“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.”

About Judith Martin

Author • American

Judith Martin, widely known by her pen name Miss Manners, is an American journalist, author, and etiquette authority. She began her career at The Washington Post, where she worked for 25 years as a reporter, feature...