CHAPTER XXII.

Assigning Guests at Dinner--The Boston fashion dying out--The approved Manner--Going in to Dinner--Time to be spent at table--Table Decoration--Too many Flowers in bad taste--Simplicity the best style--Queen Victoria’s table--Her Dinner served at 8.15, but she eats her best meal at 2 P.M.--Being late at Dinner a breach of good Manners--A Dinner acceptance a sacred Obligation--A Visite de digestion, 291