teacups with the supper or in after-dinner cups as a last course. The second way is necessarily customary where guests are not seated at tables.

Only the daintiest of china, glass and silver should appear on the table, and all crowding should be avoided; dishes can be replenished from the pantry if necessary. The table may be simply or elaborately decorated, according to the kind of entertainment, the season, and inclination of the host. Candle light, because of its soft radiance, is preferred to any other; and the candlesticks themselves add beauty of the appearance of the table .