The Archive · 1928

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1 he come to the roprictor's kaomledge deafre trict Pherenio omitted the last, Damiu.' suppose it must be so if you say 30, Mother, but won't you explain why?"

"There are some things, Damiv, that can be Jearned only' through experience. At present, you nz= turally have difficulty in grasping these nice distinctions; but when you get to be a diner-out, you will be grateful to your dictionary for having given you some valuable tips'

"Does dining out entail so much Mother? jot always, by any means, Damiu; but with far greater fro: quency than one might wis "Aasuredly, Domin, and also: hints to vendors of cutlery. If one were supplied with the saw-back Rahcknife, the pocket-knife, and the hunting-knife, particularly' the first and the last, one coult at least et through the average dinner without seeming to reslater a protest against the removal of the restriction on rubber."

"But the pocket-knife, Mother, surely that ix superfluous, "Wrong again, Dami for gathering up the from the plate into one's lap. Tt needs a slender to recover these. means additional clothing."

"Here ix where T think T can prove you in the wrong, Mother. A fork would serve much better for the purpose."

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