The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-23
TABLE ETIQUETTE.
Never eat very fast. .

Never eat very fast.
Never fill the mouth very full
Never open your mouth when chew
ing.
Never make uoisc with the mouth OF
throat.
Never attempt to talk with the
mouth full.
Never leave the sable with food in
the mouth.
Never soil the table cloth # i. is pos.
sible to avoid it.
Never carry away fruits and confec-
tionery from the table.
Never encourage dog or ca. TO play
with you at the table.
Never explain at the table why GER
tain foods do not agree with you.
Never introduce disgusting or un-
pleasant topics for conversation.
Never pick your teeth or put yoir
hand in your mouth while eating.
Never cut bread; always break it.,
! spreading with butter each piece ss you
/ eat it,
Never come TO the table in your
shirt-sleeves, with dirty hands or dis
heveled hair.
Never express a choice for any par
ticular parts Of dish. unless requested
to 60 So
Never hesitate to take the last piece
of bread or the last cake; there are
probably more.
! Never call loudly for the waiter. ncr
| attract attention To yourself 10y bolster
ous conduct.
Never hold bones in your fingers
while you eat from them. Cut the
meat with knife.
Never use your own kuife when cut
ting butter. Always use u kni!e as
signed to that purpose.
Never pare M apple. peach or pear
for another at the :sble without hold
ing 1t with fork.
Never wipe your fingers on the table
cloth nor clean them in your mouth.
Use the napkin.
Never allow butter. soup or other
food to remain on your whiskers. Use
the napkin frequently.
Never wear gloves at the table, un-
less the hands from some special reason
are unfit to be seen.
Never, when serving Others. overload
the plate nor force upon thom de'i,acles
which they decline.
Never pour sauce over meat anu veg
etablcs when helping others Place it
at one side on the plate.
Never make display Of finding fault
with your food. Very quietly have it
changed if you want it different
Never pass your plate with knife and
allow them t. rest upon u piece oi
bread
Never Makes display when remov-
ing hair. insects or other disagrceable
things from your food. Place them
quietly under the side Of your plate.
Never make All effort to clean your
plate or the bones you have been eating
from too clean; it looks as if you left off
hungry.
Mover tilt back in your chair or
lounge upon the table; neither assume
a position that is awkward or ill-bred.
Never. at ones own table or ut din.
ner party elsewhere. leave before the
rest have finished. without being ex.
cused. At hotel or boarding house
this rule need not be observed.
Never feel Obliged TO cut of tho
kernels with knife when eating green
corn; eaten from the cob. the corn is
much the sweetest.
Never eat so much Of any article rs
to attract attention, ns some people do
who eat large quantities of butter.
sweet cake, cheese or other articles.
Never expectorste at the table: also
avoid sueezing and coughing. 1t is
better to arise quietly f:om the table if
you have occasion to do either. A
snsexe is prevented by placing the fin
ger firmly on the upper lip.
Never spit out bones, cherry pits,
grape skins. etc. upon your plate.
Quietly press them from your mouth
upon the fork, aud lay them upon the
side Of yonr plate.
Never allow the conversation at the
table to drift into anything but chit
chat: the consideration Of deep and alb
strusc principles will impair digestion.
Never permit yourself to engage in a
heated argument at the table. Neither
should you use gestures. nor illustra-
tions made with . knife or fork on the
table cloth
Never pass forward TO another the
dish that has been handed to you.
unless requested to do so; it may have
been purposely designed for you. and
passing it to another may give him or
her what 10 not wanted.
Never put your feet 30 far under the
table as to touch those Of the person on
the opposite side; neither should you
curl them under nor at the side Of your
chair.
Never praise extrAvagantly every
dish set before you; neither should You
appear indifferent. Any article may
have praise.-From MFs Ld.ual ef