The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
Etiquette.
ANDY CRUNCH.

II there is auy thing that Morandy is slam
crazy about IT. Is this thing OF etiquette. She
comes as nigh losing her mind about II as any
body ever saw. Perhaps you may nave
heard OF etiquette before, 1t is q French AFFAIR
think, and is more or less popular 10 all civil
liZed counties. II means about the something
as fine manners and aint practlsed much al
our house on account CT Its inconvenience.
or course when we've got company and get
out the best crockery and the pear preserves,
we try to put on little style and I'm manages
TO behave himself very we'll. But when we
are by ourselves Morandy Is the only one tnat
she sometimes gets tired Of 1t only she wont
own it. She says people ought TO be as parti;
cular at home as they are anywhere else, and
est a Kind OF regard for etiquette-there is moth.
Ing In the world like II, only thin 1t ought
to be worn like good clothes, when you 90 v1s-
iting or on big occasions. But when man s
Ing himself TO DEATH think my Ma agrees
AS for Jim, he ia the very opposite OF Moran
dy, he comes Ia nigh having no etiquette at
be hanged II he sees any use In a fellow max
ing a fool of himself, and he for one aint 60
Ing to do 1t. But Jim is wrong, etiquette In
senr' ssfter all, ali only she is Just too much SO.
I believe in people being etlquettlcal, but l
don't believe In running II Into the ground.s
have taken up a lot OF my time studing on
this subject and this is what I've found out
s,Ionstte REQUIRES that man should wash his
face before breakfast and not walt Till The mid
die of the day, or on towards evening, and Dy
no means should he put 1t Oft till the next
day, as jim sometimes uoes When 10 III
hurry. .,,, 90
ter anything, or stretch clear across II unless
you are eating by yourself, In that case II don't
matter. Never eat as much as you want and
always leave part Of that on your plate,
which either goes TO the pigs or the hash ac-
II is not considered proper to take soup
more than three or four times I've forgotten
which, and biscuit more than SIX. but this
rule is often broken at hotels and other places
It is also not considered proper to throw
things across the table unles they are mar
ri ed pair. When they are passingi words It's no
harm to pass other things aiongwlth them-it
gives life to the conversation,
When you are eating don't put more than q
whole biscuit in your mouth at the same time
as it may keep you from talking. Hut u de,
pends on the si2e Of the mouth, COW could
do il without any trouble. IT Is generally
thought best to split the biscuit and eat that
way. .u,,,,
on one half while me and Jim go 1t In one or
two. AS tor my ma she can't eat very last
since she changed the teeth.
Never laugh loud-a horse laugh In any
ed refined. But you must smile. smile at ev-
cry body and every thing, only don't wear the
same one all the while rs IL gets u little tire
some to your friends.
smile and look pleased even If he happensl to
call you a low headed idiot. A man that cant
look pleased and interested when another iel.
low is boring him To death by the hour, aint
lit for politics or anything else:
Whenever you meet anybody say great
many fine things and low all the time you
are talking,
That's one thing Jim cant do-he's worked
so much he's got right stiff Say something
nice about everybody whether It's 80 or not
the man that can compliment and smile ana
bow and scrape his foot, can marry any Wo-
man in the world, or do any thing else he
wants to.
Never ask the same man for chew Of to-
bacco every day for a month, and don't court
the same woman more than four times unless
she appears to like 1t. And above all don't
bore anybody If you can possibly help IT, as IL
has a tendency to make people feel uncom-
Portable. think etiquette Is growing more
popular every day.