Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-30
SVashinatun Standard.
Dressing for Dinner.
Two Anecdotes OF People Who Had only
Their Travelling Costumes.

In IolelSn Clues, ii th'''N
invited to dinner and has 80 The
prorer costume with him l.. '''t
To attend a dinner, he writes rs -
host, cxcusing himself on that score.
II he receives another note saying,
eve vii, gladly receive You a. COS
iumc de roy1gem," the gentleman or
lady can go, but without this ex-
planation the presence of person
not properly dressed for dinner
would b. considered an insu,'.
A few wears ago some yoGn Eng
lishmen OF high rank arrive, -; Ma.
liant in very careless coslum sent
their cards and letters Of in iuc-
ton to Nj. Longfellow ana we're
Immediately invited toa seven-o clock
dinner. They accepted, and came
in their s,tnp;ing-coats, with tele-
scopes hanging around their necks.
Mr.. Lonsfellow had invited some
distinguished Boston people to meet
them, all of whom were in proper
evening dress, Of course. The young
men endeavored to bluff it off, y
Ms the poet carefully scanned their
appearance, by saying, We're here
for shooting, you know" etc.
"Anl do YOU shoot with yonl
telescopes 2" remarked A.r. Long
fellow
If they had written 10 Mr.. Long
fellow before dinner and had OK
planned their not having their lug
gage with ihem, and had left their
Telescopes at home. no one would
have thought it rude. 1t was the
assun p ION that they could no such
q thing with impunity in America
that was rude.
An American lady of fashion was
travelling in Europe ald happened
to arrive in Florence without her
luggage. Her friend, the Minister,
asked her to dinner to meet great
lady of the Court.
Blu. ! have no dresses" said the
lady; " ono plain black silk is al l
cia possibly achieve"
"Oh! said he, "that is all hight;
/ will ey plain to those ladies' whom
you are 10 meet.
When the lady went to the dinner,
which WAS very elegant, all the men
were i'll dress coats, orders, ribbons,
white ties and the paraphernaIia of
masculine full dress. She was as
tonished to see all the ladies as
plainly d.essed as herself. The
Minister h,vin; explained her di-
lsmma to them they were all plainly
dressed, TOO. They were women
who generally wore at dinners jewels
of fabulous value, and always con-
sidered it 20 rigueur to wear neck
and arms bare and 10 cover them
selves with lace.
But it was both real aud convention
al etiquette tor them to thus meet
the American lady who had not her
toile,tes with her. Although she
regretted not seeing heir splendid
dresses, she could no: bat he touched
b. this act, They knew thnt she
was person of consideration at
home, and they treated her to the
best and kindest in their bower by
dressing SO plainly that she did not
feel her black silk to be blot on
the dinLer.
WORKING GIRLE TRUE TO THEIR
PBINcIpLEs.--Som of the Young
women employed in the caustic-soda |
department of the Pennsylvania Salt |
Works. u, Southwark, declared their
sympathies for the Democratic can
didate last week by chalking on a
4 e tank s.a"ding GEAR the build
il these words:
OUR CHOICE For PRESIDENT,
jLE. WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK.
HANCOCK FOR EVER.
The Circumstance was reported |
to the Superintendent IF the works,
who immediately ordered that the
girls who bad thus expressed their
political preference should erase the
name at once. None OF the dozen
female employees, however, would
give the maine of the offenders, and
She Superintendent finally decreed
that they :nast either wash off the
words OF Wall. Of themselves. Upon
this announcement one aud Ill de-
clared they would lie .ve rather than
obey euch commaal, whereupon
they were ordered to 60. This they
did, aud as they marched away |
handksrchiefs ware wave, ,lnd three |
rousing cheers were sent o. .or Han
ccck. - Philadelphia Times.
IT wasn't q Democratic House !
nor a Democ,atic CoDmi:,ee, no:
yet the Democratic rross that
fastened On ~. Carried the inc
faceabie s.n;r:i OF Crtil:. Nobiiier
This was the work OF Mr. Garfield
hims+lfandl Rara5!icnn Committee
of u Republican House. The chair
man of thai co'amit:ee, Like Pol
lard, of Teriloa', ~ ona Of tho vet
Grams OF lis po:'y, oao OF tie men
who helped lay he foundations Of
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