. American etiquette and rules of politeness. food to the mouth,except when a spoon is necessary for liquids. Raw oysters are eaten with a fork. If you wish to be served with more tea or coffee,place your spoon in your saucer. Tea or coffee should never be poured into the saucerto cool, but sipped from the cup. If a dish is passed to you, serve yourself first andthen pass it on. We can not do better, in closing this chapter, thanto quote from an eminent authority in housekeepingetiquette : Let no one suppose that, because she livesin a small house and dines on homely fare, the generalprinciple
. American etiquette and rules of politeness. food to the mouth,except when a spoon is necessary for liquids. Raw oysters are eaten with a fork. If you wish to be served with more tea or coffee,place your spoon in your saucer. Tea or coffee should never be poured into the saucerto cool, but sipped from the cup. If a dish is passed to you, serve yourself first andthen pass it on. We can not do better, in closing this chapter, thanto quote from an eminent authority in housekeepingetiquette : Let no one suppose that, because she livesin a small house and dines on homely fare, the generalprinciples here laid down do not apply to her. Asmall house is more easily kept clean than a may be quite as well displayed in the arrange-ment of dishes on a pine table, as in grouping thesilver and china of the rich. Skill in cooking is asreadily shown in a baked potato or johnny-cake as ina canvas-back duck. The charm of good housekeepinglies in a nice attention to little things, not in a super-abundance. CHAPTER XI. STREET RTJE politeness is not agarment that can be puton and off at pleasure. Itis habit pursued persist-ently until it has growninto the nature and be-come abiding. On thestreets, in public convey-ances, amid the jostling crowd, beneath the careand fret of work, as wellas in the sunshine of thedrawing-room, it is ever present. The true gentlemanand lady are always kind and courteous to all theymeet, regarding not merely the rights of others, buteven their wishes and feelings. Where a gentlemancan render aid, he kindly gives it; nor does he everfail in respect for ladies, or his superiors in age andrank. Let no one hesitate in acts of politeness forfear he will not meet with a proper recognition andreturn. If courtesy is answered by neglect or insult,whose fault is that except the boorish persons? (95) 96 AMEEICAJST ETIQUETTE. OSTENTATION. Do not try to show yourself off upon the true secret of street deportment is to do so nearlyas o
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