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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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If
offered
any
dish
of
which
you
do
not
wish
to
partake,
decline
it,
but
do
not
assign
any
reason.
To
object
to
the
dish
itself
is
an
insult
to
your
entertainers,
and
if
you
assert
any
reason
for
your
own
dislike
it
is
ill-bred.
Do
not
bend
too
much
forward
over
your
food,
and
converse
easily.
To
eat
fast,
or
appear
to
be
so
much
engrossed
as
to
be
unable
to
converse,
is
ill-bred;
and
it
makes
those
around
you
suspect
that
you
are
so
little
accustomed
to
dining
well,
that
you
fear
to
stop
eating
an
instant,
lest
you
should
not
get
enough.
It
is
equally
ill-bred
to
accept
every
thing
that
is
offered
to
you.
Never
take
more
than
two
vegetables;
do
not
take
a
second
plate
of
soup,
pastry,
or
pudding.
Indeed,
it
is
best
to
accept
but
one
plate
of
any
article.
Never
use
a
spoon
for
anything
but
liquids,
and
never
touch
anything
to
eat,
excepting
bread,
celery,
or
fruit,
with
your
fingers.
In
the
intervals
which
must
occur
between
the
courses,
do
not
appear
to
be
conscious
of
the
lapse
of
time.
Wear
a
careless
air
when
waiting,
conversing
cheerfully
and
pleasantly,
and
avoid
looking
round
the
room,
as
if
wondering
what
the
waiters
are
about.
Never
eat
every
morsel
that
is
upon
your
plate;
and
surely
no
lady
will
ever
scrape
her
plate,
or
pass
the
bread
round
it,
as
if
to
save
the
servants
the
trouble
of
washing
it.
Take
such
small
mouthfulls
that
you
can
always
be
ready
for
conversation,
but
avoid
playing
with
your
food,
or
partaking
of
it
with
an
affectation
of
delicate
appetite.
Your
hostess
may
suppose
you
despise
her
fare,
if
you
appear
so
very
choice,
or
eat
too
sparingly.
If
your
state
of
health
deprives
you
of
appetite,
it
is
bad
enough
for
you
to
decline
the
invitation
to
dine
out.
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