The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18
TABLE EXQUISITE.
Rules Prevailing Ia Polite Society Of Wyoan.
in9 Territory. Gss Gs4l*#z=s*s5

Rules Prevailing Ia Polite Society Of Wxota.
Ing Territory.
We give sonle Of the rules prevalent among
tho polite society ii the metrop6lis Of Lar
annie City, Wyoming Territory. The Lord
Chesterfield Of that city appears TO be Bill
Nya. Esq. Of the Boomerang:
There are . great many people who be-
have we'll otherwise, but at table they do
things that il not absolutely outre and eis.
semble are ct least pianissin0 and sine de.
It is with view TO elevating the popular
taste, and etherealizing, so to speak, the
manners and customs Of our readers, that
we give below few hints upon table eti-
quette. ,
If by writing ali article of this kind we
can induce one man who now wipes his
hands on the table-cloth to come up aud
take higher ground, and wipe them on his
coat, We shall feel amply repaid.
II you can not accept an invitation to
dinner, do not write your regrets on the
back Of pool check with blue pencil.
This is now regarded as ricOchet. A suffi-
cient note to your host informing him that
your washerwolnan refuses to relent is
sufficient. - IT,. ii
On seating yourself at the table, draw Oh
your gloves, and put them in your lap un-
der your napkin. Do not put them in the
gravy, as it would ruin the gloves and cast
q gloom over the gravy. If you have just
cleaned your gloves with benzine, you might
leave them out in the front yard.
It you happen to drop gravy on your
knife blade, back near the handle, do not
run the blade down your throat to remove
the gravy, AZ It might injure your epiglottis
and it Is not considered ehsbonpoint, any
WY.
When you are at dinner do not take up
raw oyster on your fork and playfully ask
your host it it is dead. Remarks about
death at dinner are in very poor taste.
Pears should be held by the stems and
peeled gently but firmly, not AZ though YOU
were skinning dead horse. It is not bon
ton.
Oranges are hold on fork while being
peeled, and the facetious style of squirting
the juice into the eye Of your hostess is
now az rcvoir.
Stones in cherries or other fruit should
not be placed upon the table cloth, but slid
quietly and unostentatiously i2to the pock-
ct of your neighbor or noiselessly under
the table.
It you strike worm in your fruit DO not
call attention to it by maBhinR it with the
nut cracker. This is not only uncouth, 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 easy graceful motion, not
absorbed by the yard:
In drinking wine, when you get to the
bottom of the glass do not throw your head
back and draw in your breath like the ex-
haust Of a bath-tub in order to get the last
drop, as It engenders 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 exceeding
ly au fait and deshabille.
It by mistake you drink out of your fin
ger-bowl, laugh heartily and make some
facetious remark, which will change the
course of conversation, and renew the
friendly feeling among the members of the
party.
Ladies should take but one glass of wine
at dinner. Otherwise there might be dif-
fca|ty in steering the male portion Of the
procession home.
Do not make remarks about the amount
your companion has eaten. II the ladv
who is your company at 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:
Great Scott! hope you will not kill your
self because you have tho opportunity, ="
but be polite and gentlemanly, even though
the food supply be cut Oft for week.
1t one of tho gentlemen should drop a
raw oyster into his bosom, and he should
have trouble In fishing it out, do not make
facetious remarks about it, but assist him
to md 1t, laughing heartily ali the time.