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PICKING ONES TEETH. practice of picking ones teeth in company or at table, is condemned, being considered a "breach of every rule of propriety.n But customs vary in different countries, and in some parts of Europe, particularly among the genteel classes in the city of Lisbon, picking ones teeth Is considered a eefemo- nv necessary 10 be observed at dinner at the end of every course. So much SC, that tooth picks, fabricated of pieces of tough wood, are always furnished by the host. They are faneifully stuck into a nea; little machine, resembling a pepper box, placed in the centre of the table, and which is regularly handed round 10 the company, who supply themselves and pro- ceed to business. It IS somewhat difficult for a yankee 10 accustom himself to his singular habit, and we confess that We were moi a little astonished, perhaps shocked, when at the first dinner we had the honor to eat in Lisbon, young lady, the dhngh- ter of the host, with q most engaging smile, pointed to an image resembling a IIindoo Idol, with it's head brstllng with small splinters of wood, and asking me to have the goodness to hand her tooth pick l. 1 But we heard arigh,-she selected one from the lof, and throwing herself back ifl her chair, and opening her pretty mouth, commenced operations in the most grace 1 ful manner imaginable!

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