| Show ASKS THE REASON FOR OLD CUSTOM service plate worries this old timer 1 I go about so little and am so generally unsophisticated that my knowledge knowl edRe of service plates and the rules and regulations governing them Is pretty much of the hearsay kind bald mr onto cato 1 I think that I 1 have compassed the where and when of then hut but I 1 am still extremely tre niely foggy about the why of practical utility I 1 have not been able to discover the slightest trace tile the argument that the diner should not sit at table with nothing before him strikes me as fallacious f for or nothing thing could possibly be emptier than a service plate on the other hand belity as we nil all know Is its own excuse for being and many of 0 f the service plates have as high to beauty as anything that can be displayed on the board whether beauty Is appetizing depends d I 1 suppose on tile the temperament 0 of f the diner doubty doubtless ess it makes wille some people hungry to start their dinner by gazing nt an exquisite example of tile the ceramic art but with most of us I 1 am afraid that it Is not a for the giors re I 1 am still further hampered bump ered in my efforts to understand the situation by my extremely material mind with its strong trend in favor of oc labor siv ing and efficiency the sen service ice plate has to be put on by somebody assuming that it Is a decoration as it undoubtedly Is it seems to me that it ought to be allowed to stay on the table and decorate instead of being removed at the expense UL of further labor not only Is it removed but if hearsay has correctly informed me it Is returned to its business of decorating that Is of presenting something for the diner to look 1001 at other than the cloth I 1 cant lind any reason why lie he should not look 1001 lit at the cloth which in all probability also Is beautiful and in miny cases Is an exquisite example of the weavers the embroider embroiderers ers or the lacem aLers art or perhaps a combination of all of them please understand that I 1 am not offering any objection to or making argument against service plates im merely trying tiling to get their ralson detre through my lend head A custom that hns has been so widely adopt adopted L d by so many mani people of the highest culture and intelligence must have other justification than mere initiation imitation all customs start with a reason of some kind and some borne of them in the course ot of time may even get ba back ek to it so I 1 am not without hope that some day I 1 shall find end out what it Is for all things come to him who waits As an eminent physician buck goes about a good deal more than I 1 do so it occurred to me to sound him on the subject buck I 1 said how do ou on regard service plates on a dinner table 11 apprehensively he be replied whenever a meal starts with service plates its a sure sign that ill use the wrong fork before it Is over Indiana indianapolis polls news |
