In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader's question about using tablecloths as lap ...

(She) pulled the tablecloth up from the floor and set it on her lap, proudly saying that she wasn’t going to get any food on ...

True, it specifically prohibited using the tablecloth to clean one’s teeth, and your dinner companion was at least not guilty ...

True, it specifically prohibited using the tablecloth to clean one’s teeth, and your dinner companion was at least not guilty of that. Nevertheless, the rule should be understood in a broader sense: ...

Setting a beautiful table feels like one of those adulting skills that should come with a manual. You see these elaborate ...

The woman sitting next to me pulled the tablecloth up from the floor and set it on her lap, proudly saying that she wasn’t ...

General Washington, as he correctly wished to be called after his presidency, was a master etiquetteer. It was he who issued ...

Magnolia Tribune Culture Editor Susan Marquez reflects on childhood memories of family Thanksgivings and shares a recipe for ...

Thanksgiving is always the fourth Thursday of November. But many Americans don't wait that long to share a fall feast with ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner event I attended at a hotel, the tables were 10-foot rounds with tablecloths that went to the ...

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