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Show THE ART OF DINING OUT A Few Suggestions By T. W. M'Kall Krom what I hear I Infer that, now a days there me thousands of young men in New York absolutely aching for tips on how to behave themselves when dining out. To Judge from tills kind of talk the nurnge New Yorker, when Invited out to dine, doesn't know whether It Is good fym tolurn up In his automobile togs, or whether It Is le rigger to Introduce tho subject of aluminum corsets Into the Binnll tnik I'pon your arrival at the house where you have been Invited to dlno you hand your lint and coat to tho servant. If you hnvo brought nn umbrella, um-brella, you hand that also. In any well-regulated Now York house these articles wilt bo returned to )ou in a tolerable state of preservation on leaving; or, failing them, you will probably have a chance to help your-Bclf your-Bclf to a selection of what you fancy In tho cloakroom. You enn often pick up quite a now hat In this way for nothing. When dinner Is announced It Is not considered good form to rush for tho dining room to secure n front seat. No matter how hungry you may be, even If you havo shortened up your lunch In anticipation of tho free blowout. blow-out. It Is considered bong tong to go slowly. Tho march to tho dining room Is always made to resemble n funeral procession In order to give tho humorous guests n chancn to remark re-mark that they lire about to nsslst at the funeral of tho menu. Menu Is a French word, but is now quite freely used In this city. It means a list of entablcs set out in detail, nml also Implies that you nro to have several minute snacks of things in general, instead of ono unrestrained go at anything any-thing In particular. When asked to take n lady down to dinner it Ib usual to put the lady an the wall side of tho staircase, bo that If sho slips you enn grip on tho baluster bal-uster nnd buvo tho procession from being bumped about a good deal. There Is no obligation on you to work stendily through tho menu if you prefer to rest hero nnd there. Still, If you nro fcoling exceptionally lit, or have n bet on about it, no physical phys-ical forio will be used' to prevent you from grappling with tho cntlro layout. lay-out. If during the repast you should drop anything, under tho table, It In not regorded as good form to dive down at onco on your hands nnd kncjDB In order to recover It. At, it dinner party a section of tho menu Is commomy handed round to tho guests bv t'.io servants, nnd you will be cjtpceicd to dig out what you need for your own personal use, nnd -let tho balanco go. Howover tempting tempt-ing tho dish may be, do not allow yourself. In nn excess of uncontrolled uncon-trolled emotion, to pinch the lot. Of course, It may happen that, qulto Inadvertently In-advertently you may lift rntlier nioro of tho course than you designed. In that case, let tho spoil Uo whore It fell, and put tho blamo on tho nervant. It would nor bo nt all correct to return re-turn tho surplus; neither should you oven If your neighbor Is n very pretty girl, Insist on dumping upon her plato tho bnlanco for which you havo no use. If sho wants It sho will ask for It. When tho soup Is served you will bo expected to eat It with tho tablo-spoon. tablo-spoon. The uso of tho knifo when entlng soup la not recommendod, ns you can only get up such a mero scrap nt each scoop, nnd when tho courses nro served ono nt n Umo you will bo npt to keep tho othor guests waiting. Tho knifo Is only UBed for cutting things with, nnd tho pictur-esquo pictur-esquo habit of chasing tho pens or tho Inst drop of gravy round tho plato with tho blndo of Iho knifo Is no longer considered a la modo In good Boclety. No matter how hungry you may be, you must lenvo yourself with breath enough to tnlk occasionally to tho lady you havo brought down to dinner, even If you don't caro for tbo shade her hnlr Is dyed. If you nro telling her n funny Btory, you must not nudge her with your elbow when you rench the part whero tho laugh conios In, neither Is It usual to slap Indies on tho back when endeavoring to add to their gaycty. Whon tho gnosis begin to go home, It Is ns well for you to mnko n moyo also, If only to get a bulgo on the cloakroom. At tho same tlmo. If you havo sulllclent ronfldonco In your hostess, you may postpono your do-parturo do-parturo a little, though It Is not at nil good form to wait till you are thrown out. It Is a good rule to tnko your leavo while you nro still sober, ns you enn always round off tho Comoro ot your cxhllnration nt tho club or nearest saloon. |