Show w w r r rw w Why Dishes Are Covered How flow many persons seeing covered dishes come to the table have any Idea of the orl origin ln of ot serving servin food tood In Inthis Inthis Inthis this fashion How v many know v the reason that led to the covering ot of dishes They were covered from fear tear the the fear for of ot poison In medieval ol days and down to the time of ot Louis XIV people were afraid that poison might be Introduced Into food tood be between be- be between between tween the kitchen and the table The wholesomeness ss of the food tood was first tried on the servants who were required to taste It before any of the tho guests and then It If 1 they were not poi poi- poisoned poi poisoned the food was as all right It did not matter motter so much It ff a 11 servant was poisoned 3 |