On these occasions the tea party is a little more formal. The tea-table is usually laid in the dining room, with a lace or embroidered cloth. The plates, with a small tea-knife on each, are arranged round the table; it is usual to provide a small tea-napkin for each guest, and this can be placed […]
“Guests should congratulate only the bridegroom, never the bride. Wish her happiness, but to congratulate her is to assume that she is lucky to have managed to marry at all.”
Extract from Good Housekeeping’s It’s Your Party 1961