Show What They Have for Dinner If yon could see the things that the people peo-ple In some countries have for dinner and tho way they eat them you would laugh Indeed and then If you should visit those countries and do as the other boys and girls do you would laugh still more I believe you would like Japan best True you would not have any chair to sit on nor nny knife fork or spoon but then you uoiiJd have two dainty little slicks which the Japanese children call chop sticks and which they use very cleverly Then besides there Is always such a lot of candles and other sweets ami what I yon could not ont you would be not only allowed but expected to take home with Fen Think of that Often at grand feasts the guests bring their servants who carry baskets and whatever Is left from dinner is packed In these baskets and taken home In China you would have the same chopsticks but very different dishes One specially T bellevo you would not like al all That la live crabs arid very tiny ones too Just as dinner Is ready the cribs arc put In a dish of vine gar This makes them quite lively Next they art removed to a covered dish nUll placed upon the table Then when every one is ready the cover Is taken off Tnpsi1 crubjnls dont hesi tate a second but surimble out and run fo their lives But time guests arc In a big hurry too They sere them with both hands and fllllntr their mouths as full HH they can they swallow the wriggling things as though they were tho daintiest bits Imaginable Im-aginable 1 do not know whether they are better or worse than roasted solder These you would pet In New Caledonia and some people who have eaten them say they taste like nuts and are very nice Iji India they would serve you roasted worms In tend of fruit at dessert and In Burmah locusts stuffed and fried Tn SI am you would be treated to ants eggs and some of our own Indians think they can offer a guest no greater delicacy than roasted grasshoppers So you ace there an many kinds of tastes Table manners nteo vary greatly In I Turkey you must sit crossleggeil on a cushion and cat with your finders from I the same dish that every one else uses In Arabia you must use your fingers I 0 also and not be surprised 1 If your host offers you a dainty morsel with his hands Just oncn your mouth nnd allow him to put It In In Abyssinia If you wish to be polite you must smack your lips while you eat |