Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-15

eal law. It never fails to evoke cliti- cism, however, and there is always an Illusion dispelled. The dinner table is the severest test of breeding. Once that is
 passed triumphantly it is fair to con- clude the person on probation has grad uatcd and may be counted upon for d never failing observance of all the little amenities which go so far towards mak- ing life gracious and graceful. American women of high breeding are, 1 believe, conceded to be more delicate and charm ing at table than the women of any other country.
 l recollect some years ago in Florence, Italy, an Italian nobleman's telling me that he frequently dined at one of the fashionable hotels in the city for the pleasure of seeing the American women eat. They are so dainty, he said, so exquisite in their every movement, they make the table ideal"
 l regret to say American men do not always eat correctly and the self-made individual who brides himself on his lack
 of early advantages. has frequently q self-invented method of propeling food to his mouth which l am the last person to wish to dim the glory of. The Vulgar Toothpick. In Nice one winter long ago I dined with a number of Americans at the villa
 of the Contessa de V. We were most deliberately entertained, but 1 shall never loISet lHe agony We cDuuftu lTOnl tue extraordinary table manners of a very rich western man, whom we had be come acquainted with through our bank CTS, and who had been presented to our host through common friends. Were l to mention his name today it would be one to which the inevitable tab is. Why, he's worth at least thirty mllionS! J1e was worth good many millions In those far away days, but they were not potent enough to guide his table etiquette. To my dying day I shall never forget that dinner for it was my fate te be escorted by this yankee millionaire, and to sit next to him and agoniZe silently while he used his napkin to wipe his moist ened brow, made a long gurgling and hissing noise while overcoming his soup, which he took from the end Of the bowl after breaking his bread in it, ate with his knife. or if by chance with his fork, holding it in a manner impossible to describe in his left hand. and it was also my destiny to sit next him and try not to sec him make the toilet of hlS teeth during the last course with huge gold toothpick, which he unfastened
 with an awful clamor from his watch chain and 1ourished with q sweeping gesture as who should say. Il am the only man among you rich enough 10 carry his own gold toothpick." Manners are truly the reflex of the mind as well as the reflex of education when they are uSudHy lit ItiltN oi 'I'o | mothers mind. for it is the women who make the manners as well IS the history of nation. and manners make the man. Answer to Correspondents. Annie, Hope A. B. C. OetrolO, t. M H., J. B. C.. discouraged. NJ. M., M B, Alice C., Elite. Bessie N. T., A. B. c. | (Kansas City), II. NJ, Cabot St..Nettie, will try to answer all of your questions, | if you will kindly give me your personal addresses. It would take four columns of the paper to do so in print. M V. H.-I think you would have to | continue to do so.
 Jennie-They will be published in that form later.
 Delighted-I thank you for you letter. r am also pleased you have been so sue cessful.
 Mrs. B-Formula was given in Beauty Talk No. g.
 L. J-You have met with the fate l prophesied. The face bleaches will usu- ally have the effect you describe. Use any one of emolients. formulas for which have been given to heal the bruised skin. Galveston Grl-EXcellent formulas were given for massage in the Beauty Talks Any one of them will do. c. O.-The brush is called a cameIs hair brush. You are not using the right brush.
 M. M. MI do not approve of the rub
 Der brush It absorbs the secretions and
 is not cleanly.
 Belle-I know nothing of the prepara-
 lions you speak of.