TABLE MANNERS OF THE BUNS
INFLUENCED BY THE WAR
("The Times.") ; .London, September 8. The "Lok'al Anzeiger" .solemnly discusses tho influence of war on German 'table manners. Formerly it was forbidden to wipe up even the most excellent gravy with bread. The scarcity of ; fats has produced'a change, though, of 'v' course, it is still unnecessary to use full' strength to scour the plate till it shines. That is inelegant. The/fate of other customs is similar. It will to-day not disgust any one when a hone is gnawed idiscreetly. A hotelkoeper would have ( heen surprised in 1914 if a guest pro- . duced bread from his pocket; To-day nobody minds.' Thus war haseducated ... even/manner's/
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2873, 11 September 1916, Page 6
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113TABLE MANNERS OF THE BUNS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2873, 11 September 1916, Page 6
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