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Rh popular practice among a great many people, especially in London, to have the dinner served at small tables, with music between courses, the man eating the course with whatever partner he dances with. This makes a sort of progressive dinner that is very cozy and delightful, and does away with the deadly weariness of the man and woman who must sit beside each other at dinner with nothing in common to interest them. It averts all possibility of placing enemies side by side for a long meal, and it saves the hostess from the effort of keeping the ball of conversation going about a large table.

The tables for the diner dansant should be, of course, all in one room; but if the room isn't large enough to dance in the dancing may be done in an adjoining room, where the musicians may be stationed. There are a hundred variations of the thé dansant and the diner dansant. They are the most popular form of entertainment at present, and the wise hostess who wishes to entertain cannot do better than arrange one or the other as a means of pleasing her friends.