New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-13
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
HOW TO Do EVERYTHING.


several works teaching people how to do all sorts OF
things, from knitting TO money getting, and from
"preseryng personal beauty to preserving Scotch
marmalade. A gentleman lady fortunate
enough to possess the entire library OF useful and en-
pertaining knowledge which the prodgality Of these
liberal publishers has cast upon the world, ought TO
be considered perfectly web equipped for all the
pleasures and duties Of life; and though the works Of
which we speak would not make a very elegant show
on TIE bookshelyes there be but one opinion as
TO their intrinsic value. AS the first aspiration OF
the huEan soul nowadays Is To be
GenteeLin parsonage
we begin with :" The Lady's and Gentleman science
of Etiquette and Guide To Perfect Manners ~ So
cietv" which purports TO be the joint work OF Count
diOrsay and the Countess de Caahrella IA pre-
tension which, we may well say at once, we to-
tally disbelicye The noble Countess is represented
in the lrontispiece by a bleareycd w0Od.cut, alpa-
renty borrowed from The Police Ga-ette, while cut
.trol some comic story, representing Supeicu1uS
gentleman in dressing-gown putting oil an ludig-
nant creditor, is actually made TO do duty Gs
veritable likeness Of Count dOriay. The INST part
Of the book Ostensbiy by the Countess, is intended
for ladies II contains some Invaluable instructions
to say nothing Of the style, which Is the
very finest we ever read in the whole course
OF our lives. 1t will please our trends TO
know that when they receive guest they ought not
20 say, Come off the door and into The fire, and
that when they expect visitor 70 pass the night With
them they ought TO put basin and pitcher OF water
in the spare bed room; though the Countess says
nothing on the sub cct of towels or soap. When a
guest is going home, the hostess, " 1t Is very bad
weather and the occasion u proper one ought to
"ofler her carriage Ol she has one) an umbrella.
The articles thus lent should be returned the HeItdag
by domestic charged TO thank the person for them
Bat " land the puTpOTt of this direction we confess
our intellect is not strong enough to grasp ~ they
linen, they should not be returned eb'oEt beng
cGSked."
There is one important point which We have heard
earnestly discussed in polite circles bat upon which
We are amazed TO find that the Countess gives
10 no information whatever We allude 20 going TO
bed when yOu visiting at friends house, is il
your part or your hosts to make the first toward
retiring for the night IL you make II, do you not
thereby imply that the society of your entertainers IS
less attractive than the soft embraces of the balmy
god And if your host makes il, does he not show
an unseemy readiness to get rid of youl Every solu-
ton of the dilemma which wehaye heard presents grave
difficulties aud we suggest to the Messrs. Peterson
TO increase the debt OF gratitude which the public
already owes them by publishing separate treatise
ON this pcrpexing question.
4 lady when seated, ought not TO " take vul-
gar attitude" Likewise she should abstain from
forward manners and free speeches" and in dancing
il is recommended that she should not make great
leaps and ridiculous jumps" She ought to have
measured gait, aud should not turn her head
side and the other, especially in large towns" We
hardly think such severe rule necessary in this
country; but it may be required IN England If girls
are so unruy there that toward the close of the day
as the Countess says . young lady would conduct
herself in unbecoming manner if she sho-ld walk
alone" In writing notes and letters the
most exact observance Of the rules of language
is strictly necessary" This being the case, it graft,
flying 10 learn that the proper formula for note in
the third person runs thus Mr. Cor Madam n. pre-.
sent their respects compliments to Mr. Such ACNE,
and request" &c. With profound philosophy, but not
altogether irreproachabe syntax, the Countess re-
marks that " attention to ones person, well as to
their reputation is very necessary" She therefore
devotes brilliant chapter the subject of dress.
Ladies ought TO wary their toilet as much as posi-
Die" but young women ought 10 esehew costly
cashmeres, very rich furs, and diamonds" because
"those who act in defiance Of those rational marks of
proprety deprive themselves Of the pleasure of
receiving these ornaments from the hand Of the man
of leir choice" The Countess describes the most
fashionable dress for lady first rising from bed,
and surprised TO learn that it ought to be Of
printed cotton. Ibis is much less startling, how
ever, than her statement on the next page,
that courteseving in the street il now perfectly
obsolete except among The few antiquities who
"sport hoops" The chapter on marriage is more
makabe for the elegance and precision Of its style
than the Importance Of its suggestions. One ought
TO permit disorder in Their husbands wardrobe"
is 1t allowable for lady 10 open the private let
tiers of the person with whom SHE is connected by
marriage" We must respectfully dissent from our
noble aud illustrOus authors sweeping statement that
the conversation Of husbands cannot be elegant"
though she is no doub. right in saying that it cannot
be sustained in the manner that IL is in So
cety."
The second part of the book consists Of directions
for the toilet which have probably already been given
to the world in days long pasc Is separate publica
tion and now again introduced TO society under
the chaperonage Of The lovely Countess de Calabrea
But they addressed expressly TO the women Of
our free and enlightened Republic il is clear that they
no, the productions OF the Countess herself or any
other member Of efiete and bloated aristOcracy.
TO preserve fair and bright complexion is one Of
tue sIrest indications of rightly directed mind"
dligent study Of these elaborate directions may there
fore be considered equivalent 20 course Of moral
philosophy The author begins with learned phys
illogical, aud perhaps we might add psychological,
account Of the human skin between which and
the human soul It appears there Is a remark
able sympathy. Thus, under the influence OF
certain passions, the surface OF the skiIf changes
It's appearance. Contempt produces dTyness Of the
cutcle with tendency TO crack; and chspped hands
are quite ap. to be PRODUCED by eoldness of the
heart by GOODNESS Of tho weather. Love leads 20
warmth and moisture. Disgust causes drops Of per-
spraton To start out from the face and If the disgust
IL very intense the perspration will bedew the whole
body. Indifference is a cause of goose hesh."
" These facts, our author remarks, point out the
great necessity Of preserving serenity OF temper.
We should think so indeed; for what would become
of society If gentleman could Judge of his fair ones
heart by the appearance Of her skin or divine tue
slate o. her affections by simply = aknP hands with
her PANT should never lie used, because u Is
tcuteets yeCe Of hyrrCEgy lcIay .lc mean aud
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