Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-01

: EoAuSI hunu ShciiI eoiuthsiOEsI stump
into the easiest chair in the loom, lean
! bsck and inspect the interior with
| the eye Of creditoIial appraiser. a
would, one might think, teach native
rarcomau that hat ard overcoat should
go together; that, il one is dispensed
with in the ante-chamber, the other
should also be laid aside.
On the other hand,sthe hostess should
not reua upon the hat and cane
| brought into her presence by one who
pays ceremonicus first call in the day
time, or who, although en- habitue Of the
house, thus indicates his intention OF
staying but short time. Fashion,
IS now set, prescribes that he SHOULD
carry hat and cane into the drawing
room with him, and, should
the atmosphere be oppressively warm,
unbutton and throw open his overcoat
without removing 1t. This refers; as we
have sald,to formal morning or afternoon
calls. Some very nice, we'll bred women
will insist upon relieving the visitor Of
what they imagine are in
cumbrsnces. A safe rule in
such cases Is to let the caller have
his own way, and take the conseque
He Is surely capable of divesting him
| self Of his cutter garment, and setting
hat and cane down on the carpet should
he find the m troublesome. As soon ask
woman srrayed in elegant walking cos
tome to-in country phrase-"L.y eff
her things" 50 TO say to her masculine
attendant: "Do let me take your haiti"
Everybody should know enough to seek
out the hostess ST once, on entering salon
or psrlor or drawing room. be there few
or many present. Yet l have seen guests
! turn aside, or linger to address fellow
guests nearer the door than the conspicu-
Gus position occupied by the hostess and
her daughters, or the friends who ire
ceive" with her.
"Surelv have hot seen you before this
EVENING"" said hostess to q man who
came up to make his adieux at the cl ose
Of an evening reception. "I did not
know you were here"
IN ?" said the graceful creature,
patronlzingly bland, with IN indie
scribsbe touch # epologetic compass
sion for the defrsuded lady, dasbiug
suavity and patronage. 81 saw you
we're pretty busy with others when l
csmeiin, and concluded you bad plenty OF
people to entertain you, so I've been TAX
ing csIe of myself"
As he might at Congress Hall or the
Windsor!
The disposition to regard a friends
home as hotel, and the repasts served
therein as free lunches, betrays the IN
derbred guest beyond the possibility of
rehabilitation. One token Of this
inclination mas been retired to in the
establishment of his contented person IL
the most luxurious chair he espies, or
lolliug en- the sofa. He carries forward
he neat design by lingering bric-a brac,
opening snd shutting books, sclu inning
wall paper, frescoes, ard furniture;
sometimes turning up the corner Of q
rug, pinclirg draperles with
hGoerdashe1ly touch, and, when
not prevented by iDtrsc'sole
casters, tipping his chair on the hind legs.
Why what the indigueDt mill afy critic Of
the Jackson statue st Washington called &
'r'arin'" chair should express the tx.
tIeme OF ease better thsn one left in The
normal qusdruped position, is reconcile
question. Il must, or it would not be
bought to the front SO often that char
tipped backward might serve IS the crest
Of the Independent Yankee the world
over. A lurher and quite indubitsble
evidence of quite at-hone stiveness is
the subdued whistle or hum with which
the guest regales himself when not talk
ing. He can compliment his entertainers
no more highly than by becoming hu-
man kettle on the hob, and singing him
self up to the bubbling point Of CONVEX
cation.
The visitor owes it TO me person whose
house he enters 10 dress as befits the &C.
cssion of his comipg. For men, the
dress coat-in slang parlance, "claw
nsmmer" or Observation-Disclosures inad
missiole before 6 O'CLOCK u. ID -, is always
8 safe habit for On evening call, while,
perhaps, not SO indispensable in
8 friends drawing room as
ct the dinner-tsble. That the
custom of wearing this when payirg calls
after dark TO ladles is becoming so nearly
iuvariable is pleasing token mat Ger
lsin degree of courteous routine is lem
peiiug the national uEceremoniousness
lacy caller wears q handsome walking
or csrrisge costume, and, Ii the weather
be cold, may leave her iur closk in the
hall. o. regular cat Home" days or
evenings, 8 correct and e!egsnt costume,
Ss to bonnet, gloves, etc Is imperative
The feeliugs Of the hostess are of more
conss guence in this mater than the con-
Vt nieIce of the visitor. Toe former ought
not to De obliged to conJone Or apo ogiz5,
even TO herself, for the dowdfishness Of
friends and acqusintscces. Every woman
on such OCCASIONS, feels prlcetul mi y
meOt IN the tppt aIaI &c OF the Sc who neip
to furnish her rooms There is al atmOs
phere Of exhilaratlon in groups of well
appointed people disposed ABOUT the
apartment which engender5 cheer and
ulirth.
AS has been intimated, first call
should not De long, unless peculiar Cir
cumstsnces warrant it, such as previous
intimacy elsewhere, as at watering
places, or sbip-bnard, or in the homes OF
other friends. How thoroughly this is
appreciated by those versed in society's
oTritten creed may be exemplided by q
recent incident.
A British sdventurer imposed himself
upon tae "best circles" In one OF our
large cities as geHtlemtn OF noble
| lineage, and carried on the dece ption with
such clever auoscity that months elapsed
| before he WAS unmssksd. Hav-
| ing been q nobleman's valet, he USED his
| knowledge of titles, family histories end
fashionable life generally, with marvel
Gus address. Yet It is ssid that suspi-
cions of his identity were first awakened
| by the solxcism of a three hours Call at