Keep the carafes filled and offer ice for the glasses.
When this course is finished, remove first the carvers and carving-forks and spoon, then the meat platters and vegetable dish. Next take the plates, one in each hand, until all are removed. Then take the bread-and-butter plates, and the olive and pickle dishes.
Remove the crumbs.
Remove the carving-cloths.
Place the salad fork and spoon in the salad bowl, put it on your tray, and place it before the host. Put the salad plates before the host.
When some salad has been served, take the plate in your right hand and put it on your tray. Serve the hostess first by going to the right and putting the plate down. Serve all on one side of the table first, then begin at the left of the hostess and serve all on the other side.
Offer crackers, then cheese, going all around the table.
Remove the salad bowl, lifting it from the right of the host to your tray. Remove the plates, one in each hand, until all are removed.
Remove the crumbs.
Place a dessert plate, with its bowl and fork, before each person.