. Hill's Manual of social and business forms: a guide to correct writing .. . nd in your mouth whileeating. Never cut bread; always breakit, spreading with butter eachpiece as you eat it. Never come to the table inyour shirt-sleeves, with dirtyhands or disheveled hair. Never express a choice for anyparticular parts of a dish, unlessrequested to do so. Never hesitate to take the lastpiece of bread or the last cake;there are probably more. Never call loudly for the wait-er, nor attract attention to your-self by boisterous conduct. Never hold bones in your fin-gers while you eat from the
. Hill's Manual of social and business forms: a guide to correct writing .. . nd in your mouth whileeating. Never cut bread; always breakit, spreading with butter eachpiece as you eat it. Never come to the table inyour shirt-sleeves, with dirtyhands or disheveled hair. Never express a choice for anyparticular parts of a dish, unlessrequested to do so. Never hesitate to take the lastpiece of bread or the last cake;there are probably more. Never call loudly for the wait-er, nor attract attention to your-self by boisterous conduct. Never hold bones in your fin-gers while you eat from the meat with a knife. Never use your own knifewhen cutting butter. Alwaysuse a knife assigned to that pur-pose. Never pare an apple, peach or pear for another at the table withoutholding it with a fork. Never wipe your fingers on the table-cloth, nor clean them in yourmouth. Use the napkin. Never allow butter, soup or other food to remain on your the napkin frequently. Never wear gloves at the table, unless the hands from some specialreason are unfit to be Fig. No. I. 2. 3. i. 5. 6. 7. Tips back his chair. Eats with his mouth too full. Feeds a dog at the table. Holds his knife improperly. Engages in violent argument at the meal-time. Lounges upon the table. Brings a cross child to the table. Never, when serving others, overload the plate nor force upon themdelicacies which they decline. Never pour sauce over meat and vegetables when helping it at one side, on the plate. Never make a display of finding fault with your food. Very quietlyhave it changed if you want it different. Never pass your plate with knife and fork on the same. Removethem, and allow them to rest upon a piece of bread. Never make a display when removing hair, insects or other disagree-able things from your food. Place them quietly under the edge of jourplate. Never make an effort to clean your plate or the bones you have beeneating from too clean; it looks as if you left off hung
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