… because if you don’t you are putting yourself in the awkward position of ending up with the dreaded 13 guests should one need to cancel at the last moment. Just one of the many insights I’ve gleaned from Mrs. Seely. 🙂  This book is another in the list of historical reference materials and this one has the added benefit of being a reference in its own time period! The height of domestic service roughly coincides with the Gilded Age, 1880-1920. In that time a […]