Show A delightful dl dinner hour the development 0 the art ot of conversation has been gradual and very delightful in n a home in boston composed of 0 several children whose parents having been able to give them every advant advantage ap now enjoy the fruits of them one or two illustrations I 1 may be pardoned for giving the dinner hour is always a lengthy one when the people were younger than now they had bad various ingenious devites devices tor for the hour A given state would be agreed uton upon and the names of places mentioned in iii alphabetical order no one to name a place unless certain of its location proper way of spelling and pronunciation sometimes one letter woid last two evenings the attempt to puzz leono another adding zest at smother another time characters in history were taken all information possible to bo be obtained so that questioning was always in order the best choice of language was required all this never mona the lighter tabled table talk anecdotes conundrums jokes all coming in for their full share this could be put in tico in any an family of young children bot only does such a custom combine useful knowledge with ill pleasure but cultivates tile the spirit courtesy ta giving way to one another wip we should try nott 1 anxieties cares and vexations vexatious alito the family life it ft it cau possibly bo be I 1 avoided not our fault findings fili dings W ith ca each i other or our neighbors or the rumors of tile the street ellen blabs hooker in a good housekeeping |