At a formal dinner given by the family of the engaged woman the father takes out his daughter first and her fiance escorts her mother.
At formal dinner parties, luncheons, and breakfasts, second helpings are never offered by the host or hostess, and should not be asked for by the guests.
At a formal dinner given by the family of the woman, the father takes out his daughter first and her fiance escorts her mother.
A formal dinner is one of the most solemn obligations of society.
When men are present the procedure to the dining-room follows the custom at a formal dinner.
One may ask the waiter for a second or third glass of water, as even at a formal dinner that is always permissible.
There is a story told of a well-known New York society matron who gave a formal dinner party on every occasion that warranted it, no matter how trivial, for the reason that it gave her keen pleasure and enjoyment to do so.
A highly amusing story is related of a guest who was invited to a formal dinner given by a prominent New York woman who had gained a reputation for the savory qualities of the soups she served.
The proper way to use a napkin, whether it is at a formal dinner, or in a restaurant, is to unfold it only half, leaving the center fold as it is, and lay it across the knees.
This may be overlooked in the restaurant, but at a formal dinner it is essentially bad form.
The cook had had, through Agathemer, my directions for a formal dinner and he declared that one more guest made no difference and that his dinner was good enough for anybody.
Until the death of Pertinax he had only very occasionally dined alone with me: nearly every day he went out to a formal dinner or entertained a large batch of guests at a lavish banquet.
When a bachelor wishes to issue engraved invitations for a formal dinner-party or luncheon, he uses the forms provided respectively in the chapters entitled “Dinners” and “Luncheons.
Evening dress is required for all guests at a formal dinner.
For a formal dinner, there should be an even number of guests, eight or ten, or more, with the sexes evenly divided.
When more than a single meat course is served at a formal dinner, the sorbets and frozen punches should be dropped.
As it is a quite informal affair, however, the side dish (never seen at a formal dinner) is permissible.
Otherwise the only occasions on which a gentleman offers his arm to a lady are in taking her in at a formal dinner, or taking her in to supper at a ball, or when he is an usher at a wedding.
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