The Red Cloud chief., 1880-01-15
A French Manual OF Manners.

A guide book to gentility is always a
delightful publication, but some of the
French ANNALS do Sdroiryicre this year
are unusually entertaining. Nine. la
Comtesse de B. "reared in the lap
of Mime. Campan," has eclipsed herself
with her "Code of Good Society,"" some
extracts from which are here gwen:
When paying visits II gentleman should
not wear heavy boots. Should he find
himself in company with a young girl, it
is in bad taste to joke about marriage;
under some circumstances a pleasantly
of such nature may be even more than
coarse-immoral.
When a lady rises TO take her leave
the hostess rises also and makes her a
profound courtesy, accompanied by some
neat phrase of regret at her early de-
parture.
A hostess may offer TO share the foot
stool on which her feet are resting with
a lady, but never with a gentleman, ever
if he should be old or an invalid.
Invitations to a ball or dinner should
he written in the third person.
1t is customary to tip servants on leav-
ing a house where one has spent some
considerable time.
More guests should not be invited To a
dinner-party than can be accommodated
at the table. . . When carving Oh
helping yourself to any dish, YOU should
not pick out the tid-bits.
Ladies should never append a post
| script to a letter, because it shows that
the epistle has been penned without at
tention or without any pleasure 10 the
writer.
Visiting-cards should he Of glazed
p~asteboard, those with gilt edges; ara.
besques, designs and flourishes are not
in good taste. (Fancy a fashionable al
any time within the last 20 years sport
ing a glazed cardD
Some people when leaving cards bend
one corner down for each member OF
the family. (But, Countess, suppose
the family contains more than four mem
berS?)
A lady of taste should not go out in
the forenoon in full dress, with feathers
and lace.
If a gentleman offers a lady a share
of his umbrella, if she is in a hurry she
nav accept it, but if her business is not
urgent she should seek refuge in a door
way or some other shelter. When such
an offer is accepted, it should be with
the greatest circumspection: she should
not speak to her companion, and on
quitting him should thank him in a cold
and polished manner, saying nothing
that NAV reveal her name or rank.
A lady entering an omnibus or q
stree,-car should bow slightly TO the
other passengers.
A lady should never make signals
from a window to a male acquaintance
"a bow is all that is necessary.
Teas should be plain, but if the
occasion is out of the common, the meal
should assume a more festal aspect, and
chocolate, candy, oranges, and tpsy
cake may be added.
For amusements in society may he
recommended reading aloud, cutting
out portraits, etc., with small and well
sharpened scissors from black paper,
and FASTING postage stamps upon paper
to serve for mural decorations. Ii it is
in the country an agreeable occupation
will be found in sorting, doing up, and
labelling garden seeds. Such a gather.
ing should always conclude with a bow
of punch and another of bishop, served
with fancy cakes and marrons glaces.
The head of the household should
superintend the refreshments and watch
the lights, and when they gutter OF
smoke summon q servant to trim them
the lady of the household should devote
herself to her more timid guests, prais.
ing the good looks and graceful manners
of their children, etc.-N. Y. Herald.