CHAPTER I.
THE TABLE-CLOTH IS SPREAD.
Our theory has always been, "Eat lightly in the evening." While, therefore, morning and noon there is bountifulness, we do not have much on our tea-table but dishes and talk.

The most of the world's work ought to be finished by six o'clock p.m.The children are home from school.

The wife is done mending or shopping.

The merchant has got through with dry-goods or hardware.

Let the ring of the tea-bell be sharp and musical.