Logan Republican | 1915-08-10 | Page 5 | Rules for Table Manners

RULES FOR TABLE MANNERS Gelett Burgess writing: Tho Maxims Max-ims of Japhct, presents tho following follow-ing rules for table manners: My son, when thou slttest at meat with a damsel, havo a caro how thou eatofct, lest thou offend her. For this Is tho test of lovo: whatsoever what-soever goeth Into thy mouth and cometh out again, the snino shall try her ob with flro. And of theso things shalt thou have a caro; of the apple, nnd tho orange, or-ange, nnd the peach, and fruits wth skins after their kind. Til. nl.n.i.1. h.1 .1 li.... ....1 1. mo cncrry nmi ino pium nun mo olive nnd tho apricot, and fruits with stones aftor their kind. Tho grapo and tho rnspberry and tho watermelon nnd fruits with Beeils after their kind, of nil theso things halt thou havo a caro. And whatsoever hath seeds or iklns or stones, that thou upeweiit out of thy mouth, theso shall bo nn nbomlnnt'on unto her, unless she lovo thco. Thou shalt not help her on with her wrap whilst thou hnst a cigar In thy teeth; It Is nbomlnatton. Neither shalt thou pick thy teeth behind thy napkin; It Is nbomlnn-tion nbomlnn-tion of nbom'nntlons. And If thou cuttest thy potato or any vegetable with n knife, thou shalt be cast out Into utter darkness. For sho Bmllcth with her lips and snjoth pleasant things; yet doth her eye watch thee, and her foot tnppoth Itho floor. It Is tho end of lovo.