The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-01
The pownfall OF a Proud Fork


Ella Wheeler Wilcox. in Harper's Young People.
4 Knife, a Fork and Spoon were
thrown together upon the kitchen table by
8 careless servant The Fork eyed his COM
panions with disdain and began taking in
q very parrOnizDg manner.
How dreadfully dull you must find life.
now that you are so out OF the SWIM he
said TO the Spoon.
"Why, in what way do you mean thst |
am out of the swim." duerled the Spoon, In
a quiet voice.
"Oh, You are comparatively little used
nowadays answered the Fork, loftily.
Thine was when the knife, fork, and spoon
were quite important in their way, but now
the fork is the only really necessary table
implement"
'iHow perfectly absurd such a ststemsu,
is!n cried the Knife. Indignantly. "But it
is quite like your egotism. Who ever heard
you mentioned save as second TO met a
knife and q fork' people say, never "a fork
and knife That shows where your place
is IN the estimation or the public
"Oh, that Is merely habit Il speech into
which people have fallen returned the
Fork. 1T does not alter facts. You very
well know that you often lie unnoticed and
unused through an entire dinner, or until
the cheese comes on. Indeed, yesterday you
wers left in the drawer, while | did the
TO friend
you forget gently interposed the
Spoon II was there, and saw the lady look
about as IL seeking something. l am quite
sure she missed oun-addressing the K uife
with a sympathetic air which showed her
good breeding. II once heard a lady remark
that one felG very uncomfortable at table
without knife, whether one needed 1t or
not"
81 would rather my absence than my
presence were regretted" cried the KNIFE,
| fairly glistenin2 with rage, and tastinR!
cutting glance at the Fork. az
"Ob, we'll. when you are wanted, it is only
| 20 prepare things for me. You are a sort OF
andersen want TO make things easy for me. .
said the Fork, aggravatingly, and adding,
81 arm the only one who can be called real
| tabls aristocrat"
81 sm sure your family is much newer
than mine,n retorted the Knife. ~ can
| trace my pedigree back as far as history
goes. That is more than you can do
"Yes; but IL you 60 back very far, you
ind that your ancestors were mere butchers
should not want such pedigree myself.
should much prefer TO be recent and refined,
like the Fork family"
and do not know why you should try
TO hold your head above the Spoon, con-
tinued the Knife, now in turn defending his
sympathetic companion. who ever heard
of a souvenir fork! and the whole world is
mad about souvenir spoons
This threw the Fork into terrible wrath,
and he began to make great noise and
fuss, when the mistress entered the kitchen.
What is all this rafting of the silver
that hear, Bridgetp she asked and i'm
mediately she cried out 20, here you have
thrown fork down With knife and spoon.
have told you over and over again not TO
do that. Just see how the knife aud spoon
are scratched by: the fork! This pearl
handled knife was one OF a set given me as
wedding present. and this spoon Is an heir
loom. value them both highly. Blythe,
way, see that the plate is wearing off this
fork, Bridget You may put it aside
amongst the cooking utensils"
So the proud Fork was thereafter kent In
kitchsn-drawer. and put To mental uses.
Il never again appeared among the silver
and cut glass.