The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
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AoAoSHip WIZ II uL9Sts uaSettle4Athiy scion
Of a gentlshdhiy house Visiting at a
large Londdh hpuss, ne was placed at a
table beside an American girl, He pro-
ceeded to c~riticise Apdsrican people, and to
ridicale American customs in way
which brought Miss eolumbla's blood to
q boil. Such strange people. you Amer
leans: don't you know.ssh he asid. "Do
such odd shinss-I assure you I saw some
of thein eat with knlves.' This was a
bit mere than Miss Columbia could stand.
She said quite sweetay-as q girl can say
these little thingss What very poor letters
Of ~iDtrodac1on . must have had, my
tord:n
Well I was reminded yesterday, Of
this story when I heard a woman cx-
claim between performances at the musi-
calf
Yes. I haven't a doubt that her hill
dren have pretty table habtts: But IT'S
quito old-fashioned to eat well. IT'S quite
tho fad now to SIT with elbows on the
table and guip things ewn Everybody
does 1t. Everywhere goes One
positively has to, or be classed behind
the time. Why? Oh, 1 don't know
why. Old fashioned courtesy is going
out"
I wondered what i~ntroductions had
come to this woman
The person quoted was not the only
apostle of this d doctrine. Her name
is legion But look at her associates.
You will find them like her table talk.
a bit-weN slangy.
If you really want to be "a lady, you
must have the little. loneliness of table
etiquette. Get in the habit of using a
knife or a fork, a spoon or a napkin
with little graceful manoeuvres. Grace
before and after meat yes, and grace
during meat.
Don't mop your entire countenance
with a napkin when you merely want
to touch it to. your Fps. Take a fork
or a knife by the handle, and don't seize
them half way down the blade Don't
you butter knife deep in your but
ter. Take a little upon the point of
theSnstrument.
Don't butter an entire slice of bread
at once. Break it INTO small pieces and
put the butter upon each IN turn. Don't
break the entire slice at once. Let 1t lie
by ne Plate and break and butter a
piece when you mean to eat one.
Tea and coffee should not be stirred in
a circle around the bottom of the cup.
this makes an a~trocaous noise and an
ungracefuf movement. Practice some
little noiseless gesture
There are dozens of people-do you
kno who would be mortally offended
by no suggestion that they "ate with
the knife?', But they must be careful
how they thrust a knife into a dish of
sweets. of cranberry sauce, and convey
that knifefu1 of these to pieces Of bread
9 cake. This is a most important
breech. Don't use the knife in this com
nection at all Sweets ard sauces are not
TO be placed upon the bread in any case.
They are eaten-when praeticable-with
q fork. Otherwise with a spoon.
Try to WELD your with as
much etiquette as possible. Don't let
fa' or spoon jangle upon the china. A
dozen Jangling or scraping plates
a frigHtful concert.
Itscut a portion of meat at once
pieces smati enough for eating. Cut
you mean to eat them. Lay the knife
quietly upon the plate. except during the
exact moment of cutting. Don't retain it
In the hand while you masticate food or
you are in conversation, and use your
fork for everything possible. When you
have finished each course, place knife
and fork together upon the plate with
handles close.
In eating apples and other fruit of the
ki~nd-peaches, pears, etc.-cut into halves
or quarters-judging their size-and pare.
They should never be eeaten whole" as
the little ones can it. at the table.
March has brought with it t~heSquest.
ton: How will the summer girl of 'gf
differ from the summer girl of 'g6 ard
her long line of predecessors
Much and httlei-
Little because as of yore she will be
armed with the same battery of charms
her small coqueteries, her prediction
for dancing, her love of surf bathing, if
she have a pretty figure; her passion for
bicycling; her wild desire to become sum
burnt. and then her equally wild desire
to get rid of it, in short she will be the
same and not the same, for fortunately,
age cannot wither her-the genus here
is meant, not the i-ndividual-nor custom
stale the infinite variety of charmst
OutwardIy however, the summer girl
of 81 will differ materially from her
prototype of SO, First of all. she will
no longer be an exact reproduction of
tina creation so dear to American hearts,
the Gibson girl; no longer will her hair
wave softly back from the clean, clear
part hiding her pretty ears. Instead. 1t
will be a stately arrangement a la POM
padour. and. though we will miss the
curling love locks on the brow, the added
dignity of the maiden viii compensate us
for that loss.
Then, too. the nose hat will cease TO.
charm and mystify us. h sailor hat,
the crush turban and the lovely Gaines
borough win, as Of yore, be saucy, Coz
squettish Or picturesque but 1t will be
worn well back no tantalizing brim
VIII hide the laughing eyes beneath from
mans too inquisitive gaze.
And then the summer girl 81 will have
arms which will be clearly defined under
her close-fitting sleeves: and from be-
meath hcr much trimmed ~petticoats her
feet, like little mice. will steal ia and
out, clad In brilliant hued hose, instead
OF the sombre black 50 long affected by
maids and matruns Of all degrees. Nor
VIII she be quite so fluffy as her prede-
eessor of last year. She win be trigger
and trimmer; In fact she WIN look. as
fhe sailors say, as If she had hauled in
y reef or twos but she will be no less
attractive on that account; perhaps, in