Southern telegraph., 1837-07-04
BOWING no TIIE LAnIEs.

A little extract in the Morning Post from
some volume on etiquette, running thus
III yol meet a lady Of your acduliutance
on The street, It is her part to notice you first,
unless, indeed, you are very intimate. Tho
reason OF this is, if you bow 10 lady first,
she may not choose to acknowledge yon,
and there is no remedy; but if sic bow to
gon--you, as Il geatIemaa, cannot cM her."
has suggested some remqrks on this mltter.
Nothing can be more true than this reas9a.t
lng. Lot Us sec how the N lttcr stands,
A gent'cman visits a ballroom, ard in
the course Of the dances, he may be iatro.
daced to a uambcr Of atlics. He may be
Ioator, or diSagrceabie fellow, but for tho
time on good terms with those about hims
Now it is Of course his desire to cultivate
The acq'i9intance of the ladies', and if hs
should meet those with whom he consorted
at the ball ia the siicet, he vii bow. The
lady, ii he be actually one whose acqHaiut-
ance woad be dishoa9rlblc OF degrading,
may CIT him with good grace; but sup
pose him worthy nun, and only disagfccd-
blc-or let il be ttrnt extrdneeHs eircam.
stances, which is tho case in atlionsaud H.
stances, make it desirable on the Iadg's
-part th1t 10 acIlaintlnee sho I'D be citltis
vatod between thon. lfshe possesses goo1
feelings, which mal1es it pliaGil fDr l4af ~
woIa III sensibillties of w1Tlhy in1ivfsl.
'ual, she viii feel in sad diem Ill when ths
person she desired to avoid u - her a p1.
lite bow Of recognition. For the ladies'
sake il is proper thltit shoall be consider
cd sine qpa non of etiquette tiiat the lady
should bow frs, and acku,wlo lge the right
Of a male to clnimher acauaintauc5.
The reason why gentlemen shoull do
sire such rulo Of elilpette IS set forth ably
in The paragraph quoted. Ii is sol.I1m That
u g3n;lem,n meets a lady, especially I'D b0
in a crowded observation-disclosures
street flr instance, at ngan-bat what hc
considers his galantry and title to bc con-
sidered master Of gentleminly dep)rtmen',
(which Is half the blito, somewhat lit ssalsd
in the m4naor il which he mtko5 lis bow.
lie therefore has for tho mlnaat an extra
quantiiy Of min He'd sensations crows liar
upon him, and the feeling ihat heis the OBJ
iett Of the ga2o Of many. lIo b5ws. What
If lhere should Be !, rctum4 YiIatif the
her he II tho other way anu pass-
os oa, or slowly putting up her eys glass,
lo1asat him sharply, as mlch as to say,
who are you who dare to .tske such liber
tioS4
The unfortunate wight Is conGscated Ia i
--he hesiates d mments like i
horse with tho blind staggcrs-he looks ii
The faces Of all about him with n inyolufi
tary motion, to sec how nFlny arc lauiahiHg
at him Ills selfesteem il lessenad at
leasttcn pcgs. IIe walks haslily ol witlla
Ipnty mir of pretended cagclessncss, or alse
sncalks away in utter confusioa. The gen
tlenien, ilr their own securiiYs shOHti4hefo-
fore insist upon ills law There slf9lld 30
i convention ol the high lashional1le lg9aee
and bulletin issued u the would, eninle
ing this valuable, indeed, necessary rcsolu-
tipn. Boston Galdgy.
There afo few tanilies but what aFe n
ona end related to the greatest princes, and
IL shc other TO llIe lneanosi peasants