People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-02-20
Table Etiquette.

they will recommend to the boys to be
read before attending parties where
grub is served. Here are their new
rules:
Bread should be broken, not cut;
but if you don't like bread, "cut." In
breaking" bread use a curb bit.
Do not all your mouth too full;
rather allow some of the food to get
into stomach and mustache.
Split biscuit with your finger, in
stead of Opening it" with a knife
like an oyster or a jack pot. II the
biscuit be hard. a maui, wedge and
crowbar are admissible in the best So
ciety.
Salt should never be put upon the
tableclOth, but on the side Of you
plate. II, however, you want to
pickle the tableCloth in brine, you
must put salt on it, Of course.
Do not rattle your knife and fork.
A knife and spoon would be far more
musical.
Eat your soup from the side Of your
spoon, either inside or outside.
Do not take game in your fingers.
This, however, does not apply TO a
game OF cards.
DO not rest your arms on the table.
Stack your arms in a corner of the
room before beginning dinner.
When asked what part Of the fowl
you prefer answer promptly. If You
wansthe whole of it, de- not hesitate
TO say so.
Do not Drink with the spoon in the
cup put it in your pocket forgetting
1t you will be so much ahead.
Never leave the table Until you are
through. without sufficient excuse.
The sudden entrance of a policeman
with warrant for your arrest is gen.
orally considered sufficient excuse in
polite circles
Never help yourself to articles of
food with your knife or fork. Use a
harpOOn or lassO.
When you have finished lay your
knife and fork on your plate side by
side with the handles turned toward
the rigAt, a little south by southwest,
bearing nOrtbeasterly, when the wind
is of the sidsboard quarter. Close
observation will materially assist any
young man who has been in the best
society for the past fifty years.
Congress, apparently believes. that
the whole country wants to see seed.
If Nansen did reach the Moth
pole, hcw, is, he going to prove that he
did?
The man who is true to his own
highest interests cannot be false to
those Of anybody else.
In her sermon Mrs. Lease didn't
mention. Beulah land. This, is the
land Of corn and wine.
B. f. Melchi returned from COrhin
Wednesday, WHARF he had been con-
Quoting. the singing at a revival at
that place. He reports a good. meet
ing.
The cost Of Advertising, when
judiciOasly done, Is rarely IL ever
felt. On the other hand, bad, afyer-
ing makssitsexpense felt quickly and
keenly.-
Emin, Rasha did not wanb.tO be res
cued By Stanly,. and it may turn ont,
if DR.. Nansen has done it. that the
North pole did not want to, be dis
covered
The Chicago woman who. got a d.
vorce in Chicago the day before her
husbandgot a divorce In, Oklahoma
City, is. a daisy. 1t takesa woman
TO scoop Oklahoma.
1t is, said that the Usage Indians
recently passed through their council
resolution asking that they be taken
away from Oklahoma and annexed to
the Indian Territory.
The French government has made
proposition 10 release from prison
]. Waller, on condition. that the Uni
ted States makes no claim for dam
ages on account Of his, Imprisonment.
Jim C0rbett's first wife must have
a soft spot In her heart for him after
all. She is planning to relieve him Of
the obligation to pay her slOO week
alimony by annexlng millionaire on
her ewn account.
Marrying an American heiress is
not all gold and sunshine. 1t is an
Dounced that during the remainder
OF his honeymoon the duke Of MARI
borough will be under the gaze Of his
mOther-in-law, while the duchess
must suffer the presence Of her STEP
father.
The Citizens State Bank Of Harper
has requested its depositors to call
aud withdraw their balances, as they
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