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THE BIG PARTY
When you owe thousands and thousands of
people entertainment, and -life's fair prospects
have dimmed out
in
the ungrateful certainty
that you are going to have to cook company
dinners for years and years, the easy thing is
to give a Big Party-in the late afternoon. This
method of settling social obligations with one
big check need not be completely intolerable.
The alternative is to get everyone fairly pie–
eyed.
Anyone who gives a Big Party for any other
reason than social stress should go back to the
land from which he came. Eight people are
enough for a Brawl, six for a Riot, and four for
Fun. With two guests you can get your bridge
played.
If
you are entertaining ten or more guests
you had better have punch. With enough as–
sistance you can serve cocktails to far more
people than this, of course, but your whole
evening
will
be spoiled.
It isn't always necessary to serve sandwiches
and canapes at either a Big Party or a Cocktail
party. On a table-preferably across the room
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