. Modern manners and social forms . TABLE-CLOTHS AND HE napejy of a table is so important amatter, and does so much to make or mara meal, that it may be well to devote afew words to the subject. The fashion ofusing napkins and table-cloths is very oldand widely spread. The Japanese andChinese magnates use elegantly embroid-ered and fringed silk napkins, which bysome process unknown to us, they washand restore to their original beauty. Elegant lace-worked napkins, which cannot be rivaled to-day, gracedthe tables of the early Italians, and Queen Elizabethhad beautiful napkins, made in
. Modern manners and social forms . TABLE-CLOTHS AND HE napejy of a table is so important amatter, and does so much to make or mara meal, that it may be well to devote afew words to the subject. The fashion ofusing napkins and table-cloths is very oldand widely spread. The Japanese andChinese magnates use elegantly embroid-ered and fringed silk napkins, which bysome process unknown to us, they washand restore to their original beauty. Elegant lace-worked napkins, which cannot be rivaled to-day, gracedthe tables of the early Italians, and Queen Elizabethhad beautiful napkins, made in Flanders, and edgedwith lace. Even the most sumptuous repast will beruined by soiled and wrinkled linen, and the plainestand simplest meal will gain a certain attractivenessfrom a smooth and spotless table-cloth and napkins. The best of napery is the cheapest to buy, as it willoutwear the cheaper grades. Irish linen, unadulteratedwith cotton, will last for years. Very handsome napkinsare made at the South Kensington schools in England,and by the Decorative A
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