Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-15
An. TIE TABLE.
The Correct Way Of Serving and Eating
Various Dishes.

The Correct Way Of Serving and Eating
Various Dishes.
It is not an easy thing to eat an orange
gracefully. The Ladies' Home Journal
affirms that the daintiest way to eat an
orange is from fork-that Is, the skin and
its coarse white lining are pared of with a
sharp fruit knife, the orange is stuck on q
fork and is eaten exactly as one would eat
an apple. Cheese, says the same authority,
may be taken between the fingers. or 1t
may be put on q bit Of bread with knife
and eaten on that, but fork Is not used
with 1t. Artichokes are Of course eaten
with the fingers. each leaf being dipped in
the dressing.
All pastry is eaten from fork, and it is
an insult to the cook to touch it with q
knife. In fact. your knife has no use, ex
cept for cutting or buttering something,
and when it is resting 1t should be laid
sideways on your plate. Every vegetable
can be eaten with fork, the uses Of q
spoon being limited to q few desserts and
for your coffee or teacup, and there its
place Is to repose in the saucer. Bouillon
Is drunk from the cups in which 1t is
served; when it is jellied it is eaten with q
dessert spoon. Nothing excuses the chas-
ing Of small particle Of something to eat
around your plate to polish it up. The old
idea that one must eat everything that IL
given to one no longer exists, and the re-
suit is that children are not made gluttons.
In drinking, remember to hold your goblet
or wineglass by the stem. and not by the
bowl. While watermelon is eaten with a
fork, canteloupe has served with it dessert
spoon. As it is customary nowadays to
have the salt served in open saltcellars, it
may be mentioned that in helping ones self
the salt should be put near the outer edge
Of ones plate. In leaving tie table 1t ID
not necessary to fold your napkin; instead,
Just "a you rise Law r. on the table.
Prepared Reiusals for Dcadheads.
A representative Of the London (Eng-
,aud) Piccadilly processes to have aeen the
| ssspecial printed refusals, wor(ied differ
emily. according to their social rank, !"
which are sent to would Ike 'deadheads"
bv the Empire management. Here In the
sort Of thing sent to the seventh cousin Of
4 ballet girl or super: THE management
begs to say that the free list Il entirely
suspended" The following IL for a free
seat hunter In the middle ranks OF life:
lowing to the enormous SUCCESS OF our
present programme and the consequent de.
mapd for seats from the general public,
regret that am prevented from comply
ing with your request" Thisis for mem
Der OF the foreign aristocracy who wants
10 get in for nothing: THE manager Of the
Empire theater hastens to acknowledge
the letter with which the Baron de Blk
tpgtou has favored him. and also to ex-
plain that, in consequence Of the enormous
public demand which at present exists for
boxes, he is reluctantly compelled to deny
himself the honor Of the baron's presence
IN the evening named"
Any object OF wood may, 1t is claimed
be petrified by immersing it for severa
days in bath the ingredients Of which
are rock salt alum, white vinegar, chall
and pebbles pulverized, in equal parts
Some one says that tear. when seer
under the microscope, after evaporation
Aok