For instance, I never inherited any silverware; the family themselves didn’t use their silverware.” A 1920s Community Plate ad played on middle-class housewives’ fears that they would be shamed by setting out or serving with the wrong utensils. Click on the image to s...
65. ___ For silverware go from the outside in. Place your napkin on your lap and do not add anything to the table that was not there when you got there (cell phone glasses jewelry). Put your purse between your feet under your chair. Women should not apply makeup at the table. ...
DO NOT:… take big bites of food… cut all of your food at one time; instead cut one piece of food at a time…. chew with your mouth open…. talk with food in your mouth…. place your elbows on the table… play with your food or silverware…. slurp when drinking liquids…. leav...