The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-02

trace of Southern accent. slow In tne
world did she get into Sherry'sY
The eyes Of the woman she indicat-
ed were fixed intently on her plate,
says the New York Sun. With the
end of a roll she was chasing all over
1t the last trace of sauce Bernaise 1t
contained.
She did 1t with the skill of an ex-
pert. The bread deftly sopped up ev-
cry drop of the sauce. Then she swift
ly made a comprehensive sweep of the
plate, leaving it as dry as bone, and
deposited the bread in her mouth.
All this time her thoughts were fixed
on what she was doing. When she
had polished the plate and landed the
bread in her mouth she looked up for
the first time. AS her eyes wandered
she greeted some persons who had just
come in.
There's Mary Parsons" she started
to say to the friend with her.
This person must have had train
ed understanding, for the bit Of roll
still filled the mouth to which 1t had
carried the sauce Bernaise and the
result Of conversation was a success
sion Of stuffy, choking sounds, incom-
prehensible to anybody not accustomed
to them.
why, never saw such table man
ners in my life" commented again the
soft Southern voice. "Who in the
world do you suppose she can be?''
The woman who had attracted her
attention Is very well known, indeed,
and most Of the many persons to whom
she was bowling appeared to be fat
tered by the attention, or lat least 1t
was very welcome to them.
The writer Of recent novel concern
Ing English society finds great deal
to say about table manners, or rather
the lack of them, Very much the same
view as to the uselessness of table
manners as they were understood for
merly seems to prevail In certain sets
In New York to-day.
"Who would ever suppose that 1t
was considered smart to keep your ell
bows on the tableY asked young girl
who Is to be introduced into society
next year and has been allowed to GO
to one or two dinners this spring. II
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 my
champagne glass between my hands,
JUST as I saw a young woman do last
night and then sip 1t up. She had
more attention than any other woman
at the table. She made pills out Of
the bread, threw them at the men and
made them all laugh.
"What chance did have trying to-
eat as l had been toldl Most every
body else had finished anyhow before
was half through"
Slow eating has come TO be confined
almost entirely to those persons who
Fletcherize or follow some scientific
method Of eating. Otherwise little
time Is wasted.
How can women sit around and eat
In the old prune and prism fashion,"
one Of them asked the other day, "when
there Is 30 much to be done and 30.
much to eat all the timer
After lunch one has to hurry for
bridge. Then there's always something
with tea, and supper comes soon after
dinner. So II we all sat around and
ate slowly In the old-fashioned way
we'd never have time to do anything"
Whatever the cause may be there are
many things tolerated at the table now
adays which would not have been ex-
cused a score Of years ago. Some of
those acts observed at Sherry's are no
ticeable in many other places.