All good things come in little blue boxes

Some etiquette tips from my 1961 vintage copy of the Tiffany's Table Manners For Teenagers book (25 cent thrift store score, the beauties of having gone to college right next to an old dilapidated mill town):

It is customary for the young man too help the young lady on his right to be seated. When you both have been seated, *don't* look around like a startled beetle...

You don't have to wait for your hostess to start eating, but don't leap at your food like an Irish wolfhound...

Don't stick your elbow out and raise your whole arm like a derrick...

Do not hold the knife and fork in this position when you are talking. It looks unattractive and belligerent...

If the asparagus is long and thin, cut off the ends with your fork held in your right hand and eat with your fork. You will then avoid imitating a trained seal...

(for the Art History major in me): Don't let your elbows stick out like flying buttresses. Keep them close to your sides...

Don't put too much food in your mouth at once. It looks as if you were brought up in a kennel...

More to come later! I vote that the next MK&AO Do Dinner Outing (Morimoto?) involve extra etiquette, in addition to the usual stripes/silver/leather/somethingoldsomethingbluesomethingborrowedsomethingblue Rules.

(really the illustrations are just CHARMING but, sadly, I lack a scanner).