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Show A Plea for lint Knll. Wo are not .so enamored of the kuife as to favor its u.it in prefereneo to tho fork lis a means of conveying one's food to one's month. On tho contrary, we ure as much opposed to this uso of tho knifo as any one possibly could be. Lot we hold, nevertheless, that the knife should not be utterly ignored at tho table. ta-ble. WTktp, for instance, tho pie crn.st set before yo i is excessively inflexible there in a sort of constructive insult to your hostess in your v;iin attempts to cut throimh it with a fork, lis toughness is uiado obvious by your exertions, and iu endeavoring to' cut the pie crust you only succeed in cutting into the sensibilities sensibil-ities of your hostess. Uy using your knife, on the contrary, your pie crnst is divided into eatable portions with neatness neat-ness and dispatch, and its firmness of testure is remarked by no one. Wo lire sure that no genuine pie lover willdotiyth.it in cutting one's pio with one's knife, and carrying it piece by piece j to tho mouth by aid of the fork, iiinple recognition is accorded to the demands of ethpiettc; for, t thoroughly enjoy one's pie, neither kuifo nor fork is necessary. neces-sary. An h matter of fact, either is an impertinence. The truo and only wvtis-fyitig wvtis-fyitig way to eat pie is to take it up in one's band, and by gently but firmly pressing the pointed end of tho wedge in one's mouth to slough off its lieneficence with grateful teeth until its richness is all your own. This is tho way to enjoy pie. But wo are not talking of enjoyment. enjoy-ment. Our business is wit h etiquet te. Therefore There-fore wo will relegiito tho truo form of pie eating to the privacy of tho cupboard, where the hasty snack is taken. All we insist uion in the name of true etiquette is that the knife should do its shnro of the lalxir, and that tho fork should not be compelled unassisted to liear the heat and burden of dissection. lioston Trau-script. |