MISCELLANEOUS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 289, 11 August 1888, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

FiNornsAT tub Dinner Table. — Thert are a number of things that the mos. fashionable and well-bred people now eat at the dinner-table with their fingeres They are — Olives, to which a fork should never be applied ; asparagus, whether hot or cold, when served whole.as it should he : lettuce, which should be dipped in the ■hosting, or in a little salt ; celery, which may properly be placed on the tablecloth beside the plate ; strawberries, when served with the stem on, as they usually are in the most elegant houses ; bread, loast, a- d all tarts and small cakes ; fruit ->i nil kinds, except melons and pie?ei"ves, which aro eaten with a spoon; cheese, which is almost invariably eaten with the ■ by the most particular people. iCven the leg or other small pieces of a bird \yq taken in the fingers at fa°hionable iinners, and at most of the luncheons ladies pick small pieces of chicken without using a fork.

A CirvEK Feat. — Among the many xnccdoto- of Sir Edwin I .and seer contained ma biojiiaphy, is one ab"tit the famous artist's amazing mastery of hand. At a large paity in London the conveisntion bnvncd on dexterity and facility in feats af skill with the hand. A lady remarked : ' Well, theie'.s one tiling nobody has over lone, and that is to draw two things at once.' ' Oh, T r-an do thai,,' paid Landt-e^r. ' Lend me two pencil?, and I will show you.' The pencils were £iv< j n him, a pioce of paper laid on the table, and S ir Edwin drew, 'simultaneously and without hesitation, with one hand, the profile of a stag's head and all ibs> antlers complete, andn-itli the other hand the perfect, piofile of a Jior-e's head.' Both drawings wcie «fiid tn he full Df life and energy, and the drawing of tho left hand not inferior to the one made with bhe right. Boys and giila may learn a esson I) ere.

It is said that the Princess of Wales indulges in milk bithsj Spain will not bo represented at the Paria Exhibition. ,