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

There are great number {
people who behave we'll other
wise, but at the table they G,
things that, if not absolutei,
0utrc and ensemble are ut leas
pianissimo and sine die.
1t is with q view to elevatin :
the popular taste, and ethereaIiz
ing, so to speak, the manners an'
customs Of our readers, that w(
give below a few hints on tabl,
etiquette:
If by writing an article of thi,
kind we can induce one man whr
now wipes his hands On the table
cloth to come mp and take highe!
ground and wipe them on BIZ
pants, we shalE feel amply repaid
If you cannot accept an invita-
ton to dinner do not write your
regards on the book of a poo
check with 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.
Ga seating yourself at ;be 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 cleaned your gloves with
benzine you leave them out in the
front yard.
lfyou 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 your epigiotis,
and 1t is not considered embon.
point anyway.
When you are at dinner do not
take up q 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 be held by the
stems and peeled gently but firm
!y, not as though You were skin
ning q dead horse. 1t is not bon
tor.
Oranges are held On fork
while being peeled: and the face
tlous style of squirting the juice
into the eye Of your hostess is
now au re7oir.
Stones in cherries or other
fruit should not be placed upon
the tablecloth, but slid quietly
and unostentatIously into the
pocket Of your neighbor or noise
lessly tossed under the table.
If you strike 4 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
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 engenders a feeling Of
the most depressing melancholy
among the guests.
After eating q considerable
amount do not rise and unbuckle
your vest strap in order to get
more room, as it is exceedingly
au fait and deshabiIle.
If by mistake you drink out of
your finger bowl, laugh heartily
and make some facetious remark
which will change the co rse 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 . raw oyst>: into his bosom
and should have t.oub!c in fishing
it out. do not make facetious re-
marks about it, but assist him to
find it, laughing heartily all the
timc.-L0r0mle Boomerang.
DRAMATIC NoTE.-When he re-
turned TO his seat in the theatre
and said be had just stepped out