Show I DINING Wi THE KING or Dining with a it 1 king ung g especially it if I that king happens to bo ho Edward Ed of oC England may not be bo so pleasant as at atone one may maj mo Imagine It t is Impossible for tor I others anan members of or the royal rojal fam lam I fly ily to converse converso with Great I ruler unless ho he first addresses them and ho never speaks to anyone to I whom he has not been b n formally Corma Intro Moreover ho he will not permit j an Introduction to be bo male made until ho he 1 I has hM been boen well Informed regarding tho the L person Ierson seeking It Those giving giring din Jin 1 nore nois to which tho the king has hns ha been beon ed are arc likely to 1 b 0 put moro mono at their wits ends to 10 meet rO royal al wish Os GS than are arc the guests The Invitation must at what hour the hOller Is to begin and at what hour r It wl will on end and both beginning and ending must be L at the tho m moat ll designated Alter tho table M has haB been eu laid and tho the ar am rM have been bean completed d the tho work Is i by bj onu ono of ot the kings Icings who ho frequently insists upon Important changes In the plans He makes makoR certain that tho the klug king will will bo b seated HO Mo as lU to lo bo ho b free fre from drafts noises and other disturbing Influences f y The host boat or em hostess host Is not permitted to provide wino for Cor the king provided wino Is to tr be lie served at nt tho the meal This Is furnished by br the king himself and anI anI Is IR taken to the tho place by a royal sonant Servant Sometimes tho tIm king and other members of or the royal family also their own cigars Tho sonant servant who has charge of the tho winos wines stands behind the king during the meal and attends to his hith wants Time The host hoat or hostess must also submit o 0 copy of oC tho the menu for official Inspection and anti It Is I Important that certain dishes for or which members member of the royal family have havo a shall be 1 1 In setting the table care must be taken that two wo knives are arc not placed at tho the kings c pinto at one time into At all nil of tho th Buckingham lluc palace dinners clean knives are nrc placed at each guests place with oven every course courso and 1 this rill rule rulo is rigidly enforced nt fit all dinners tho the king attends whether they tho are aro served sod in iii the tho palace or elsewhere Dinner must be served the moment the king I seats scats himself as an the Ule one Inexcusable offense Is to keep his maJo tr waiting Considering these conditions perhaps we are fortunate in not being required to royalty often ofton hero bore In J p America 4 |