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Changes in Entertaining Through the Past Half Century
Elfriede Fischer Rowe surveys shifts in social hosting from formal afternoon teas and hat etiquette to evolving party forms. The piece recalls door hosts, calling cards, and rationed smoking, then describes Whist and Thimbles gatherings, dinner, and prize customs, with venues expanding from homes to halls and the rise of bridge and auction clubs through the 1920s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
R.S.V.P
Gibson
H. B. Ober
Valentine Postal
Wallace Nutting