Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-09-04
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The Etiauette Of Lutrc1uctions.

nn Etlquette Ol luITtluCllCuss
Their seems 10 I've growing tender
ry on ;he part of the average American
toward what may he psrdoned for
calling tho anonymous or s1cog. intro
duction. Thi, Introduction generally
starts oii ia jortisSj,,O strain that. il
kept up throughout the recital. would
herald thc names ri both parties to tn"
uttermust parts If the earth. Then the
pidro and ,liplinvemtJ strains come IL
lLi, j. the reason we are acquainted
With 50 many people whose names we
do not know \ man steps M tc you
n a crowd somewhere in one of those
quiet little town meeting, where IT "a =
mark of great conversational genius
% talk steadily onward without using
he mind. and says: Pardon me, !
vant to make Won two people acquaint-
Il. You ought TO know each other.
Tou are both friends of mine. Mr..
Mr.. There. now. you
IRE acquanted"'
WHY a man should write a long let
er anil write it plainly, signing 1t at
he end with name that would have
bothered Daniel to decipher. is more
than can understand. 1t is the same
style of peculiar as the anonymous
introduct on exactly. | may be a little
careless about my penmanship while
writing in great hurry. trying 10 keep
up with my surg nc thoughts, but
most always sign my name so that 1t
can be dccir hcred. ! have written let
ters where the signature was the only
thing that was absolutely beyond the
possibility of doubt But II man
signs his name so that you can write to
him and ask him what the balance of
his letter was about, il il better than n
long, beautiful letter from an unknown
case, Won are left TO kick the empty air.
Some day when get more time. !
am going to prepare long treatise up
on etiquette. and deliver it to the
American people. illustrated by one OF
hose stersopticons Etiquette has
been n lifelong study for me. 1t is .
thing that has engrossed my attention
from nv earliest boyhood, and it shows
itself at once in my polished manners
and easy-running carr age.
At tables especially our American
people need \ great deal of training
Wherever | 90 am struck with our
sad need of careful ira ming, As q
country. We need careful instruction in
our manners, more especially at hotels.
Only the other 'day, at the table dhote.
heard man ask for half a dozen
buckwheat cakes. and when they came
10 him he moistened the tips of his I'm
gers in a finger bowl and ran over the
cakes as he would roll of currency.
for he was the assistant cashier in
national bank. Another man at the
same table was asked to pass the pep
per box and he took it with his thumb
ON the bottom and his lirst two tingers
ON the top. Just IS be- had been in the
habit OF moving a stack OF chips from
the ace 10 the deuce, no doubt, for
Years.
So we see people crowd our voca
tious to the front. and are not able 10
Danish our trades and professions. even
at the table. We should try TO over
come this. and there are many other
features of our national etiquette which
Ne need to change
univ last week saw HHc iOOhiuS
Young man sit at the hotel table comb
ing his moustache with his fork. and
while in a brown study the fork slipped
out of the moustache and plunged with
sickening iab into his eye. We can.
.ot be too careful in our intercourse
with men TO AVOID all appearance ct
evil.
Etiquette alwavs marks the true gen
tleman and makes him an object OF
curiosity, espec ally at a hotel. When
YOU see a gentleman with whom you
are not acquainted you should look
upon him With gsnte i horror and shud
der two times in rapid success on. This
will convince a stranger that You have
been reared with the greatest care and
that your parents have taken special
pains not to allow You to associate With
vulgar people.
[ started out TO saw a few words about
the folly of indistinci introducti0ns and
wappy-ia -iawcd signatures. but | have
wandered away. rs | am apt to do and
| apologize. hoping that the genial and
rosy-cheeked rea'ler as she sits in her
boudo r. on this glorious morning. look
iug more like a peri than ANYTHING else
eau til NIX of. will forgive me. BILL
Nue., in NeU lOrk Mercury.