Do Your Manners Fuss Your Escort?

A show of bad manners! Dorothy is both a “cup-cuddler” and an “elbow-bracer!”

Oh Dorothy! Only one hand on the coffee cup, please. Can’t you see how fussed Paul is because people are watching your show of bad manners?

He’ll invite Polly next time, you may be sure. She’s no “cup-cuddler” or “elbow-bracer.” Nor does she wad her napkin! She lays it across her lap folded double or triple- deftly touching only a corner to her lips. 

Leaving the table to dance, she drops the napkin on her chair. At the close of the meal, she tucks it partly folded - under the edge of the plate as she rises. Charming table manners certainly are an asset! – Santa Ana Journal, 1937

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