Table manners must, of course, proceed slowly in exactly the same way that any other lessons proceed in school.
When children are at table alone with their mother, they should not only be allowed to talk but unconsciously trained in table conversation as well as in table manners.
We have said in our remarks on table manners in general, in a previous chapter, that in sending your plate for anything, you should leave your knife and fork upon it.
By this time, you may be sure, Jeanne was very grateful for her father's past instructions in table manners.
She was to learn that her cousins were much better trained in such matters as table manners than in kind and courteous ways toward other persons.
But in spite of the fact that the Captain's heart was much better than his table manners, Jeanne was able to eat enough for two small girls.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "table manners" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
