Show GIVE THANKS FOR THE MEAL pretty table observances that pre vail vall in europe A pretty table observance in danish families milles fa Is tor for children even little ones who can scarcely toddle to go gravely after dinner to salute theli parents and say tak for mad thanks for the meal hven even visitors shake hands with their host and host ss and go through the same formal ity in german families that hold ta U tradition the same custom prevails when the evening meal Is ended tha party stands up arkind aro ind the table and each shakes hand with the neighbor saying Mahl zelt bless ing the food this Is a relic ot of those far off times when food was the elu elve sive ideal the thing that came as a personal compliment from the deity there Is an echo of that custom among the students of leipzig whose intimate greeting at all times tims of the bay oay Is Mahl zelt an eng lish writer says seldom do I 1 rise from the table without the passing flash of a remembered sentence thank you papa and mamma tor for my nice dinner please may little boy get down |