. Hill's Manual of social and business forms: a guide to correct writing .. . illustrationsmade with a knife or fork on thetable-cloth. The accompanyingengraving (Fig. 11) very forcl-blylllustriites several faults towhich many people are ad-dicted. BAD MANNERS AT THE TABLE. Drinks from the saucer, and laps withhis tongue the hist drop from the to the table in his shirt-sleeves,and puts his feet beside his his teeth with his her head and is frequentlyunnecessarily getting up from thetable. Never pass forward to another tlie dish that has been handed to
. Hill's Manual of social and business forms: a guide to correct writing .. . illustrationsmade with a knife or fork on thetable-cloth. The accompanyingengraving (Fig. 11) very forcl-blylllustriites several faults towhich many people are ad-dicted. BAD MANNERS AT THE TABLE. Drinks from the saucer, and laps withhis tongue the hist drop from the to the table in his shirt-sleeves,and puts his feet beside his his teeth with his her head and is frequentlyunnecessarily getting up from thetable. Never pass forward to another tlie dish that has been handed to 3ou,unless requested to do so; it may have been purposely designed for you,and passing it to another may give him or her what is not wanted. Never put your feet so far under the table as to touch those of theperson on the opposite side; neither should you curl them under nor atthe side of your chair. Never praise extravagantly every dish set before you; neither shouldyou appear indifferent. Any article may have praise. EEGTTLATIONS THAT SHOULD GOVEKN THE DINNEK-PAETT. 153. POLITENESS AT THE TABLE. ROPERLY conducted, the dinner-partyshould be a pleasant affair; and ifrightly managed, from the beginningto the end, it may prove a very en-joyable occasion to all in attendance,the dinner being from 5 to 8 P. M., theguests continuing at the table fromone to two hours. For a very pleasant social affair therule is not to have the company whenseated exceed twelve in number. With a party ofthat size the conversation can be general, and all arelikely to feel more at ease than if the number be larger,provided a selection of guests is made that are con-genial to each other. None of them should be con-spicuously superior to the others, and all should befrom the same circle of society. Having determined upon the number of guests to beinvited, the next thing in order will be the issuing ofnotes of invitation, by special messenger, which shouldbe sent out ten or twelve days before the dinner is
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