THE SHERRY PARTY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22389, 8 April 1936, Page 5

THE SHERRY PARTY

SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES The cocktail party holds its own and has a train of dresses and furniture which perpetuate it. The sherry party has even a stronger hold, since it suffices more or less for the cocktail addict, while preserving a rather milder suggestion, states a London writer. Sherry parties, which were postponed, are beginning again, and it is nothing unusual to be asked to two on the same day. One reason for their survival is the matter of space. Sherr3' glasses take less space and are much more concise than cups of tea, -with all their trimmings of spoons and milk and sugar. Further, if one does not sit down to tea it is almost impossible to eat and drink balancing a cup and saucer and conveying cream cake to one's mouth. The sherry glass, with its tit-bit, is much easier and more comfortable. Also, while you must sit for tea you can be made to stand for sherry, with the result that more than twice the number can be asked at fi time. Sherry parties, indeed, must be packed tightly, otherwise there is not the warmth which leads to mingling. On their feet people will move about where they will not change a chair, and thus introductions are dispensed with. Finally, the sherry party brings more men. It is later than tea and can be well fitted into the gap between tea and dinner. Men can come after six, and the difference is great between the former tea party of one sex and the later sherry party of two.