When vespers were given upon noteworthy occasions a decided tone of elegance was given to the affair. Ancestral silver was brought out, the finest and heaviest of linens, handwoven, with crests or initials of the owner in the corners, Old Meissen or Spode china, and the Baron Stiegel glass in some families. The every-day sugar cake gave way to sponge, or "baba" cakes... White grape jelly was also considered a very great dainty to serve at vesp...
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