Summary
Can you entertain effortlessly or does cooking a pizza for your best friend send you into a spin? Sit down, relax and take note - The Perfect Hostess could be the thing to set you straight. First published 74 years ago, The Perfect Hostess became the most famous book on etiquette in the 1930s. Written by Rose Henniker-Heaton - the youngest daughter of Sir John Henniker-Heaton MP - how to entertain to lunch the women your husband nearly married is just one of the ticklish situations on which the book offers advice.
Solving every problem of running a home, from simple rules for servants to the qualities that make a marriage a success, Rose - who began her writing career by publishing poems in the Evening Standard - litters the book with thoughts for the perfect hostess.See the full content of this document
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Entertaining
There are rules for bridge, perfect present giving, id...
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