Life — February 6, 1913 — page 40: what you’re looking at

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DIXON’S FLAKE GRAPHITE is an ingredient of DIXON’S Graphite Grease No. 677 (For Transmissions and Differentials) Well-known automobile: men use and recommend Dixon’s Greases. Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. Established in 1827 Jersey City, New Jersey Dinner Code of the Am- phitryon—His Rights the Greek host.) Art. 1. The Amphitryon is the king of the table: his empire lasts as long as the meal, and ends with it. Art. 2. It is lawful for his glass to exceed in capacity those of his guests. Art. 3. He may be lively with his male guests, and gallant towards the fe- males; to such as are pretty he may risk a compliment or two, which is sure to be received from him with an ap- proving smile. (Amphitryon is name for His Deties. Art. Fulfilling to the utmost the laws of hospitality, he watches with ps ternal solicitude over the welfare of the stomachs committed to his assures the timid, encourages the mod- est, and incites the vigorous appetite. Art. 2. He must abstain from prais- ing either his dishes or his wines. Art. 3. He is not to take advantage of his situation to utter stale jests or r puns. A careful perusal of “ The Jest Book” will be his best security against a violation of this article Art. 4. The police of the table be- longs of right to him; he should never permit a plate or a glass to be cither full or empty. Art. 5. On rising from table, he should cast a scrutinizing glance over the glasses. If he sees them not quite empticd, let him take warning by it to choose cither his guests or his wine better for the future. care; re- Or tte Guests. Art. 1. The first duty of a guest is to arrive at the time named, at what- ever inconvenience to himself. Art. 2. When the Amphitryon offers any dish to a guest, his only civil way of declining it is by requesting to be helped a second time to that of which he has just partaken, Art. 3. A guest who is a man of the world will never begin a conversation until the first course is over; up to that point, dinner is a serious from which the attention, of the party ought not to be inconsiderately distracted. Art. 4. Whatever conversation is go- ing on ought to be suspended, even in the middle of a sentence, upon the en- trance of a dinde trufes. Art. 5. An applauding Jaugh is in- dispensable to every joke of the Amphi- tryon. Art. 6 A guest is culpable who speaks ill of his entertainer during the first three hours after dinner. Grati- tude should last at least as long as di- gestion. Art. 7, To leave anything on your ate is to insult your host in the per- son of his cook. Art. 8 A guest who leaves the table deserves the fate of a soldier who de- serts. fair, Ow Victxity to Laptes. Arto becomes at He who sits next to a lady once her cavalier servant. 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