The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-24
Tsbls Etiquette.

! There are q great many people VINO
behaye well otherwise, but at table they
do things that, II not absolutely oufse
and ensemble. are at least Pianissinso
and sine die.
II Is with o view to elevating the pop
ular taste and entertaining. SO to
sneak. the manners and customs Of our
readers, that we give below q few hints
upon table etiquette
II by writing an article OF this kind
we car induce one man who now wipes
his hands ON the table cloth TO come
up and take higher ground and wipe
them on his pants. we shall feel amply
II o cannot accept an invitation
TO dinner do not write your regrets
on the back Of o pool check with a
blue pencil. This Is now regarded as
ricochet.
A simple note to your host informing
him that your washerwoman refuses TO
relent is sufficient.
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 it would ruin the
gloves and cast a gloom over the gravy.
II YOU have Just cleaned your gloves
with benzine, you might leave them
out in the front yard.
II YOU happen TO drop gravy on your
knife blade, back neal the handle. do
not run the blade down your throat to
remove the gravy. as 1t might injure
your epiglottis. and it Is not considered
embonpoinf, anyway:
When YOU are at dinner do mo- take
nm n raw oyster on your fork and play
f,illv ask your host II it is dead. Re-
marks about death at dinner are In very
poor taste.
Pears should be held by the stems
and peeled gently and firmly. no as
though you were skinning a deed horse.
1t is not bon ton
Oranges are held on . fork while be-
ing pulled, and the ~facetious style Of
squirting the juice into the eye Of your
hostess Is now du Teuoir.
! Stones in cherries or other fruit
should not be placed upon the table,
cloth, but slid quietly and unostenta-
tiously into the pocket of your neigh
Dor or n~oiselessly tossed under the ta-
bic.
II you strike . worm In your fruit do
not call attention to 1t by MASKING 1t
with n nut-cracker. This Is not only
uncouth, but 1t is regarded In h best
society as bldse and exceeding rtce
rersd.
Macaroni should DO cut into short
pieces and eaten with an ave graceful
motion. not absorbed by the yard.
In drinking wine, when you get %
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 got the last drop. as 1t en-
genders q feeling Of the most depress-
ing melancholy among the guests.
After eating q considerable amount
do not rise and unbuckle your vest
strap in order to get more room. as
Il is exceedingly au fat and dishabiHe.
/ If by mistake you drink out Of your
finger-bowl. laugh heartily and mako
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 n glass OF
vino at dinner. Otherwise there might
be difficulty In steering the male por-
ton Of the 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 eat quite heart
fly, do not offer 10 pay your host for
his loss or say to her, Great Scott!
I hope you will not kill yourself be-
cause you have the opportunity"
but be polite and gentlemanly. even
though tho food supply be cut of for .
week.
If one Of the gentlemen should drop
q raw oyster in his bosom and he
should have trouble In fishing 1t out,
do not mako facetious remarks about
III, but assist him TO End It, laughing
heartily all the time.-Boomerdng. I,