Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . id on one sidethe plate. This is far daintier than to put the fruit in the mouth andthen eject the skin into the hand or upon the plate. Bananas arepeeled and eaten from the plate with a fork. Oranges are skinned,divided into sections, and eaten from the fingers, rejecting the seedsinto the hand. Some prefer, however, to cut the end of the orangeand eat the pulp with a spoon. Pineapple is the only fruit that mustbe eaten with a knife and fork. Silver k
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . id on one sidethe plate. This is far daintier than to put the fruit in the mouth andthen eject the skin into the hand or upon the plate. Bananas arepeeled and eaten from the plate with a fork. Oranges are skinned,divided into sections, and eaten from the fingers, rejecting the seedsinto the hand. Some prefer, however, to cut the end of the orangeand eat the pulp with a spoon. Pineapple is the only fruit that mustbe eaten with a knife and fork. Silver knives and forks must always be used with fruits, as steelbecomes colored by contact with the fruit juices and imparts a disa-greeable flavor. Green corn, in ear, is a stumbling-block, and perhaps ones bestplan would be to conform to the custom of the table where you maybe. In eating it directly from the ear hold it in one hand only. Somehostesses provide small doilies with which to hold the ear. If a guest is pleased with any particular dish on the table, a del ,-atecompliment upon its unusual excellence is always pleasing to THE evening party may be aselaborate or as simple anaffair as the hostess maydesire. In its elaborate form itonly differs from the ball in the one re-spect that dancing may, or may not, beintroduced as a feature of the entertainment, while a ball is given forthe express purpose of dancing, and is always so understood. Invitations. Invitations for an elaborate evening party are sent out ten days ortwo weeks in advance and are issued in the name of the hostess and wife may be invited together, addressing the envelopeto Mr. and Mrs. John Doe; and daughters, if there are several, maybe included in one invitation as The Misses Doe. Sons, if therebe more than one, receive separate invitations, though they can beincluded in one as Messrs. Doe. But friends, even though shel-tered by the same rooftree, must receive separate invitations. T
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