Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-18
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The Dinner Table
Why People Feel at Ease About
Festire Board.

- A dining table is the one best medium
sS1or sociability. Whether it be in a
Or in your own home, the
ersSnect on ones social instinct seems to
bt the same. Group two. four. or any
- number OF people around table. and
they are perfectly at case in converse
q tion, manner and mind.
sSs But IL the table were suddenly re-
:. moved and tho guests remained in the
same relative positions, what would be
tho result? How would they feel and
act as they sat closely grouped with
no table in the center to cover the
-.lowor portions OF their bodies?
- 1t is probable that the feet OF the
man who liked 10 relax after dinner
would be discovered beneath the chair
of the person opposite him. The
nervous chap who sat with his lower
eXtremities TIED III Chinese knot
would appear TO be apolog!zing for
the small amount of space he had
.s-dcened it necessary 10 occupy; while
=, he short lmbed, fat woman would sit
Hlike Il crowd, with her diminutive feet
flirting desperately with the floor. and
the long limbed man would bisect the
slower area with Il pair OF stills that
J; formed q perfect diameter of the circle,
10 Round-T Table "Socinble."
~. 1t is needless TO say that IL such a
transition occurred. the entire social
atmosphere would undergo an abrupt
volcanic disturbance, and the crater
would not be quicScent again until the
table was restored 20 its proper and
Citing place. But the two extremes OF
tawkwardness and ease would have been
deliberately illustrated
When more than two people are to.
gcthcr. the round table is usually moro
H. sociable" than the long one or the
square one. The circular table knits
r. tho group together in continuous or
r. der and requires less distance 10 be
/ covered III conversing with those near
: YOU. 1t also permits each person
view OF every one else's face, which tho
= long or square table would not do
Also the latter TWO imply too much
. geometry to make them artistic. Art
{ always prefers curves 10 angles and
straight lines. even i'll tables.
I:ut il table for two is desired
the tcte-a-tctc table is by far the bost
This is usually slightly oblong and
!. should never he precisely square An
: eclipse shaped table would he Bette,
: hut the furniture manufacturers and
= resiaurateurs have never jointly un.
dc!s,ood this probably because the
Z eliptica end might bark the walters
r.a!Stlimc
!. Table Linen VS.. He'd Linen.
! The round table for two is. of course.
. artistic. but the diameter is too great
. in comparison with tho shorter alti-
/. tudc OF the paralielogram OF the table
- slightly oblunr in shape. Moreover, n
) round table FOR two presents no con.
: vcnient place upon which one might
= s.HCetull. res; his or her elbows. md
: ~ = very di;iCIl. to assist a Iady VIXEN
= ""riinc across y circular cxpanSe
:. Most people prefer a table near the
= wall. or in some secluded corner when
dining IN II restaurant II is not fair
!. Ia ones digestion To want 70 sit in the
: center Of the stage unless that stage Is
/. fairly well and proportionately filled.
In seating Il lady at table preference
I. should naturally be accorded her in
I. obtaining the better view Of the place.
{ If there is one 10 he had from the table
. selected. Part OF her prerogativc is to
: see and he seen
The hours killed around table
would passport Father Time 10 Eter-
!, nifty -Four or Ave hours arc IA mere
oaEateiie when some good fellows
i get together People have often
caniped third Of IL dny-ctght hours
about the same table. and this does not
include tho time actually spent in din
ing. Nowhere else could they he in
s dn'cd {" SIT for that length OF time
+, without working or frctt!nE.
ti course, thc effect o, something
-. eaten %" the nerves aud feelings is
-Aa~ cre-aiiy sporii;r duI conducive to re-
ma inin stiil And /; is often said tina,
man! pcopl" - biz sites get more ac-
tuni rest GLer. -. Die linen than bed
linen. NJ ali events. the former know
no TINE table, but tho he'd always has
me hughcar Of The alarm clock.