PAPER PLATES.

Shannon News, 1 June 1926, Page 1

PAPER PLATES.

- ■" ir^ — ■ THE ACQUISITION OF TIME.

We use paper napkins on many f Informal occasions, without offering , the apologies for them which, not longago were considered necessary whenever they were spread out . in the presence of guests. Home-makers are slow to acknowledge that a new form may be good form, and particularly, so, perhaps, when the change * Seeing to imply a laziness on their part or a lack of readiness to take a great deal of trouble for friends. Are not all /visitors, hiowever, made uncomfortable by the knowledge that they are increasing the drudgery of thojse who are entertaining them, and is not conversation more spontaneous and mirth more free in the servantless house when there is very little implication of special labour in the form of entertainment?

I . was present not long ago at a studio luncheon served on paper plates, says a writer in an exchange. They were square sectional plates, and were fitted into metal supporting trays so that the weight of meat, vegetables and relishes caused no sagging when they were brought in and removed. The paper is non-ab-sorbent; gravies, sauces and juices behaved with absolute decorum, nor did the edge of the knife cut into this porclain-finished paper any more than it would into actual china.

After the meal the hostess threw away the plates. The supporting trays did not even need wiping, for the paper is impervious. No aftermath of unpleasant occupations dulled for her the pleasures of hospitality.

When there are no guests, in the ordinary routine of family life, these plates are emancipators. The housekeeper is free almost at once after a meal for whatever the succeeding hours may offer. In a very busy household, where the acquisition of a little extra time really matters, thn> time being a contribution to important affairs, i: sefems almost a duty, if it offends no one in the home, to sacrifice day in and day out the luxury of pretty china and to give the time saved to service.