FASHION IN TABLE APPOINTMENTS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 110, 1 February 1908, Page 11

FASHION IN TABLE APPOINTMENTS

From .timoto-.timc fashion changes in ' theso. .and : other nuitters,: : and -. - who. appreciate'.' the 'niceties -.of .their < profession like to keep up, with the.times.' ; ■ '- ' ' ;. There, was.'a day .when ill the.-dishes were, 1 oaryed ori jthe table, \vhicli was set out with : many /wine-glasses' of- various .colours- and ' an epergno packed tight; with multi-coloured \ flowers! I '-, Qiiiic : lately'there 'was a'rogue foif; table-centres, , arid ' tho:dinner-table* was - trimmed'lilto: a. ballgown.- 1 ; Then wonderful adornments iri the forrii of isheets of' lookingglass. -.wtfre'--' introduced.' 'Now,; however, we have a liking/ for ..extravagant.'simplicity. A; tabl&centre 1 ' is • seldomV used, but the table-' cloths ' and : dinrieri' napkins • arc. beautifully firioj and as often' frs not trinimed witli hand-. made' arid ' •.;»■;,i--"Satin damask is l used>bv manv;people,- and very extravagant? lit is,'; as.-it. mustlbs dryclcaned. ■'' "'' i- ; y. ' :J' lor.il arrangements aro quito simple, and for tlii(y most part l consist .of a silver-■ or• si 1 v,cr-. giltbbwl /lightly. : filletl--- with/;!.flowers-:, .(sup-,. • po'rt:ed,; by" lend - dip;S' ;? or .'by'.'a'-'wire netting) spfeirtW' vases filled; with similar flowers andgreenery* v. ; - --Monti-cards- arb. very plain, generally. of whito card withhold, or sliver edges and the . orest or mononrani. • s,v. . Hound fables mre fashionable,.and in some houses' r a -tablecloth" l is', 'dispensed--with 7 ,; I .it's place being' taken bv - a slip of open-worked and lace-trinmi<rt:damask or. fme-linon-uiider each , cover- It: is-seareelv necessary to add that, this is onlv:< done when tho; table is of beautiful polished mahogany or . dark oak. There is a great liking.for ;cut T glass again, ; and old specimens are. hard to get. Ileprocluctioiis of gooij ,designs can bfi.bought; however,; at'moderate:prices,- and icerfcainly notliirig- looks bettor'/ than.; a , table polished or coyered'with damask arid set; with-.'cut-glass'-and silver tylt. ' Silver .gilt,: tbyrtho-by.'-.js- much , used: fortables,; and 'this bis not to bo wondered *s itfisV really not', so' very ■much .more, expen,-, sivo ti than'.good?' silver, and considerably < easibr.:to:keep ; cleani:;/' vp:' • 1' Thero' was af„timowhen damask was the only'material used for table-cloths; but .now*., verys fine linen,'; open-worked -and •> la'cetrimmod, is, employed. 111 Vienna, wierf the most beautiful-house napery' isto-bo ■ found,' tho ■ fine 1 inon t.ible- . cloths vate sometitftes^ornamented'' with ,'a centre-piece- consisting- of the coat of', arms executed in' driwn-thread- work. -v ■■ : "When writingV'of table fashions, one: must . irientiori;' t6o,';'.tlie; change which has-, taken-' placo in : at* the-smartest dinners sbrvedin the .rongh earthenware 1 pot's; so beloved of■ the French arid Flemish. peasantry, and V.alj- kinds, of ■ green. J brpivri, , ori.white fireproof ware is-made use .'.of:-' Tho-soup is :often served from a large br'dwn Potrau-Feu 1 ;: or in miniature .pots, ons to cach ; person,.? while'fish ail gratin,. dishes • of .eggs,' 1 and' so. forth, are; served in largo fireproof disheskor in small earthonjvare sauccpans or .little shallow .tubs.--" Tho Lady." '- . : ; : '■■■'.

The people ..irijerlin ..are all the less • entitled to accuse us of intrigues 1 on thq Moroccan .frontier, as' Gernian',policy .has .incurred a;heayy share \of '.-..responsibility .{for ..the , troubled situation which threatens our frontier and our .territory—'.'Temps," Paris.; ,

•Tho/ death,' lately : announced, of Fran. Horzl,. widow j'(if the late Dr. Thoodor Horii,' ■ removed,-'at .a ■ comparatively- early. a most jinteresting .personality.; Dr. Herd Was^the'j'man-who founded Zionism' in its'''present ' aspect, 'and. his wife/who .be-. longedHo\a.wqalthy [Jewish, family in Vienna; and 'who was ; married ■to him- iri;.;lßß9, has survived •' him j. a : ' little- .- over . ; ;threp v : Real's, Strangely onough,. she always entirely- disagreed with.' her husband's Zionist ' aims, and ideals;'.for she disapproved'; fromHhef outset; but, like a ti'tie 'wife, ; she never stood in hie way- when matters of .moment .in connection w'th the.hiovbment were concei'ned, and she . accompanied Win to the periodical Congrcssos at Basle.,--Dr.- Herzl was a firm admirer of English liberties',- iinfl' it isV noteworthy that their- only ,'son, Hans Herzl,' is being educated ,in :: England.; • There ~a'rc. also , two . daughters; ; '.ofothe !" marriage.—" Pall Mali Gazette.".. .; ''';