Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . the etiquette there observed, as at all other mealsof the day, should be of a nature to render the observance on morestately occasions second nature to the members of the so trained will find little difficulty in after days as to theirtable etiquette. The table itself should be spread with clean linen, first overlaying*he surface with a sub-cloth of double canton flannel, felting, or a 211 212 TABLE ETIQUETTE. white blanket that has see
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . the etiquette there observed, as at all other mealsof the day, should be of a nature to render the observance on morestately occasions second nature to the members of the so trained will find little difficulty in after days as to theirtable etiquette. The table itself should be spread with clean linen, first overlaying*he surface with a sub-cloth of double canton flannel, felting, or a 211 212 TABLE ETIQUETTE. white blanket that has seen its best days of usefulness. This is donefor the better appearance of the table linen, for the deadening ofsound, and the protection of the table from the heated dishes. Thetable linen for home use need not be of the finest; cleanliness being,after all, the chief requisite. Before the mistress of the house stands the tray covered with alarge napkin, or a prettily etched tray-cloth. This is filled with cupsand saucers. The coffee-urn is at her right hand with cream, sugarkspoons, and waste-bowl convenient. In front of the master of the. ETIQUETTE OF THE TABLE. house is spread a large napkin with the corner to the centef thetable. An ornamental carving cloth may be used in its placr. Onthis is placed whatever dish of meat it is his province to serve. Onthe opposite side of the table dishes of bread and any hot breakfastrolls or gems balance one another. The dish of potatoes standsclose to, and at the right of, the platter, ready to be served with themeat. Any other vegetable served at the same meal should be placedat the left of the platter. Mats are wholly a style of the past. Where the dish is very hot, TABLE ETIQUETTE. 213 or liable to soil the cloth, fringed squares of heavy linen, etched orembroidered, take their place. The castor, too, is banished from tables polite, and its place may betaken by a few flowers, or bits of vine, in a simple vase. The butterdish and the indi
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