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Don't let food get cold

absence of a hostess who could
say, ‘‘Oh, please go ahead,’’ you
should speak up saying that or, if
you have a plate in front of you,
‘Perhaps we should start.””

DEAR MISS MANNERS — I
have been at affairs were I would
have liked to ask a female friend to
dance, or where a male friend has
asked my wife to dance.

Wher I ask someone’s wife to
dance, is the man obligated to ask
my wife? When my wife is asked
by a male friend, must I, in turn,

DEAR MISS MANNERS —
Am I gs libertine woman, or
woud you agree that we’re
dragging an archaic social
custom toward the 21st cen-
tury? I refer to the practice
of banquet waiters/
waitresses serving women
first. _

Having been a waitress myself, I
watch bemusediy when I am a
dinner guest, as the server first

rounds up the table, placing the ask his spouse or date to dance?
hot entree before exch lady. miss : GENTLE READER — Gentlemen
Datifally, s second go-round is cannot be forced jo dance. it
made, and each demsn is given ere: does eave you
hls f; : a gen ev manners leaves you at your table, if your
I would have Httle quarrel with . . getting up to dance with another
this, except that it has been my ex- Judith Martin lady would leave your wife there
perieace, and perkaps yours, that with no one to dance with or talk

focd doesn’t. always arrive to, and it leaves you there talking
smoothly from the kitchen. Often to the wife of your wife’s dance
we ladies sit and watch our meal ¢vitable, the gentlemen should take partner if that lady would other-
grow cold as an unannounced their turn. She prefers that in the wise be alone.
delay prevents the gentlemen from
recel theirs. Of course a ~
Message — seldom, if ever, forth-

coming — from anyone in charge

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Also, there’s simple logistics. §

When the table is circled twice tof IN 30
present the food, this helps defeat

the purpose of serving the hot food

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Bot aad cold food cold. :
Would Miss Manners’, or any- .
one’s, sense of decorum be ff t

seriously compromised if this ritual
were abandoned?

GENTLE READER — Miss ck itt
Manners is in the rare position of < and you can pick it :
calling someone else old-fashioned. up 7, MENUIES. F
The very idea makes her giddy. And, until May 31, §

The fact is that it has long been f' get a free 5x7 with each roll J
an acceptable form of service to J brought in. :
begin with the ranking lady (which }
usually means simply the eldest ff QUALITY & SERVICE
one) and to go around a table in §

order, rather than skipping the 30 MINUTES

HOST AN OVERSEAS
STUDENT

SO carne the i neans that & PH OTC Remuneration for room and board.
someone’s food will get cold if the Short or long terms available.
service is slow enough to endanger § 1240 Marine at Pemberton Call Student Housing Coordinator
the proper temperature of the food (Near Save-On) at 683-1199
already served. Miss Manners § 983-2531

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Capilano College cordially invites all members of the
community to join in a celebration of 20 years of
"Growing with our Community" at the

Spring Tea
on Sunday, April 30
in the B Building Courtyard from 2-4 p.m.
Take a tour of the grounds to see the campus in bloom,
enjoy refreshments, and be entertained by
College musicians.

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