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Show , . I'U. Dinuur Hour. London Clotw. In the fourteenth century the king of Franco dined at H, a. m. and retired to rest at 8 p. m. In the time of Philip the (iood an old verse said: "RLse at 5, dine at!), sup at .", go to bed at,!), and thou ghait live to be liinety-aud-nine." In the reign of Henry V and Louis XIV the dinner hour was 11 a. m. Louis XV changed the dinner hour to 2 o'clock. Two o'clock remained the usual dinner din-ner hour in Franco up to the time of tne revolution, after which (J o'clock became the fashionable time In Kng-limd Kng-limd the upper class breakfasted at 7 in the reign of Henry VIII, and dined at 10 a. m. In F;iiabeth'a reign the dinner hour ( was 11 a. m.. and supper was served . about 5 o'clock. In Garmany the fashionable fash-ionable hour lor dinner up to the time of the French revolution was 12 o'clock; afterward it was fixed at 1 o'clock. |