Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-11-19
FINE MANNERS FOR MEN.

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FINE MANNERS FOR MEN.
A Partisan Chat as to the Little Civ
flitfes Due to Miss and Madam.
A very witty and Intelligent Par
isienne, of high social rank, has re-
Gently declared as follows:
Gentlemen should always bow first
to ladies, nurses, and priests. A true
gentleman will salute the host, relig-
ious funerals, the flag of a parting
regiment Nuns and priests, should
be saluted everywhere, but in the case
OF lady the place where she is met
with decides whether she is to be sal
uted or not. Whenever a gentleman
meets lady of his acquaintance in a
public place he should uncover COM
pletely in saluting her; if he speaks to
her he should remain uncovered uatll
she requests him to replace his hat.
| II the lady is riding in a carriage ne
should always salute her, but if she
is on foot he should wait until she
has manifested by glance of recog-
milton that she desires his salution.
At the races, in the Bots. in the public
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| without waiting for recognition, but
they should not return the salute every
time they meet the lady IN the same
place during the same day. When a
man meets woman IN a stairway, no
m after to what class of society she
may belong, he should pause, remove
his hat. and wait until she has passed.
| Louis XIV. saluted all women with
out making any distinction, and UNI
covered himself on the stairways of
his palace, even when the women who
passed him was one of the maid ser =
wants.
ga deplorable CUSTOM has been re-
Gently introduced into the theaters !;
it is that of gentleman keeping their
hats on while they are talking to a
lady at the door of her box At the
theater q man should never be the
first to salute lady, but wait until.
by her recognition, she has authorlz~
it. If she speaks to him he should
not, no matter how much she insists,
replace his hat on his head until he
leaves her. 1t is not obligatory to
call ia at the boxes of all the ladies
you may Know. For man who goes
out great deal this would be impossi-
BILE; besides, you should not enter a
ladies box at the theater until you
have satisfied yourself that it is not
already overcrowded with visitors 1t
is also the correct thing to enter box
only when you are acquainted with
all the ladies in it.
ga man should salute ladies as they
are coming out of chmcb but never
inside it, unless he is encouraged by
a glance of recognition, for woman
should never be disturbed in her reli
glous meditations. If a gentlem an
meets lady on the arm of another
with whom he is not acquainted he
should not salute unless her manner
encourages him to do so, and then he
should confne his salute to a pro-
found bow and pass on without stop
ping. If the lady speaks tho gentle
man on whose arm she is leaning
should make slight movement as
though to hold himself to one side,
and it is the place of the lady to in
troduee the two men; although she
need not do so unless she wishes. If
two gentleman are together and one
bows to lady the other should never
bow; to do so is to show lack of
tact and an impairment desire to be
presented. A well bred man makes
no distinction among women when
salutlng them, 40 matter to what
class of society they may belong.
When he is with a lady he should not
bow to any but those whom the lady
knows, excepting. of course, members
of his own family.
"Well-bred men never enter salon
after s o'clock o. m. with their hat in
their hand, although it is the correct
thing 70 do earlier in the afternoon.
In salon ladies should be bowed to
as profoundly as possible, no matter
how intimate you may be with them
THE politeness is not intended for
them, but fer the naistres of the house.
You should always wait for lady to
OTTER you her hand before taking it: if
she is elderly you may carry it respect
fully to your lips. It is generally the
fashion when lady salutes princess
with the grand salut de cour, for the
latter to raise her up and kiss her on
the forehead. A lady should be bowed
to from the day she takes her first
communion; before that you treat her
according to your degree of intimacy
with her family. Between men the
only rule in these matters is that the
younger should always be the first to
bow, and that the elder should return
the salute in the same way that it is
| given.
"You can enter you club with your
hat on your head, and you should not
remove it on entering q restaurant or
cafe; you can also keep it on in the
atre until you reach your seat, pro-
vided the piece has not commenced,
in order that you may be able to re-
move it when you pass ia front of a
lady"
| 1t was the boast Of the West some
years ago that bonanza man of some
sort had drawn his check on a single
| day for $500 600. Down in Texas the