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have taken the simple precaution to invite The
Blonde.
If
Father's Fnistration happens to be present,
hand the shaker to him, drop a cloth on a tray,
spread your canape mixture on toast rings or
wafers, chill the glasses by whirling a piece of
ice in each of them, place them in a circle on
the tray, take the cocktail napkins from the
drawer, slide the canape platter on one side of
the tray and march into the living-room to the
mental strains of "Apres Midi d'un Faun."
Never ask the Artist of the Shaker to come
to the kitchen for his implement, as the rest of
the guests are likely to follow him and spoil the
triumphal entry. They are also likely to be in
your wav.
The amount of bread used in a canape should
be measured according to the capacities and ten–
dencies of your
guests.
If
they are the kind who
will sit looking poignantly at the empty shaker·
until you are compelled to make the fifth .round,
and subsequently to watch the destruction of
your dinner
service,
use plenty of bread. It's
good blotting paper.
Coasters are a snare and a delusion. Besides
annoying your guests, they are seldom needed
and they complicate life unreasonably. Instead
of using them, give all furniture in the line of
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