Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-20
NYE,S SOCIETY HINTS.
WILLIAM TELLS HOW ONE MAY SHINE
IN a PAREOR.

BIZ Coaches q Young Man VINO Has Eatte
Degeneration Of the Think wastes azsd
Reorganization Of the Idea-TabIe Ea5
quette.
Bill Nye, in answer to a correspond
enb who asked hln for some good table
rules of etiquette, writes as follows.
You speak of your parents as never bsv-
ing mad any advantages and rather eass
some slurs on the old gentleman who Is
shoYe1ing dirt that you may shine in soci-
ETY.. DO not do that. Edmund. The weak
point in your fathers place is that he puts
his hard earned money on a youth with
fatty degeneration of the think WASTES er,f5
EegurgltatlOn OF the idea.
Still as you say, you might shine In So
clety. such things ara common. The only
question is. how are you going to get your
scheme 1OundedF j fear you viii not sac
ce6d. You say your manner is pleasing
and you don't know how glad I am to hear
you say tnat over your own signature.
Many others would have concealed it. Yet
you say you nave scared appearance
while in society. Do not let that trouble
you. IL you knew how much society was
scared when you enter 1t you would pluck
up courage.
If you had never led IN prayer before, ae-
cording to the stricCgst rules of etiquette
which looked into while abroad Won
could not be expected to obhge. The men
VINO can make a pleasing and grammatical
prayer IN pupllc are very rare, indeed, just
say WAen caIIeu upon that you are not q
good social prayer. but only trying to lead
a Christian life, like Rev. Myron w. Reed
OF Denver. he was q very bright and orig
mai preacher, and many curious people
came to hear him. Once ne was making a
low but earnest prayer. when a gentleman
from the GunnisOn country, who was visit
ing Denver made the remark -LOuderIF
MIR. Reed ceased Tor q moment and, look
ing at the gentleman from over the range,
SAID softly and IN a meek, Christian spirit
1 was not speaking to you, my friend i
was addressing God" He then resumed
ms prayer. DO not take your bag with you
y w ar / mi rod TO FHT-
little articles IN a newspaper and LuU them
into your OyercOaJ pocket SO as to be taken
more by surprise when pressed to r-main
/ On the sank principle do not take your
! trunk with you to make party can.
/ shawl strap IS ample, think.
You should not wear straw hat whilst
/ taking a high ride, nor a high hat whilst
/ taking a straw ride, To be appropriately
! dressed whilst taking q straw ride, one
| should wear Denman Thompson hat. faced
| with bingham, a blue denim Jumper with
/ susptnders showing through same, a pair
{ OF ptoWn canvas OYeratls and heavy kip
boots slightly Unctu ed with a rich, nut
brown flavor OF the quiet country life {
Pillow ShamS may be thrown aside at
night They are mostly for day wear. Some
roll them up IN napkin ring at NIGHT
/ whilst others hang them on seed corn or
dried-apple drapery Of the room Pillow
] shams go very far toward sWeeteniug the
! home atmOS ph9re and beautilying the home
| nest. Show me where they have no pillow
/ ShamS ana L viii show you q dGSOlate
/ house. Show me where there are no pillow
! shams and 1 will show you no picture of
! George Washington in the act of crossing
/ the Delaware. Show me q piIIOW-shamless
! home and 1 will show you q home Whe
! there is no cOnch-sheL on the bureau. no
/ dried grass or everlasting flowers on the
center table, no four O'clOcks in the front
] yard or tansy in the back yard, no soft,
/ 70 ced guinea hens in the barn lot, or low
/ born bleaUing calf in the stable.
! In drinking wine at table you should not
] drain the gla- at once, or eXciaim as you
! take it up: Well here we gO!" or, after
/ empJylng your glass, look anZiOUsly for
/ your check or ask the Waiter ito make it
! the same again 70. all hands" Thisis coarse
! and smacks Of the common herd. Watch
! your host and keep your wine lowered to
/ about the same notch as his. Then you viii
! be all right. That is the way they do in
/ Paris. IT you are afraid to trust yourself to
| drink any more wine while your host con-
unues to daily with the sparkling you may
/ ask for Vichy water, which find is a good
/ drink to stick to, especially for those whose
minds cannot successfully grapDle with
! other beverages. Do not han Your eyes
/ out on your cheeks while drinking wine, or
/ drink too fast and get it up your nose.
! If you drink coffee after your dinner do
/ not, II you desire more than one cup. pound
! on your saucer with the spoon or look
/ around and eXcIaim, Hi" Be gentle and
/ la y1ke in your demeanOr, telling some
! fresh little anecdOte to the guests while you
! eat a saucerfuI Of olives or pin a fresh sprig
/ of celery on your coat.
/ When you get anything hot in your
| mouth do not get mad and swear, for the
! other guests will only lauEh at you; but take
/ it out carefully and ask the hired girl 10 put
| it on ice a little while for you or make
! some other bright emark in Frencu or
! English the mood may strike you. In
| Lon on notice, also, that it is no longer
] de tTOp or SdCbet for a guest at table to re-
/ move his teeth when he gets a blackberry
/ under the upper plate. Only in extreme
/ cases is it allowable for privileged guests,
/ for instance who get olive seeds or oyster
! shells under the plate of their artificial
| tee eth, to remove them without being ex-
! cused from table. This custom also obtains
/ in Paris, where they are oven more hntcky
! than at the courts OF Europe, 1t seemed
] to me.
/ 1t is now considered perfectly proper to
] take the last Of anything on the plate, for
! it is presumed that there is more down
/ cellar or if not the host can put on his
] hat and go down town for another supply
! Much laughter may be produced and gem
! eral good feeling engendersd by little sallies
/ Of wit taken from a joke book. have
/ an English book Of Jests which has helped
] me to pay for many meal. Some OF
/ these jokes are real good, The best English
] Jokes have seen were made In Philadel=
/ phia.
! No, do not approve Of the custom Of
I hiding a hunk of bread. as you so happily
/ express 1t, in q rolled up napkin for the
/ guest to Jerk loose over the floor When
/ the custom Of feeding people with Canton
/ flannel cakes at breakfast on the first day
/ Of April is abandoned, this reprehenslble
| practice also will cease.
! You may eat radishss with the shuck on
/ Pounded glass viii also be furnished il you
speak about it in time. Do not swallow the
seeds Of apricots or peaches; Take them
home and plant them Do the same With
/ watermelon seeds, When the cigars are
/ passed around take one for smoking pHr-
poses and one to put in your pocket You
/ will then convince the host. if you have not
/ already done so. that the social circle in
I which you should move may be found
/ within the narrow confines Of the pound.