Lunch should be chosen by the birthday person.
Sample Menu for a Birthday Lunch:—
- Roast Chicken.
- Bread Sauce.
- Green Peas.
- Squiggly Potatoes.
- Trifle, with chocolate éclairs as an alternative.
In choosing birthday presents people should remember that the whole point of a present is that it is an extra. Clothes should never be given for birthday presents, because one has to have clothes and it is not at all exciting to be given a pair of stockings. Handkerchiefs do not count as clothes because they are pretty.
Some really good entertainment should be arranged for the afternoon. If in London a matinée is suggested, followed by tea at Rumpelmayer’s. Bedtime should come at least two hours later than usual. If only these few simple rules could be committed to memory by those in authority what completely satisfactory occasions birthdays would be.
“Chrysanthemum”
BADLY-HEARD SAYINGS: 1. “HITCH YOUR WAGON TO A TAR.”