The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-08-04
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Tabi. Etiqae,.

There are great many people who he,
have well otherwise, bat at the table they
do things that II not absolutely o,ait and
e.seabtc, are at least p,aaasiao aud she
die
II is with view to oloyaiing the popu.
lar taste and otheralizing, so 10 speak. the
manners and customs OF our readers, that
We give below . few hints upon table oti,
quotte,
IL 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 aud 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 pool check with a blue pencil.
This is now regarded as ricoolet,
A simple note TO your host informing
him that your washerwoman refuses to
relent is sufficient
On seating yourself at the table draw of
your gloves and put them in your lap un.
der your napkin, DO not put them in tho
gravy, as it would ruin tho gloves and
cast gloom over the gravy. II you have
just cleaned you gloves with benzine you
might leave them out in the front yard.
II 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, as it might injure yonr epiglot.
tis; and is not considered eaJoapoiad any
way.
When you are at dinner do not take up
a raw oyster on your fork and playfully ask
if it is dead, Remarks about death at din.
ner are in very poor taste
Pears should be held by the stem and
peeled gently but firmly, not as though
you were skinning dead horse. II is not
bon ton.
Oranges are held on a fork while being
pulled, and the facetious style OF squirting
the JUICE into the eye OF your hostess is now
al ,ec0ir.
Stones in cherries or other fruit should
not be placed upon the tablecloth, but slid
quietly and unostentatiously into the poe
ket OF your neighbor or noiselessly tossed
under the table.
III you strike worm in your fruit do not
call attention to il by mashing ii with the
nut e,aehci. This IN nou only uuouutt,
but it is regarded in the best society as
biase and exceedingly rice rersa
Macironi 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 yonr
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
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 du faa and dishabiQe.
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
friendly feeling among the members OF the
party
Ladies should take but one glass OF vino
at dinner Otherwise there might be diff
ficulty in steering the male portion OF tho
procession home.
DO not make remarks about the amount
your companion has eaten. II the lady
who is your company at table, whether she
be your wife or the wife Of some one else,
should cat quite heartily, do not offer to
pay your host for his loss or say to her.
Great Scott | hope you will not kill
yourself becausss you have the OPP
portunity," but be polite and gentlemanly,
even though the food supply be cut of for
| a week.
II one of the gentlemen should drop
raw oyster into his bosom and he should
have trouble in fishing IL out, do not make
facetious remarks about it, but assist him
to find it. laughing heartily all the time. -
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