The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-13
TABLE ETIQUETTE.

! 1hefe are great uulnuer &
people who behave well other
wise, but at the table they G.
things that, if not absolutely
0utre aad ensemble are ut least
pianissimo and sine die.
1t is with a view to elevatin &
the popular taste, and ethereaIiz
ing, so to speak, the manners and
customs Of our readers, that we
give below few hints on table
etiquette:
If by writing an article of this
kind we can induce one man who
now wipes his hands On the table
cloth to come up and take higher
ground and wipe them on bis
pants, we shall feel amply repaid.
If you cannot accept an invita-
ton to dinner do not write your
regards oD the book of pool
check with a blue pencil. This is
not regarded as ricochet.
A simple note to your host in
forming him that your washer
woman refuses to relent is sufi
cient.
On seating yourself at the table
draw off your gloves and put them
in your lap under your napkin. Do
not put them in the gravy, as ii
would ruin the gloves and cast a
gloom over the gravy. If you
have just cleaoed your gloves with
benzine you leave them out in the
front yard.
lfyou happen to drop gravy Oh
your knife blade, back near the
handle, do not run the blade down
your throat to remove the gravy,
as it might injure your epiglotis,
and 1t is not considered embon.
point anyway.
When you are at dinner do not
take up a raw oyster on your fork
and playfuliy ask your host if it is
dead Remarks about death al
dinner are in very poor taste.
Pears should De held by the
stems and peeled gently but firm,
ly, not as though you were skin
ming q dead horse. 1t is not bon
ton.
Oranges are held on a fork
while being peeled, and the face
tlous style of squirting the juice
into the eye of your hostess is
now au reVoir.
Stones in cherries or other
fruit should not be placed upon
the tablecloth, but slid quietly
and unostentatlously into the
pocket Of your neighbor Or noise
lessly tossed under the table.
If you strike d worm in your
fruit do not call attention to it by
MASKING it with the mt cracker.
This is not only uncount, but it is
regarded in the best society as
blase and exceedingly vice versa.
Macaroni should be cut into
short pieces and eaten with an
even graceful motion, not 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
q bath tub in order to get the last
drop, as it cngenders a feeling OF
the most depressing melancholy
among the guests.
After eating considerable
amount do not rise and unbuckle
your vest strap in order to get
more room, as it is exceedingly
au fait and deshabille.
If by mistake you drink out OF
your finger bowl, laugh heartily
and make some facetious remark
which will change the course of
conversation and renew the friend
ly feeling among the members OF
the party.
Ladies should take but one
glass Of wine at dinner. Other.
wise there might be difficulty in
steering the male portion Of the
procession home.
If one Of the gentlemen should
drop a raw oyster into his bosom
and should have trouble in fshing g
it ont, do not make facetious re-
| marks about it, but assist him tc
find it, laughing heartily all the
timc.-Laramle Boomerang.
| DRAMATIC NoTE.-When he re-
turned 10 his seat in tho theatre
| lapI e,c,l L. :,.,.