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Show HUMAN NATURE IN EATING. Ttio Hotel lHnlug'Itooni it l'laco for Ktudylng I ho Ct.aractcra of l'eople. 'If I enn ioo n man hnndlo hl forlc," aalil tlio cleric, "I can tell you tho part of tlio country lio lmlls from. "Tlio lioteV llnliipr-room Is the beat plai-o in tlio world to study lttimnn tin turennil tlio manners nnil brecdlnsr of onr fellows. It aeemi ld tlint pcoplo In tliU rull1itcticd nnd advanced n'o nil! hllH feed themselves with thcit Icnlvpn, esi.ccinlly In a Ilrat-claas hotel. Yet instaucca of thU habit nro very fro-'ueut. fro-'ueut. In my opinion n man who feeds hl.iv.clf with Ills ltnlfo should bo balled alive In oil. "Ah a ruli! guests front Ilostou nnd Now York arc tho most correct In their taulo deportment. They nro very cx ai-tlnir an to r.ervleo nnd all manlpttlato fieir knlvoi nnd forun In ono wny, ulilolt In tho proper wny. It may seem .1 trlflo RtrutiKti to form a basis for a ludfjinent of ft man's character in the inuner In illicit ho holda his fork, but it 1 i n. correct one. Sonio stick It be-tweon be-tweon their first nnd second Anger, other between tho rulddlo nnd tlilrd llnrfom, .vhllo others Rrasp It bb you would firnip n jilneapplo checuo scoop. "So it Is with tho spoonn In eating witip. If ti man hns a mustacho which falls down ovorhls mouth ho may bo pardoned .for putting tho point of tho spoon to his lips. Hut when you see u oil-dressed men, nnd women, too, mho tholr olbow and pour their soup down their throats from tho point of the spoon, us you would feed n nucklliij; babe, you regret that they cannot be given o year's eourbo In n school for deportment de-portment It is tlio snino with the nnpkin. It is utterly Inexcusable for a man to put liU napkin In tho top of his vest, nnd when 11 comes to sticking ii In his collar like a bib, us n great many do. It U nil but rcpulslvo to ono of refined re-fined tnslc.1. It Isngreat relaxation for mc to cfwapo the confining duties of the desk nnd watch peoplo feed thcraclvC3." Washington Star. |