, 1874-01-05

way to the drawing-roorn- wbere small cups OF
coffee are serTea; aud. one hour later. the
hostess herself serres tea. The men stay at tho
taGle aud smoke Us they like.
THE 1IAuT MONDE
Mrs. D. thinks that. instead Of saying It Mr.
Secretary" wo ought to say ''Mr Minister"
instead Of ea.ins . Senator" say 'Mr. Sens
tori aud never say !" Mrs. Secretary" OF Mrs.
Senator"
Members OF the House Of Representatives and
.hoir wives must Tny fret visits, exccpt upon
citizens: A. to the Governor Of the District
OF Columbia and his wife. Mrs. D. is
creation, md take subordinate position +"
- Governors OF Territories lluve never appeared
II Washington eoctctT to any extcut."
TE1FLEs LIGHT As SOCIETY.
IN ATTENDING Tccel,t11n, leave YOUR card in
tho ball II tue usher Announces you- guest
houte rot1, put Inn thr0uol conrse OF pro-
uuncation. HIVE your cards engraved, but
nclther printed nor written. Even Official DIS
tlnctlon must defer to cicggynen or aged per-
sons Ut dinner, as the Dean of the Diplomatic
Corps oIce ret tile example. 4 father OF
President p7cccdes Ills son, by similar example.
Notable etlaugers, rL1lanthropls,s and aayauts
may prescuo all Oh epecial OCCASIONS sea for them
Officially.
home, turn coan the corucr Of the card md ii
you mean to cali on all tbs family, turn over half
the card. Haf loaf is better tilao 10 breeding
or bred. When you leave the city, for good,
leave card on everybody, marked + 7. G.. or
FIRST call and return is high proeulne NTH officials
Us with horses. Il. $. Y. p. means Respondn SIT
vous p0u. Do not cali III tho evenings on your
great utan, unless you lave some social know1-
edge OF the family beforehand but so io the
daytime, and be ccreiDonious. Tie importance
OF the Government n.ust be demonstrated, il
not in its p.l.cy, 10 Its etiquette.
YOUNG pEorLE IN WASHINGTON,
not stismatized with office, must take back
Il },3:1
cotercs" to the rejud'ce Of Mrs. Dahlsren,
myself, and other grave people OF venerable
Intellect Young Women must stand up iu
Washington till their Mos aud Granomas are
seated There 81 pca1e to be nheajy "au o.
pearauco Of subordluaton which SPEAKS vel;
for tile future" so that VIC u1Ay not have to
span3 anybody. By the wey, young resbous not
yet spanked may lie TO pe4use th1s portion Of
Mrs. DaAts1en's book:
"Ioung people amongst us hare never
common rule, she says, "bccn nl!owea to tyrau-
nize oyef society, as thcg DO in New York and iu
other cities; and the lnefTable s,slsarity OF CO.
ter.es presided over by young ladies'. aud not
dlGnlncd BY tile preseuco or their seuiors, has
not We believe, bud much, II aay. encourage
mcut here. lropnoly the presence OF 80 many
l.ersouayes OF importance III tho State Assists to
Keep the young in thei1 proper place. One may
here sec, what We fear IL not 80 usual elsewhere.
yourg ladies standing. as they should do, unt.l
tie mother Or n:alr. It'd lady may be seated; aud.
at all events, au appearance OF subordination,
which speaks VOL for the future. Our young
people are not often invited to dlnners, but left
to participate in the SIMPLER forms OF ga;ety.
We taye heard 1t sald that q woman did not en-
Joy diuner-conye ersataou, or play good hand
a; whist, under 81
ave th1uk our ladies make mistake and also
fatigue themselves unnecessarily. W receiving
standing. THIS is great tax on tie strength,
and much more formal thau il apt TO bo asreca-
bic. In very large reccptlous. a lady who re:
ccires can scarcely be sealed; Lut. il the usual
morning ut lone, would not our guests remain
ion ger aud tc more at case if seated II pleasant
circles, rather than left standing in formal
groups in the middle of the room? Magnetism
counts for something 4he world over, and stiff
copst1aint nts1roys electric currents"
Congo.
Let these electric currents be maintained, eyen
in the presence of goosebcrr1es- We ta!so the
remark to be a tact adhesion On the part Of
good society TO the postal-te!cgraphy scheme
chocolate is the only proper beverage for morn-
THUS have re sratchcd the contents from
Mrs Dahlgren's little book wherein she reasons
we'll. Vie did not know the importance Of the
subject, but nuw VIC do. Tut ln the form Of d
We should think this book might be
taught in the higher semina1ics. GATH