Grace and Charm, Take Two

Our Perfect Hostess manual continues apace. This is like a dispatch from another planet, as our guide, Nancy Prentiss, shows us how to make crucial homemaking decisions.

Here, for example, is what you'll need in order to be able to both serve your family and entertain:

Two bridge cloths? Non-optional. Says a lot.

Here's how to present a formal dinner table: 

But we're not stuffy. Sometimes an après-sports dinner is just the ticket:

And best of all, these coy instructions for whipping up a few special occasion decorations: