Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-01
NO 1||O2.
From The Boomerang.


j. From The Boomerang.
There are q great many people nj,
behave well otherwise, but az the folll
. they do things that If MOI abso b,
! ontre and ensemble, arc at least piaa3ss;sxl
i and sine die.
5 It's with a view Of elevating tho POI,
8 nlar and etllerializing, 50 to speak, the
manners and customs Of our readers,
that we give below few hints upo,,
table etiquette.
/ 1fby writing an article of this kind
we can induce one man who now wines,
bis hands on the table cloth to 3 come ,p
and take higher ground and wipe them
on his pants, we shall feel amply repaid.
II you cannot accept an Invitation to
dinner DO not write your regrets on the
back Of q pool check With ! blue pencil.
This is now regarded as ricochet.
E a simple note to your host informing
atm that your waaaherwoman refuses Ia
!relent sufficient.
On seating yourself At the table draw
off your gloves and put them ID your Ian
under your napkin. Do not nut them
in the gravy, a. II would ruin the elove,
and cast a gloom over the gravy. II
you have just cleaned your gloves Will,
benzine, you might leave them ont ii.
the front yard.
Ifyou happen to drop gravy on your
knife blade, back near the handle. do
not run the blade down your throat Is
remove the gravy, as it might ipjure
you epiglottis, and it is not considered
embonpoiat, anyway.
When you are at dinner do not take
up raw oyster on your fork and play-
fully ask your host If it is dead. Re.
marks.about death at dinner are in very
poor taste.
Pears should be held by the stems and
peeled gently but firmly, not as though
you were skinning dead horse. II Il
not bon ton.
Oranges are held on q fork while be-
ing pulled, and the facetious style Of
squirting the juice into the eye Of your
hostess is now an reroir.
Stones in cherries and other fruit
should st not 90 placed upon the table
cloth, but slid quietly and unostenta-
tiously into the pocket Of your neighbor
Or noiselessly tossed under the table.
fyou strike worm in your fruit do
not call ats.e:aai;ca to it by mashing it
With the nut-cracker. This is not only
incouth, but it is regarded in the best
'ociety as blaze and exceedingly rice
'ersd.
Macaroni should be cut in short pieces
md eaten with an even graceful motion,
'ot absorbed by the yard,
In drinking wine, when yo,, ,,.i'.iI...>
20 bottom Of yonr glass do not ti,no, @
our head back and draw in your btssti NJ
ke the exhaust ofa bath tub in ordsT Y
get the last drop, as Il etleendets d
e'lng Of the most depressing meIaa-
'oly among the guests.
After eating considerable amo,,nt A.,
It rise and unbuckle your vest stran
order to get more room, as it Is ex
edingly an .tait and deshadiNe.
II by mistake You drink out Of vonr
ger-o'wl, laugh heartily and make
ne laceclons remark which will change
, course Of conversation and renew
friendly feeling among the members
the party.
'aoies should take but one glass Of
10 at dinner. Otherwise there might
difficulty in steering the male portion
ho procession home.
o not make remarks about tba s..
'un6 your companion has eaten. IF
lady who is your company at table
'ther she be your wife or the wife of
9 one else, should eat heartily do not
70 pay your host for his loss or saw
'er, Great Scott! I hope you will
Kill yourself because you have the
'rtunlty," but be polite and GENTLE
y, even though the food supply be-
of for week,
one Of the gentlemen should drop
y oyster IL hi # bosom and he should
trouble in fishing it out, do not
9 facetious remarks about it. but
h'm to find it, laughing heartily
le time.
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