Manners of modern society : being a book of etiquette.

  • Cheadle, Eliza.
Date:
[1875?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Manners of modern society : being a book of etiquette. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    placard which is adorned with red silk and lace; this is affixed to the door of the house, and when the friends and neighbours, being thus apprised, call to pay their respects to the mother and inspect the new-comer, they are regaled with mulled wine and cinnamon cakes. Formerly in this country the friends who, directly the news reached them, called to offer their con- gratulations, were entertained on these occasions with caudle, which is a kind of spiced gruel flavoured with rum. The cups, out of which this refreshment was partaken, were made for, and used only on these special occasions. They were of china and had two handles, one on either side, so that the gossips could easily pass them on from one to the other “ when so dispoged.” Caudle cups were often handed down as heir- looms, and as such were highly prized by our ancestresses, who made much more stir and “ to-do” on these occasions than is now the custom. Then there was the “gentlemen’s party”—this took place at a later date. At the end of a fortnight, if mother and child were doing well, it was the custom for the husband to entertain his particular friends. Both bachelors and Benedicts were invited to eat “ sugared toast,” which, as the cookery books say, was thus prepared :—• “ Rounds of bread toasted, and each stratum spread thick with moist sugar; these were piled up in a portly punch bowl. Strong beer was in the meantime heated, and poured boiling hot over the mound of bread.” This “ Gothic mess ” was taken immediately to the expectant guests and quickly demolished. At the conclusion of the repast each visitor put a
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