It will also keep
them occupied as a puzzle picture since the "faux pas"
illustrated herewith will probably not be apparent to the little
ones except after careful examination. If, however, they have
been conscientiously trained it will not be long, before the
brighter ones discover that the spoon has been incorrectly left
standing in the cup, that the coffee is being served from the
right instead of the left side, and that the lettering of the
motto on the wall too nearly resembles the German style to be
quite "au fait" in the home of any red-blooded American citizen.}
{illustration caption =
Dessert has been reached and the gentleman in the picture is
perspiring freely--in itself a deplorable breach of etiquette. He
has been attempting all evening to engage the ladies on either
side of him in conversation on babies, Camp's Reducing Exercises,
politics, Camp's Developing Exercises, music or Charlie Chaplin,
only to be rebuffed by a haughty chin on the one hand and a cold
shoulder on the other. If he had taken the precaution to consult
Stewart's Lightning Calculator of Dinner Table Conversation (one
of the many aids to social success to be found in PERFECT
BEHAVIOR) he would have realized the bad taste characterizing his
choice of topics and would not have made himself a marked figure
at this well-appointed dinner table.}
CHAPTER NINE: THE ETIQUETTE OF DINNERS AND BALLS
FORMAL DINNERS IN AMERICA
Eating is an extremely old custom and has been practiced by the
better classes of society almost without interruption from
earliest times.
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