Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-07-27
POINTS O. ETIQUETTE.
Advice Easy to Remembv- and to practices
In an Emergency.

| Advice Easy to RemembS- and to Practice
| In an Emergency.
In the mad whirl of the cotillon. II
you wear ready-made clothing bought
| from al irr, spOnsible dealer, and hear
A b-z-z-t that don't harmonic with the
/ + string on the bass fiddle. it is entire
/ ly correct and proper to not forward
! and back according to the commands
of the figure-caller. but to back straight
ahead without baking until you reach
/ the wall when pin neatly utilized
may cover your embarrassment and re-
treat People who snicker under such
circumstances should be put outside the
| pale OF good society.
| When invited out to dinner and you
inadvertently get huge mOuthful OF
| mince pie that is hot enough to melt
the solder off a gas-pipe. tangled up in
! your epigiottis. do not act as If you bad
| he whooping cough. but rise calmly
and with slight-of-hand movement
/ toss the offending mOrsel behind tho
ma ajOlica 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 partake of the festivities.
Some writer on etiquette, Il good
many years ago, said that it was per-
! fectly proper to eat fried chicken with
the fingers. have often noticed pee-
| pie seize on wing and rip it open like
| they would tear a yard of clothing ma
terial off bolt of calico and so tho
crac King of the crazy hone was audible
ak over the din ng-room. 1t is true
that some fried chickens require heroic
treatment but when an apprentice i'll
etiquette tries TO jerk the gOose-hesh of
the second joint of Louis XIV. hen
and squirts a streak OF gravy into the
! eye of his neighbor it does seem that q
new code regarding the best manner OF
SCATTERING the remains of hard-boiled
fowl should be introduced.
When the sheriff of tine county serves
! "a subpoena on you, it is considered in
good taste to attend his reception with
out further invitation on his part
Some sticklers on pOliteness, however,
who find that it will prevent their wit
Messing bali game. go to the extreme OF
sending around physicians certificate
to the effect that they are indisposed
from the influence OF the spOrUive ele-
ments.
Don't use snuff if your false teeth are
not strictly adhesive. | once heard Of
case in which this rule was not OBJ
served, when the transgre- sor, i'll a
thoughtless moment. nearly knOcKeu
the eye out of u twenty y-fve-dollar King
Charles spaniel.
No one but boOr will snOre in the
Volapuk language in church where
sermon is being del vered in English.
Observance of the harmOnies is one OF
the greatest traits of the true gentle
man. People who have enlarged. Ro-
manesque nasal chords will be inter-
ested 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 vibra-
tons 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 and a num-
Der of legal retainers have already
been filed.
Don't play practical jokes on spit1
dog whose tail is done up like the let
ter @
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 almost always win.
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