Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-25
MANNERS At THE TABLE
High Society DEGREES That
You Can Take More Libcr,
ties Than Formerly.

"Will you look Mt that woman over
there?' exclaimed pretty girl with
trace OF Southern accent. How lin
the world did she get into Sherry's.'.
The eyes of the woman she indicat
cd were fixed intently on her plate
says n New York letter. With the
end OF roll sne was chasing all over
1t the last trace OF sauce Bornaisc
1t contained.
She did It with skill of an OK.
pert. The bread deftly sopped up
every drop OF tho sauce. Then she
swiftly made comprehensive swcep
OF the plate, leaving 1t as dry ns n
mouth. :" -e'
All this time her thoughts were fix.
ca on what she was doing. When she
nad nolishe dthe plate and landed tho
Dread In her mouth she looked I'M for
the first time. As her eyes moved
from table to table. she greeted some
persons who had just come In.
There's Mary Parson." she started
TO say to the friend with her.
This person must have had n train.
ca understanding. for the bit OF roll
sun filled tho mouth to which 1t had
carried the sauce Bernaise, and tho
result OF conversation was success.
sion of stuffy, choking sounds in
comprehensive to anybody not accus.
toned to them.
why I never saw such table man.
hers In my life!" commented again
the soft Southern voice: who I'm the
world do you suppose she can be?"
Ihat question proclaimed how much
OF stranger the speaker was in New
York. The woman who had attracted
ner attention is very we'll known IN.
ueed. and most of the many persons
20 wnom she was bowling appeared to
.S BATTERED by the attention. or at
ieast II was very welcome to them.
me writer OF n recent novel con-
corning English smart society finds
n great deal to say about table man.
ners. or rather the lack of them
very much the same view as TO the
nselessness OF table manners as they
were understood formerly seems to
prevail In certain sets in New York
today.
Who would ever suppose that it
was considered smart to keen your
elbows on the table?' asked a young
siri who is to be introduced to So
ciety next year and has been allow
Ell 10 go TO one or, two dinners this
spring. Il used to be taught that one
should never do such thing. Yet at
dinner some of the girls sit like that.
Next winter I'm going to put my
elbows on the table and hold nv
champagne glass between my hands
Just as saw young woman do last
night and then sip it up. She had
more attention than any other woman
at the table. She made pills out of
tho bread, threw them at the men and
made them all laugh.
What chance did have trying to
eat rs | had been told? Most every
oody else was finished anyhow, be-
lore was half through"
Slow eating has come to be confin.
ed almost entirely to those persons
VINO Fletcherize or follow some scien.
tiiic method of eating. Otherwise lit.
tie time is wasted.
How can women sit around ana
cat In the old prune and prism fash.
ION, one OF them asked the other
day." when there is so much to be
done and so much to cat ali the time?
After lunch one has to hurry for
bridge. Then there's always some
thing with tea, and supper comes soon
after dinner. SO if we sat around and
ate slowly In the old.fashioned way
wed never have time to do anything"
Whatever the cause may be, there
are many things tolerated at the table
nowadays which would not have bcen
excused score OF years ago. Some
OK those acts observed Mt Sherry's
are noticeable in many other places.