| Show TABLE ETIQUETTE OF OLD rules of civility for the english ot i seventeenth century are ara amusing until the middle of tho the seventeenth century writes rose NI M brad ley in tho the english housewife orka forks were a luxury treated rather as toys elegant with jeweled handles where with the ladles ladies might pick daintily at their sweetmeats sweet meats before the carving fork was introduced paper covers were placed over those portions of the tha meat which had to be grasped with tho the left hand the paper orllis arilis sometimes seen nowadays on cutlet bones bonea are arc said by the author to be a survival of the old custom after smarting under foreign criticism on their bablo manners englishmen turned to french rules of civility and others were compiled comp ailed in england readers headers were warned not to aipa ipe knife or f ork fork on bread or the cloth but on napkins they were also requested 1 not to pick their teeth at the table with knife or fork lady richs closet of Ilare ties published in 1652 begs each gentlewoman to observe to keep her body straight and lean not by any means mcana with her elbow nor by ravenous gesture discover a voracious louB appetite nor must alic talk with her mouth full of meat nor smack like a pig not eat cat spoon meat so hot tho the tears stand in her eyes it t Is very uncomely the author adds to drink so large a draft that your breath is almost gone and your are forced to recover yourself throwing down your liquor as into a funnel Is art an action fitter filter for a juggler than a gentlewoman |
