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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 21, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 16.

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For “Finicky” Appetites

My children had “finicky” appetites, and it seemed impossible to provide a meal that would be acceptable to all.
Some of the things they disliked they had never tasted, so one day I said: “To-morrow Robert may order the dinner. He may be the host, and the rest of us will be his guests. Of course, as his guests it would be unpardonable for us to tell him we did not like his food. We must at least taste of everything. The one who is the most perfectly bred guest may give a dinner soon after. Of course, if there is any one who is boorish, that one will be denied the privilege of entertaining us.”
Well, the result of our series of dinners was that Alice discovered that cream really tasted very nice, and Paul found that eggs were not the abomination he had thought them. Moreover, their father meekly accepted French dressing, although thitherto he had never tasted olive-oil.—Harper’s Bazar.