The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-10
CHARACTER
IN EATING
WOmdn's Nature DlsClOseS
Itself at Meals.
SIZE OF THE MOUTHFUL
How to Tell the Kind Of Girl Who viii
Make a Desirable Wife-She
Who viii Be
Good.
SIZE OF THE MOUTHFUL

a German scientists interest that ne
has made tabulations as to the actual
process. The size OF the ordinary bite
or mouthful for the average person. he
finds, Is three-tenths of n cubic inch.
And 1t takes thirty seconds completely
to masticate a mouthful OF solid food
like beefsteak or cheese. The size OF
the largest bite recorded is half an inch
In diameter. The tongue guides as to
the size of mouthfuls to be swallowed.
the tongues Judgment being helped by
sensations through the teeth and gums.
There Is no knowing whether the pro-
fessor made his observations around a
camp fire when the eaters were Off
guard and etiquette in allegiance. or in
formal dining room circles. But 1t Is
certain that into eating there goes con-
siderable individual expression, and the
demeanor and practice Mt meal times
become significant Of the PERSONS gen.
eral temper and qualifications. Here
are some that woman has interpreted:
THE SELFISH FEEDER.
Tho woman who. as she eats, fushes
noticeably swallows her food rapidly
almost in jerks. and keeps continually
turning over the morsels on her plate.
IS she to whom material things mean a
good deal. She Is selfish and capable Of
pelIlS spltel uL however lalE anu
shapely In youth, she will be stout at
forty.
The girl who looks pretty when she
eats is the vivacious. dmpling sort OF
girl. who makes into new life when she
sings or talks or laughs. She puts small.
nicely proportional mouthfuls between
her pretty red lips with dainty pre-
cision that makes 1t seem nice atten-
ton on her part really to eat the food.
And she manages her knife and fork
as though she made a pleasure Of 1t.
tmpartlng certain grace and facility
to tho operation. Her eating manners
hetokens sunny temper and dispo-
sition to make the best OF things.
THE NERVOUS GIRL.
The nervous girl can be told by the
manner In which she breaks her bread
and sips her soup She eats in a quick,
voracious manner, even though eating
little, and with evidently very limited in
terest in the food for its own sake. Such
a girl will never have the force or cour-
age to pursue her ambitions. She would
be crushed by adversely rather than re-
bound from it. And a friend to connde
in and rely upon is necessity to her.
The girl who eats steadily as though It
were a business to be got through, not
sraring much interest to the talk going
on around or to the relishable qualities Of
the viands. is the systematic, practical
girl who will make a good wife and or
derby housekeeper. She would look natur-
ally to the main chance in househould or
business inves tment be thrifty and eco
nomical, and not apt to bother her hus-
band or friends with flghty, cratic ten
denotes.
The girl Of needless view Is told by the
spoon. left upright In the half-drained
cup, the knife and fork left at cross an
giles or balanced ticklishly on the plate,
and the chair pushed back Just as ahe
arose from it. She Is of insensble, I'M
discriminating nature, with little chance
to develop an interest in the finer things
her servants will be satternly and the
nicer points Of convenience and house,
hold comfort will be missing.
STRONGMTNDEDNEs
The girl who eats onions In every
form. not 50 much because she likes
them as because she believes them to
be wholesome: who eats cereals on prin-
ciple and abstains religiously from des-
serts and sugary CONNECTIONS that she
deems pernicious. Is the sort to develop
strongmnGedness and independent pro-
clivities before she Is out Of her TWEEN
ties, She will make a good wife. but not
comfortable one. She is the sort Of
woman to get for herself a hobby and
never quit riding It,
me girl VINO eats very Slowly, even
while not consuming much, munching
her mouthfuls deliberately and surely,
is of impractical turn, given to under
valuing things that the majority Of
people count as of most consequence.
She Is fastidious and aesthetic, destined
never to make much show In the world.
and to care little for that fact so long
as she has leisure and we'll ordered
existence.
Tho rf frtr1 m otsa n a ~,
meet for man is she whose organ Of
taste Is as alert as her other faculties;
who eats in a noticing, discriminating
way that implies her recognition of the
Importance Of matters usually considered
humdrum, She does not hesitate to IN
torrupt the most interesting talk by
asking for another helping or for some
condlment she lacks, and shows plainly
her belief that the embroidery of life
should be subordinate to the main ma
terial.
LOQuACITY AT yARLE,
The girl, on the other hand who is so
tpken ZIP with the topics under discussion
that she forgets to eat and has her plates
In the various courses borne away before
she has more than tasted them is III
fitted for the sterner duties of life. She
will always be entertaining herself with
ties slide by. She will lack Judgment
and make mistakes, but will be warm
hearted, dependable mate to the hus-
band whose nature Is strong enough to
guide her.
The girl who, in tho ordinary routine OF
bcarding-hou or hotel life, hurries
through her meal, even though she has
leisure in plenty, and never fails to
gather plates and dishes and pile them
for the walters benefit is one to whom
dispatch and system are Unborn, and the
subtler things of life meaningless. She
comes from stock of sleady-going
housewives so engrossed with the home
~ round OF existence that they had no
time to cultivate tho graces If such
a woman had millions and untold luxury
within her grasp she could not rid her
self OF these slavish housewifely pro-
pens!ties.
For a woman to SLOUGH forward
in her seat, wind her feet around
the back legs of her chair and fall to
with knife and fork is sure sign of
grossness Of temper and dull or untrain-
ed perceptions. She Is the sort of wo-
man who could derive amusement from
vulgar sources and whose appetite would
not be interfered With by anything else
about her.
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| Miss sallie J. Smith. of Union Station
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