Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Teach him never to handle the silver when not in use. Also that in passing the plate for a second helping he must place the knife and fork across it on one side. In the same way the sauce spoon is left on its dish. Spoon, Knife, Fobk Teach him never under any circumstances to use. the individual spoon, fork or knife except for his own food. It may be well here to mention that the use of common drinking cups should never be permitted, not only on account of venereal diseases, but of pyorrhea—a too common and disgusting disease of the gums resulting in loosened teeth and a fetid breath. It may be needful to remind you to be sure that he leaves his Epoon in the saucer and not in the cup, rind always cuts his meat in small pieces and does not take a huge load on fork or spoon. The child is never to put his knife into his mouth (some old-fashioned persons use it for cheese, but this is contrary to etiquette); never to mash his food with his fork; never to rest knife and fork against the side of the plate or butter dish. Fish, meat, vegetables, melons, salad, oysters, clams and lobsters are eaten with fork only. At formal dinners a small, often oddly shaped fork is used—especially for the " hors d'ceuvres " (oysters, clams, anchovies, caviar, sardines, etc.), and a pretty spoon comes with the ice cream or frozen puddings. This advice is especially intended for the high-school or collegiate years, not applying to the really small child. Be sure to tell him he must never tip his soup plate; also in eating soup to fill his spoon, dipping towards the farther side of his plate. Soup and indeed all foods and drinks must be eaten without noise. Your child must also refrain from scraping his dish or plate. If crackers be served with the soup course, they must not be put into t...