New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
COURTESY md A MANS HAT
From Once a Week

A woman's role is to seem utterly obllvlous Of heI
bonnet after the parting look into the mirror
tie pleasing truth that II Is settled safely ana becoming
ly. The man who forgets what he has upon his head
is boor, incorrigbly absent nded The right
% OF 1d h hat Is Ike ba %' a5 nd
Is elwayG skitiish possession.
her eldest born-a boy of ten-back when he had left
her a street The lad covered under the
| severity of eye and accent
raising your hat' she said. II is token OF respect
you TO every woman, and never forget that your
The reproof was doublebarbcd Association with
mother and sisters is excellent practice in exercise
the liberty. The fellow who mods cavalier wei
come or farewell to his sister at the window in the
street, VIII, with the most gallant intentions. some
day, in fit of abstraction, when hurried by business
into forgetfulness of his company manners, nod as
point in favor Of the rival whose hand. from the force
sa h at the Usage Of Dy
whose face is familiar to him.
To nod to woman is open disrespect
The mother who carves the two sentences and the
import thereof upon the mind of her boy builds so
much better than she knows as to merit the gratitude
Of her SEX The bob or duck Of the covered head which
s9utes comrale Of his owP gender Is barely paro1a
you'd be sent to Coventry were they to practise
S @ TING odeT anS or wh
rank higher than with us is the custom Of dofDg tho
the staircase or in the halls Of hotel or other public
building. In witnessing the effect OF the neglect Of
me GRACIOUS rs he ceremony ID 5S T a @
10 restrain The regretul sigh:
These things ought 70 to have done. and not to
The undoing is carried to dsgracefIl excess as
descend the social scale The lower we go the more
OF the hat until We are forced to consider the I'M
anSt E fhS @ne As Of the s
regulating It's management in refined circles g the last
sig sign Of better days and better manners with which
the way to the hat-brim. he Is very the foot
G GfaS 9 the %ha an {s9ss that Sa SSb n my
self made man OF plebean extraction is slOwest to
learn have seen milonares forget to remove their
hats in superb drawing rooms.
One Of the most mortifying experiences of my
Of s than Ss the R
none ADLER Of his profession We had invited several
hdHor of h mc the The Gn S rSspd his
perfectly satisfactory manner winning universal ad-
mirat:on Coffee was served on the yeranda, and the
He might have asked permission from the women
9be v1S. we S Sm but orators tor o
ness Increased; we adjourned 70 the library whore
Of choicest neghbors tho great man wore his hat
until the hour OF separation The recollection IS
discoveries was inevitable He was - conRoner Of
tho commonalty aud vulgar ingram II ought to have
been impossible for him to commit such breach of
good manners in any circumstances The varnish Of
surface.and nnaccusomed.couresy. Ike other cheap
cannot be warranted to Wear 'sD'-' '"'"A anu
As a grateful contrast, I offer another authentic
INC uent true gentleman, driving through the
country with his wife and children stopped al small
farm honse to inquire the way. child on the front
seat OF the carriage had view Of him as he knocked
at the door.
Papas talking to LADY, chirped the little one.
can't see her, but know. because he took off his
his hand, " "
The lady" followed him 10 the steps as he returned
tn tle carriage. Her sleeves rolled I'D 10 her
shoulders; she wore shabby calico gown without a
collar Her hair uDhcmpt. her arms and hands
dipped with suds Her parting directions were shrilly
nasal and ungrammatical. The man who appeared
beside her as prince beside serf, stood with his
noble head barred as in a royal presence.
How could your" quericd the uuicBeyed occupant
Of the front seat "She wasn't bt Of a lady
She was woman, my boy: and gentleman is
always gentleman for his own sake"
Men can do no end Of pretty things with their hats
sighed belle 20 me "The tactics Of that useful
article (mascune) are scence-One Of the fine arts
Yet twotrds Of them don't half apprec ate their
privileges in that line suspect their possibilities
saw man who calls himself a gentleman hiss |
his betrohed the other day, with his hat as i'm
novaby on his head II n had grown there with his
growth, and strengthened with his strength ~ ~
Fancy condition OF mind and body that copld MAIN
such thing practicable in Christian land and in |
The nineteenth century. ~ ~