The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-12-11
FINE MANNERS FOR MEN.
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declared as follows: "GeptAenlcl
should always bow first to ladies,
nurses, and priests. A true gentle
man will salute the host, religious
funerals, the flag of a parting regi-
ment. Nuns and priests should be
saluted everywhere. but in ease OF a
lady the place where she is met with
decides whether she is to be saluted or
not. Whenever a gentleman meets a
lady of his acquaintance ig 81 public
place he should ncove completely I'm
saluting her; if he speaks to her he
should remain uncovered until she re-
quests him to replace his hat. 1t the
lady is riding in a carriage he should
always salute her, but if she is on foot
he should wait until she has manifest
ed by a glance o. recognition that she
desires his salutation. At the races,
in the Bots, in the public promanades
gentlemen should salute without watt
ing for recognition, but they should
not return the salute every time they
meet the lady in the same place dur
ing the same day. When a man meets
a woman in a stairway, no matter to
what class of society she may belong,
ne should pause, removo his hat, and
wait until she has passed. Louis XIV.
saluted all women, without making
any distinction. and uncovered him.
self on the stairways of his palace.
even when the woman who passed him
was one of the mai ~-servants.
"a ~deplorabIe custom has been re-
Gently introduced into the theaters; 1T
is that of gentlemen keeping their
hats on while they are talking to a
lady at her box. At the theater a man
should never be the first to salute a
lady, but wait until, by her recogni-
ton, she has authorized 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 in at the boxes
of all the ladies you may know. For
a man whe goes out a great deal this
would be impossible; besides you
should not enter a ladies' box at the
theater until you have satisfied your
self that it is not already o~yercrowded
with visitors; it is also the correct
thing to enter the box only when
you are acquainted with all the ladies
in it.
"a man should salute ladies as they
are coming out of church, but never
inside it, unless he is encouraged by a
glance of recognition, for a woman
should ncver be disturbed in her re.
ligious meditations. If a gentleman
meets a lady on the arm of another
with whom he is not acquainted, he
should not salute unless her manner
encourages him TO do SO, end then he
should confine his salute to a profound
bow and pass on without stopping. If
the lady speaks the gentleman on
whose arm she is leaning should make
a slight movement as though to hold
himself to one side, and it is the place
of the lady to introduce the two men;
although she need not do so unless
she wishes. If two gentlemen are to-
gether and one bows to a lady the 9th
er should never bow; to do so is to
show a lack of tact and an impertinent
desire to be presented. A well-bred
man makes no distinction among wo-
men when saluting them, no matter to
what class of society they may belong.
When he is with a lady he should not
bow to any but those whom that lady
knows, excepting, of course, members
of his own family.
'.Well-bred men never enter a sa-
lon after 6 o'clock p. M. with their hat
in their hand, although it is tho cor
rect thing to do SO earlier in the after.
moor In a 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 for the mistress OF the
house. You should always wait for a
lady to offer you her hand before taking
it; if she isselderly you may carry it
respectfully to your lips. 1t is gener-
ally the fashion when a lady salutes a.
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
mon the only rule in these matters is
that the younger should always be the