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ETIQUETTE TIPS for
INFORMAL and FORMAL DINNERS
Eating is in absolute statement, one of the oldest customs and has been practiced
by the better classes of society almost without interruption from earliest
times.
Societies have embellished and adorned the all very common habit of eating, and
has evolved throughout the ages with most charming and exquisite products
of culture known as the informal or formal dinner party.
Gentleman who dress in suits to escort his lady or celebrity to a formal or
informal dinner party, is probably little aware of what he owes to his
forefathers for having so painstakingly devised for him such a pleasant method
of spending his time.
The joys of the formal dinner party are to be partaken with a short preliminary
course of training for correct (etiquette). Many a young man or woman has learned to his
or her sorrow,
when they are discovered in his or her inelegant use of knife and fork, that
they were the cause of
humorous comment. Others at an event of distinction will expect the study of
etiquette to be a normalcy for attending such dinner party. It is best then, if
any young man or woman is not schooled in proper behavior at such events, they
train for the attendance. Or they might find themselves with
haughty glances of an outraged hostess or companion.
The first requisite of success in dining out or at dinner parties (formal or
informal) is the possession of a complete set of correct table manners. These,
like anything worth while in group societies of special events, can be achieved
only by patient study
and daily practice.
TABLE MANNERS FOR CHILDREN AS WELL
AS a matter of fact, it is never too early to begin to acquire the technique of
correct eating, and the early age of children is the best possible place for the
first lessons in dining room actions.
Children should be taught at an early age the fundamentals of "table manners" in
such a way that by the time they have reached the years of manhood or womanhood,
the correct use of knife, fork, spoon and fingerbowl is to them second nature.
But the parents should (hopefully) also provide the correct instruction to
their
children in such a way that the pupil takes interest and appropriate concern to
this very important performance that is expected in their behavior when
attending such events.
The method which is employed, today, in every successful school of
etiquette or; correct table manners training program that produces satisfactory
results is usually one that maintains the students interest.
Thus, for example, if you are a father and your son persists in bringing his pet
frog to the table in a glass jar, you should learn an effective and graphic
method of correcting this habit. A smart means to impress the growing boy
of the importance for etiquette dinner table and eating habits can be a
challenge.
An effective way of teaching table manners to children consists in making up
attractive games about the various lessons to be learned. Thus, whenever you
have guests for dinner, the children can play watching the visitor closely
during the meal in order to catch him or her in any irregularity in table
etiquette. As soon as any guest has
committed a mistake, the Child discovering it can bring it to your attention for
a reward or gift of some sorts. Any boy or girl discovering the greatest number
of "Etiquette Mistakes" during the evening is rewarded with a prize, based on
the following table of manners.:
For example, some of the mistakes for Children to watch out for are:
If the guest has dirty hands
If the guest uses wrong fork or spoon
If the guest blows on soup
If the guest drops fork or spoon
If the guest spills soup on table
If the guest spills soup on self
Of course, it is important to tell the guests about the game in advance in order
that they may not feel embarrassed but will enter joyfully into this helpful
sport.
ETIQUETTE FOR THE CHILD
Children can also acquire knowledge more easily if it is imparted to them in the
form of verse or easy rhymes, and many valuable facts about the dinner table can
be embodied in children's verses.
ETIQUETTE IN THE SCHOOL
OF course, as children become older, the instruction should embrace all forms of
correct behavior, and the youthful games and rhymes should give way to the more
complex and intricate problems of mature social etiquette. It is suggested that
the teachings during this period may be successfully combined with the young
gentleman's or lady's other schoolroom studies.
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