The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-07-17


Ees insisting that the proper. thing i
drink from the side of the bowl
dile gentlemen maintain that the cor
act way is from the tip of the spoon
his certainly appears plausible t,
.Aany, who hold that if blunt side wa
preferable, modern spoons would not b,
3uade pointed. Every man with heav,
bustache knows from experience that j
il much easier and much neater for hin
Il take soup from the end of the spoo,
Il han it is from the side.
In this course bread is served. La,
,ut on the table at the left of tn,
piate and break off small pieces, with
: out lifting it from the cloth, using tn,
fingers of the left hand. Right here i
might be pertinent to mention that M
bread of any description should be eater
in any other fashion, Even hot bis
cults, mullins, buns, and rolls are to b,
:orn or broken off in small pieces, ant
huttered Just before being eaten. FISH
should be eaten with silver fork pro
rlded for that purpose. In managing
the fillets and roasts there is no regu
iafien further than to carry small pieces
10 your mouth with your fork, using tn,
inward curve of the utensil in doing so
and above all things avoid making
muss.
In France there are so many dressing.
and rich gravies on the substantials thai
monsieur finds it necessary to cut hi:
bread with his knife and fork, and ther
uses the fork and cube of bread to ca
up the rich sauce. This practice is
frowned down in English society, al
though her majesty, the queen,
IS known to mop her plate
with diamond cuts of bread.
ALBEIT Americans dc not like it, it is
the proper thing to leave the celery for
the crackers and cheese. Break the
celery il small pieces and strip it be-
fore eating. In eating cheese, small
morsels of the dairy product should be
placed on small morsels of cracker OF
bread and the two morsels carried to
he mouth with the thumb and forefn-
er. The cheese sLo-l1 rot he ~
aitted ~ ouch the finger; neither is il
permissible to eat the cheese from the
point of the knife
All made-dishes, such as auenelles,
rissoles, patties, etc., should be eaten
with fork cHly, and, as knife is un-
: necessary, it would be vulgarism to
use one With outlets, game, poultry
and sweetbreads fried, knife is requir-
ed. Cucumbers are eaten from the
dinner-plate, and not from the side
dishes. which are fast disappearing
from the fashionable table. When peas
are served they should be conveyed to
The mouth on a fork, and not taken
from spoon. It is needless to say
1 at to put the knife into the mouth at
my time during the meal would be an
objectionable offense against good
breeding and a mark of vulgarity. In
asparagus knife and fork should
!, as the proper way is to cut of
.,oints and eat them as sea-kale,
plant or any other vegetable. tits
bsolecisn- to take asparagus in the fin
,ers.
It is also indicative of the gormand to
verload the fork with a bit of meat,
ONE vegetable, and piece of pickle
IL OF which should be eaten separately
nd not arranged beforehand in COM
=,act form. Gentlemen are sometimes
utility 'pf this unpleasant manner, but
aides are less rapacious. The hand
nd buth should be in sympathy
hat II to say, the mouth should be
tept oben in expectation Of the we'll
laden forks arrival. Open the mouth
10 receive the food at the moment it has
Eeached the lips, and let the morsels be
tmall rather than large, in order that
Conversation may not be ignored To
ice the fork directly opposite the
/ this most ungracefu1 way of eat
lug; nor should the wrist ever be bent
/ curved to accomplish this feat. In
ng from the wing or leg of poultry
/ the meat, but never touch it with
-, fingers, nor be guilty of the extreme
/ tgarity of picking the bones.
| Pastry is always eaten with fork,
in case of fruit tart or cream puff
| 'sert-spoon is used. Small stones,
| rs are found in CHEEKY, plum, dam
| date pudding should be received
| 1e-mouth on the fork or spoon
| .aced in the plate and not on the
10th; when the fruit stones are
hey should be separated from the
| 18th the fork and left on the plate.
/ yer it is possible to separate the
/ from the fruit it is best to do so.
| blanc manages, iced buildings,
| re eaten with fork, and not with
on, as are all sweets sufficiently
- to admit of being carried in what
| Irisl man calls the split spoon.
he doth is never removed for des-
&, but the table is cleared of all that
pertains to the dinner. A dessert
ate IS then placed before each guest
thd without an ice-plate. The ice
at would be placed on the
sS4- plate, the fnger-bow1 on
liter with d'oley beneath. The
9bowl should contain peppermint
II, lemon being no longer, used in
ing the finger-tips. The guests will
zee the finger bowl on the left of the
| H, with the napkin under it, the
f-plate remaining beneath the ice
until the ice has been eaten, when
r servant will remove it. It is con-
cred elegant to eat the ices from the
es and not dig into the slice or loaf.
When grapes are passed around use
fruit scissors rather than break off
punches. When eating that fruit
half closed hand should be placed
lips and the stones and skin ad-
ALLOWED to fall into the fingers,
tickly placed on one side of the
plate. Apples and pears should
u cut in halves, quarters, and
with Q fruit-kssife. Oranges
} divided into thirty seconds,
BY can be so reduced. Use the
IS in this work and tear the Sec
always beginning at the top.
ms are eaten with q fork, unless
d with cream, when . spoon is
guests should never help them
to the dessert On the table, - it
e for effect only.
dinner, where wine IL properly
you will find ct your p1ate =
--sine-glass for sherry to 90 with
ish, . larger glass for claret with
casts, an equally large one, usually