Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-01
A FEW POINTS OF ETIQUETTE.
Advice Easy to Remember and Practice
in an Emergency.
From the Rochester Union.

From the Rochester Union.
In the mad whirl of the cotillon, if you wear
ready-made clothing bought from an irrespon-
sible dealer, and hear b-z-z-t that don't har-
monte with the string on the bass fiddle, 1t
is entirely correct and proper to not forward
and back" according to the commands of the
fgure-caller, but to back straight ahead with
out baking until you reach the wall, when a
pin neatly utilized may cover your embarrass-
ment and retreat. People who smoker under
such circumstances should be put outside the
pale of good society.
When invited out to dinner and YOU inadver-
tently get huge mouthful of mince pie that is
hot enough to melt the solder off a gas pipe,
tangled up in your epiglottis. do not act if
you had the whooping cough, but arise calmly
and with a sleight-of-hand movement toss the
offending morsel behind the majolica dog in the
corner, meantime patting his head as though
you thought him alive. This graceful act never
fails to win the heart of your hostess. who
thinks you intend her faithful friend to par
take OF the festivities.
Some writer on etiquette. good many years
ago, said that it was perfectly proper to eat
fried chicken with the fingers. | have often
noticed people seize on a wing and rip it open
like they would tear yard of clothing mate
rial OF bolt of calico and SO the cracking of
the crazy bone was audible all over the dining
room. 1t is true that some fried chickens re-
quire heroic treatment, but when an appren-
tce in etiquette tries to jerk the goose-fesh off
the second joint of Louis XIV hen and squirts
a streak of gravy into the eye of his neighbor
1t does seem that new code regarding the best
manner Of shattering the remains of hard
boiled fowl should be introduced.
When the sheriff of the county serves a sub
pena on you. it is considered in good taste to
attend his reception without further invitation
on his part. Some sticAlers on politenes how
ever, who find that it will prevent their wit
Messing ball game, go to the extreme of send
ing around physicians certificate TO the effect
that they are indisposed from the influence of
the sportive elements.
Don't use snuff if your false teeth are not
strictly adhesive. once heard of case i'll
which this rule was not observed, when the
transgressor, in a thoughtless moment, nearly
knocked the eye out of a twenty -fve-dollar
King Charles spaniel.
No one but boor will snore in the yolapuk
language in church where a sermon is being
delivered in English Observance of the har-
monies is one of the greatest traits of the true
gentleman. People who have enlarged Ro-
manesque nasal cords will be interested in an
invention which friend of mine is getting up
which he calls the ''Sure Snore-Killer." 1t is a
phonetic arrangement connected with pillow
sham holder, and when the air vibrations are
four lines below the clef. to use a musical
term, the holder drops and hits the sleeper
across the bridge Of the nose. Four caveats
been filed.
Don't play practical jokes on a spitz dog
whose tail is done up like the letter Q.
When you order meat from your butcher
don't ever use the term climb of mutton" He
will think that you never intend paying for it,
In all cases Of doubt about the minor points
Of etiquette strong bluff on weak hand will
al alwava win