Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-05-15
Foreign Manners at a Table.

recent English traveller in Europe writes follows:
is amusing watch the convenhonalies Of dieren,
people dinner table, One day Frenchman pick.
ing his teeth with FORK gently repfoVed young German
for noisy and Extensively collecting his saliva aud drop.
png the floor. "Jen conviens, said the other, good
hEmors Dig, "bu really obliged II either that
swallow it, Baginn who, regards with disgust the
yeyng Of peas Ihe mouth the point Of knife, has
scrupo ia eombng his head istlo completing his toilet
with a small mirror with which he eKsEDes the Of
his back teeth. An Italian, who affects the fine gentleman.
ard looks CONTEMPORARY upon the holiday clothes Of Yer
yers who come to spend their Sunday here will not
only spit and do worse, but help himself strawber-
| ries WITH lie well toothpick. German sits at
breakfast with hs V9 with his hat on, though Of
he hardly kcepii on bis head for bowling. Yesterday
gentleman helping lady 10 GtaEapssns, something
the wine. and dipped his finger into the gas ~
it, then filed up the glass and politely presented IL. On
ali sides you the old principle Of "hngers before forks
amply eairo in these days Some of the ladies pick
their bones relish and, forgetting that napkins lib
orally supplied. scrupuogsy lick their fingers afterwards
Even the pretty young lady will persist in dragging her
cule,s OF tho dish by the bone. believe pm the only
person who the knife and ork changed every change
u plate but this affectaton 10 discontinue. The
practice is, after carefully wpinE and polishing the plate
with piece Of bread, and swallowing IT, 10 take an
other piece and wipe the knife and fork; this. any rate
is better than having them polished up by
mOs lowell, which must happen " every
them away with their plates sony 10 observe that
guests, OF all COUNTLESS OEc all Of restraint and
decorum, when there IL chance OF iayoe dish escaping
them. Walters then yehsmenfy called seized II
possible bat wearing coat tails this Is easy bot quiet
" and deeply Cursed they inss an eEpeet8ni, Alter
has well heapeJ his plate have known him to
turn 10 neigbbor with an "Es VOucz vOus, Monsieur -
~as smused dsy with at pethofic fellow who
IN late and next 10 The bOuilie going round
bot passed him while ealing bis soup. However,
o. he could change his paie he helped himself to cSUAOw
and lOu ed sharp for tho TDea which came not and
was rapidly vanishing, my neghbOr The other eide
having just cleared dish az his second helping. Dnlur
biz, Two walters succession noticing that be was
sesdy provided, handed him vegetables again; when nc
started gp a1s - state OF great excitement, shouted
"he-h, flesh" continuing The with what should
consider from the and Igner be the hoses curse
I ever heard ~ my life.
They may call our countrynen rude AID Leansh--and
therc are some curious specimens 20 sbroad-but sm
satisfied no person from Mapping ST. Bene shorehog
would do these things Nay, am equally that for
genuine, real potenoss that does The civil Thing without
any nourshing, they be mif,hed abroad. II is
much to be wished that they could get nd u their cold ard
apparently sulky manner these dislike, because We hate
our own faults w oihofs.