Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-06-17
From the Charleston Times.
HINTS
To fashionable young .uen'

1St. When you walk Tic stfoo''' " '"A
!! to walk at least three breast. arm IN ARM
other passengers it is true, may be annoy
ed by this procedure, but that is no affair
of yours; your object is to be conspicuous
in every thing. Walk also with slow,
firm step for, if any one should attempt
to break your line, slight iostle may turn
him into the mud, and perhaps give him a
fall, which will create laugh, anu thal'
you know, is always funny.
2. When you meet ladies' always 'ake
the wall ofthem; it will prevent their fai-
ling into cellar doors, that may happen to
be open. They may, indeed, by being o.
bI;pcd to walk outside, be splashed lit
lie in wet weather; OF otherwise incom-
NODDED, at all times, by busting people,
vendors of pine apples and oranges, mint
water, &c.-these however, are lesser e.
wills; you save them from much greater,
the breaking of an arm, an ankle, or even
a neck; and keep it always in mind, that
the ladies arc under your special protec-
ton.
8. When you meet lady in the street,
stare her out Of cOuntenance-Wome
should be modest in their department eve
~ where, & keep their eyes to the ground,
especially in the streets they will thus
avoid the brickbats, that occasion them
to trip sometimes.
18th. The most convenient places for a
stare. are, the corners Of streets; you
have thus. generally, four streets under
your eye at time.
9TH. Iryou meet any demi-rips in your
walk, never omit giving them significant
nod, even if your mother OF sisters should
be Immediately before you ; it looks
knowing; and if any question should be
asked you al home, such as, g Who were
the ladies you bowed to so Familiarity this
morning." you know it is very easy to
say, they arc ladies from the Northward,
or the Wcst-Indies, to whom YOU were
lately introduced at party-your mo-
theirs and sisters are not bound to know
all strangers who visit Charleston.
9th. In company, be captious at every
thing that is said, particularly by elder
people it shews that YOU are better in
formed, Cor at least think yourself so) than
the last generation, and qualified to set O.
Tiers right and that your fathers money
has not been thrown away upon you, es-
peciaIly if You have had the advantage of
an English College Education.
7th. IF you wish to command attention
at table, act the part OF stentor. To,r ct
praeteriG nihii has now no meaning what
ever. The longer your speech, the sound
er your argument ; the louder your voice
the stronger your reasoninS-nodest men
should always be listeners.
sth. Ifyou are invited to ball, and the
wine that is handed about with the cake,
sc. should not please your fancy, and YOU
have any suspicion there is better in the
house be sure to 70 down to the servants
and order them to produce YOU the best
wine their master has, and take halfa DO.
zen or ten glasses there among yourselves
the eXhiiiratiOn it will occasion, will
probably astonish the weak minds Of the
natives, when you return up stairs and
your entertainer when he hears Of it. will
be ilattered at the compliment YOU have
paid to his taste in Old Madeira, and la.
ment that he had not thought of introduc-
Ing his best wine before supper.
9th. The following hint requires.
confess nice judgment it is, however,
attainable by practice, and is the last that
/ shall trouble you with at present: In
troduce, occasionally, little m1stifca
ton into your discourse, before ladies
they like to have their delicacy little
rufed, at times by inuendoes. double en-
teadres. and the like; especially since the
latter has been numbered among their ac-
plishnents. As to the bushes YOU some
tunes spread over their fair cheeks, de-
pend upon it is all afectation, to please
their grandmothers.
FROM BELL'L WEEKLY MESSENGER,