Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-05-08
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The Freaeh have such a need Of ials
a.sd, generally. they talk 50 uell, that
&, elsy % Understand hou this rule grrr
up. bat the cxp'auaiion should not b
limited 10 that one cau.c. Surialahleur,
1, quite a. real a necessity for them q
chatter is. aui the i.,i cuuiiiion OF IL
practice is that ali needless barriers .houl,
BE- suppressed between persons Of the sam,
~ocic'y; 10, Er this reason. too, libori,
of acquaintance has been adopted Indoor,
Is eject on manters, strictly so called
Is TO polish lh,m still fsrrhrI; for, though
You have tn iuii,pulable right to begin
a conversation with a lady next to You
whom you have never seen bciore, ycu
eau only do so ou condition Of all the most
respectable shades Of attitude AMI Ian.
guage: you cauaot juiup intimacy With
hcr, AMI eau only profit by her pre,eucc
provided you show yourself TO be we'll
worthy Of it. Between meu these obliaa-
lions arc naturally less strict, though they
continue to exist in a great degree, aud
involve the use Of courteous forms aud OF
'iuch more ceremony than is necessary
bciw,cn previous friends.
The principle which temporlrily,,equa's
AL thc people who are united under
the sarc fhas OTHER APPLICATIONS besides
this On,. 1t is consequence Of the self.
same theory which ob!iges men to raise
thesr hats Shcn they cutter a railway.car-
riage or an omnibus, or a waiting room.
or shop, or any covered place where the,
dni other people. 1t is the same feeling
which leads them to bow respectfully TO
ayory lady they may encounter upon Il
staircase; aud il She does not return the
courtesy, you may be sure, from that sIn.
gle fact sac is not FrcncEmoman. These
acts, and others like them, are very civil.
ling; they add much grace to life; they
induce external consideration aud respect
or others; the style in which they are ex.
'cutcd gives you an instantaneous aud ecu.
rally correct idea Of the entire manners
Il the performer.
As a rule the French do not dress reg
larry for dinner us We do; that pleasant
abit is limited to very few houses. Not.
outstanding the great ami sudden increase
wealth during the last twenty Years,
nj the consequent large augmentation Of
ne class which could dress If it chose to
o so, the old style icmains in force, little
tied as it is to the smart furniture aud
lided walls Of modern rooms. On that
ONT we beat the French; bat they get
head OF US again in their constant and
reclsc observance Of courteous customs
ward acquaintance.
Every departing visitor is accompanied
1t be woman, to the drawing room
DOR by the mistress, and to the outer :,
DOR by the master or his son; 1T be a :,
an, the lady ofthe house does not pur- d,
e him, bat her husband does. No one -.
transferred to the care of servants. or ;,
'aadoncd to his own resources to find his :,
~ out as best he can. They offer US a -,
cd model, too, in delereuce toward old -
cpIe, and especially in the form in 4,
llch that Difference is manifested ~,
gain, they are far away our masters in :;
Q courtesies of language and in the in. to
lite dexterity aud readiness Of their l.,
npllments. Their esprit is so full of ii
ropoS that they are rarely baflled by f.,
ticulty, They twist out of an uncer. ro
n position by well imagined phrase. ro
is may be illustrated by an example. -;
e old Due de Doudouville was a tyne IN,
the grandeS manieres d'autretois. He
S looked upon as almost the last repre- n,
native OF the great school of banners nm
lch faded away with Legitimate royalty. So,
was sowI y coming down stairs one at. in
noon from visit, when he met nm,
'nsster of twenty, bounding up, three he
oS at a time, to the drawing-room. be.
ch he had just quilted. Both stopped cal
IT. The duke, by right of age. stood SOY
inst the wall; the boy, four steps low. s ~,
Town, stood against the bannisters. nm
h bowed low, both were barchcaded pu,
her would pass the other. 'Je rouS
0r'e, monsieur" said the duke, wav. Is
his hat toward the first floor. Jam r.
Monsieur le Duc," replied the other. dry
hey might have stood till now, if, af- 500
The fifth or sixth invitation from the frol
gentleman, tho young one had not OF
ed the difficulty by an inspiration. ker
h a smsle he stepped up, saying, - pra
S, Monsieur 1e Due; l'o6eisance est le cou
aaer deeoir de la jeuhsse." I
hat is what the French call 'ssaving PA
no nor of the fag;' but it is not every. VIII,
even in France who would have in nca
ed the solution. This story shows as =, =
close the connection between manners ~