The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-28
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
BY II. r. Potter.
Selling BY Weight.

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These paragraphs are strictly local
but probably some of them will ap
ply as well to other places as to Cairo
Fer instance, the practice is becom
ing quite general to sell articles in
the line of groceries and provisions
formerly sold by count or measure,
by weight. The change Is commend
able, especially as to eggs, as some
of these are twice as large and heavy
as others, and 1t is but just to the
hen that lays large eggs to have them
credited to her in the selling price.
But there is yet room for extend
ing the meritorious new practice
The hucksters and grocers persist tr
selling turnip greens, mustard greens
and all sorts of greens by the PEGS
or bushel, whereas they should he
sold by weight. AS now sold. the
pressure of a heavy hand ON them
will reduce peck to a half peck, OF
bushei to half bushel.
Eating Eggs.
The man is an artist who can eat
q soft boiled egg without daubing hi
mustache or whiskers with the fruit
or soiling his four-in-hand or waist
coat. He needs TO have a big napkin
for wiper, tucked uncer his chin to
protect his clothes. Then, If his
fingers escape daubing he is lucky
for whoever saw a spoon in an egg
glass the handle OF which was not
more or les daubed with egg. If the
eater undertakes to break the shells
of his eggs this is sure to be so in
the greater degree
The fellow is a fool who under
takes to eat soft-boiled eggs without
first tucking his napkin under his
chin, whatever the books on man
ners written for non-coms have to
say Of this practice. Many a man
takes his eggs hardtboiled, although
the reputation of these for being non
digestive should deter him, in order
to keep in line with etiquette as to
handling the napkin ana to avoid the
LANCER of disaster that attends eating
the soft boiled article.
Table Manners.
Speaking of etiquette in eating
many fail to perceive the reason
why pie must be eaten with a fork
They are narrow-minded creatures
who can grasp but one side at a ame
and that must be very small one
They say cutting pie with fork
mangles it, making mushy mess OF
II, frequently making a spoon neces.
sary adjunct OF the pie plate to avoid
leaving half of the pit mush on tht
plate, and thus losing the enjoyment
and nourishment derived from eating
the appetizing pastry. They say
further that with knife even the IN
sable cusard pie may be carved into
neat cubes and raised to the mouth
without accident. The idea or eating
pie with the table knife does not
seem horried to their vulgar minds
They say nobody else eats with then
knife more than they do their fork.
Those people are the same who in
sist there Is no reason why one must
drink coffee from the cup instead 81
the saucer, except the fashion intro
duced by the authors OF changeabIe
table etiquette. They say saucers
were provided originally and so used
formerly to cool the coffee in 80 III
could be drank with comfort. When
fine linen table cloths came in style
little cup plates were added in which
to set the cups when he saucer was
otherwise in use. This addition was
commendable and the saucer adyo
Gates say there was no objection to
continuing It.
But there are reasons for every
thing, even the fashionable table
manners and there are differeni
points Of view for every subject. The