FORKS AN AFFECTATION
Here are ' some rules of medisyai table manners given by Mr. Ralph Dutton in his "English Country Houses," which has just appeared:—
"Burnish no bones with your teeth, For that Is unseemly." "Dip not thy meat in the salt-cellar, But take it with thy knife." "Pick not thy teeth with thy Itnlfc, Nor with thy linger ends."
The manufacture of knives in England did not begin until 1563. The vogue of the fork was even more belated. For a long time, in fact, its use was' regarded as an affectation.
Woods' Great reppermlni Cure. First aid for Couchs. Colds. Influenza.—Advt
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 35, 11 February 1936, Page 5
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103FORKS AN AFFECTATION Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 35, 11 February 1936, Page 5
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