Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . eal is over, they shouldask to be excused, and should never rise with their mouth full. Whenthey have once left the table, do not, as a rule, permit them to return,for a child soon falls into the habit, if permitted, of leaving the table toplay, and returning to complete his meal. Teach children not to complain of the food set before them; but, atthe same time, if a child has known likes or dislikes, they should be,to a certain extent, gratified, since
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . eal is over, they shouldask to be excused, and should never rise with their mouth full. Whenthey have once left the table, do not, as a rule, permit them to return,for a child soon falls into the habit, if permitted, of leaving the table toplay, and returning to complete his meal. Teach children not to complain of the food set before them; but, atthe same time, if a child has known likes or dislikes, they should be,to a certain extent, gratified, since, to some delicately constituted tem-peraments, a compelled partaking of some obnoxious dish is a realtorture. Teach them also to acquire a liking for as large a variety offood as possible. In after life, on many occasions, this may be a greatconvenience. In conclusion, let it be added that the Department on Home Eti-quette should be read in connection with this, especially the sectiondevoted to children. See to it carefully that children are not taughtone code of manners for company use, and permitted to exercise nomanners for home AN is essentially a dininganimal. Creatures of theinferior races eat and drinkonly man dines! And he should do it invite a friend to dinner, says BrillatSavarin, is to become responsible for his happiness so long as he isunder your roof. If, therefore, any lady would entertain her friends in the best manner that her means permit, it will be well for her to understand theroutine of the table herself, and never trust entirely to the skill of anordinary cook. It is hardly to be expected that she should under-stand the preparation of each dish, but she must be capable of judgingit when served. If she distrusts her own power of arranging a seeing it properly carried out, the dinner should be ordered fromthe best of caterers. Then, with full assurance of perfect cookery, andfaultless service, one may prepare ones list of favored
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