Everyone Old Enough To Have A Secret

Protocol Is Etiquette With A Government Expense Account.

Gentle Reader: You, Sir, Are An Anarchist, And Miss Manners Is Frightened To Have Anything To Do With You. It Is True That Questioning The Table Manners Of Others Is Rude. But To Overthrow The Accepted Conventions Of Society, On The Flimsy Grounds That You Have Found Them Silly, Inefficient And Discomforting, Is A Dangerous Step Toward Destroying Civilization.

If You Put Together All The Ingredients That Naturally Attract Children - Sex, Violence, Revenge, Spectacle And Vigorous Noise - What You Have Is Grand Opera.

The Dinner Table Is The Center For The Teaching And Practicing Not Just Of Table Manners But Of Conversation, Consideration, Tolerance, Family Feeling, And Just About All The Other Accomplishments Of Polite Society Except The Minuet.

Generosity And Gratitude Are Inseparably Linked.