13. In masticating your food, keep your mouth shut; otherwise you will make a noise that will be very offensive to those around you.
14. Don't attempt to talk with a full mouth. One thing at a time is as much as any man can do well.
15. Should you find a worm or insect in your food, say nothing about it.
16. If a dish is distasteful to you, decline it, and without comment.
17. Never put bones or bits of fruit on the table cloth. Put them on the side of your plate.
18. Do not hesitate to take the last piece on the dish, simply because it is the last. To do so is to directly express the fear that you would exhaust the supply.
19. If you would be what you would like to be—abroad, take care that you are what you would like to be—at home.
20. Avoid picking your teeth at the table if possible; but if you must, do it, if you can, where you are not observed.
21. If an accident of any kind soever should occur during dinner, the cause being who or what it may, you should not seem to note it.
22. Should you be so unfortunate as to overturn or to break anything, you should make no apology. You might let your regret appear in your face, but it would not be proper to put it in words.