The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-17
TABLE ETIQUETTE,
,u,N,e,s Deiica'e Hints Upon Table
Manners.
From the boomerang.

From the Boomerang.
rb,r, are a great many people who be-
20 we'll otherwise, but at table they dc
.Sir,s tina. if no. absolutely outre and en-
'an6la are at least pisnissime and sine die.
7. |, with view to elevate the popular
,..,a and etherealze, SO to speak, tho man
...s and customs Of cur readers, that we give
r., a few hints to our readers on table
e' ny nv writing an article Of this kind, we
5nce one man who now wipes his hand
ea ,bo table,cioth TO come up and take
W T.Sar Ground and wipe them on his pants,
IVA we shall feel amply repaid.
II YOU cannot accept an invitation 10 dln-
No, do not write your regards on the back
nfs'nool-check with blue pencil. This Is
not regarded as ricochet.
4 simple note TO your host, informing
him that your washerwoman refuses to re-
lapt. /. sufficient
W. a, seating yourself at TIE table draw, of
,on, cloves and put them in your lap I'M
sr ro9r NAPKIN. Do not put them into
,Sa Srsyy. as it would ruin the gloves and
O 's a loom over the gravy. If you have
;nst cleaned your gloves with benzine, you
Vii leave them out in the front yard.
Ifyou happen to drop gravy on your krife-
Ns5s hack near the handle, do not Iun the
hlsde down your throat TO remove the gravy,
Ssit might ipjure your epigloths, and 1t is
not embonpoint, any way.
When YOU are at dinner do not take up a
raw oyster on your fork and playfully ask
vo,Ir host if it ia dead. Remarks about
death are in very poor taste.
pears should be held by the stems and
peeled gently and firmly, not as though you
we're skinnings dead horse. IL Is nos bon
ion. 80,
Oranges are held on fork while being
rsslcd. and the facetious style Of squirting
Inc Juice into the eyes OF the hcs!efs is now
Stones in cherries or other fruit shouldnot
be pMced upon the table.cloth, but slid
0uietlv and unostenta.iously into the pocket
Of your neighbor, or noiselessly tossed under
the table.
Ifvou strike worm in your fruit do not
call attention to il by MASKING it with the
pulcracker. This is not only uncoutb, but it
i regarded in the best society as blase and
exceedingly vice versa,
Macaroui should be cut into short pieces
and should be eaten with al even, graceful
motion, and absorbed by the yard.
In drinking wine, when you get to the
bottom of your glass do not throw your
head back and draw in your breath like the
exhaust of bath tub in order to get the last
drop, as it engenders feeling of most de-
pressing melancholy among the guests.
After eating considerable amount do
no! rise and unbuckle your vest strap in
order to get more room, rs II is not exactly
au fat and deshabille.
If, by mistake, you drink out Of your
finger bowl, laugh heartily and make some
fscetious remark which will change the
course of conversation and renew the
friendly feeling among the members of the
party.
Lsdies should take but one glass OF wine
o. dinner; otherwise there might BIS diff
Guilty in steering the male portion Of the
procession home.
Dor make remarks about the amount
your companion has eaten. Ii the lady who
Is your company ut table, whether she be
your wife or the wife OF some one else,
should eat quite heartily, do not offer to pay
your host for his loss, or say to her, "Giea.
Scott ! hope you will not Kill yourself be-
ause you have tho opportunity" but be
polite aud gentlemanly, even though the
food supply be cut of for week,
Itone OK the gentlemen should drop raT
oyster into his bosom, ard he should have
trouble in fishing it out, do not make faces
nous remarks about it, but assist him to find
Il, laughing heartily all the time.