Telegram-herald., 1890-05-05

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CT ssGrss ~ll BE taken y here.
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Enlec Is securing soaas Eagllsh Ia
corssusat sEd tAas IA the long run
means a. American Endorsement Ths
Old fora u Your ObedisnE servant
ssc-, las gOns CT altogether. Yoars
Respectfully Is Only ussd when ad-
dressing = nan IN "a of1ctzl position On
= matter q hrst importance.
Il Is ~oFlh While - say somsthing re-
gsrding shs use q l. 5. v. p These
initials are srlll Used % some extent bv
the engravsrs Of invitation cards. bus
IN nearly every case v here such invita-
ti0ns are zsed they are either unneces-
sary or impairment II nzn o. Won
a. sends cut Invitations Tor = dinner
and appends r \ Y. T., IL = unques-
C0n4bly "a intinagi0n that tie perSon
enough - answer II Al invitation 10
dIRner, after al. Is nothing more no-
less than a personal note. and per-
sOnal note demands al Immediate re-
sponse and nobody who has any knowl-
edge OF good form would fail % mako
that answer Iust IS prompt As circum-
stances permitted. II the invitation :
for larger entertainment than a din-
neT. for reception IS al example, the
hostess does not require an answer, be-
cause II she invites anybody 10 call on
her. II Is taken FOR granted tha; they
will call The call may not be made IN
fact but IL Is made IN efieot- There
may be . hundred reasons Why actually
1t can not % made, but these reasons
c2n not b formulated. aud tho invita-
tion must De taken "A accepted T. ).
V. L Is now almost obsolete, and when
IL Is hnally relegated 70 oblivion |
tremble 20 think OF what viii become of
those ingenious gentlemen who havo
been filing out the initials az their own
sweet pleasure for tho funny columns
during the long succession Of years
since it was first introduced.
A man Of my acquaintance once
said 20 ne, said Mr.. McAllister
though fully. that a gentleman can
Afford % walk. but he can not afford 70
drive in a shabby carriage. The man l
have quoted was no. only a shrewd man
Of the world he was a man who. all
his life, had compared his observations
and drawn from them philosophical re-
fectiens. The axiom just quoted had a
much wider and dee per significance
shan appears on the surface. What he
meant TO say was that gentleman can
do almost any thing IL he does IL as
well rs any body else. In other words.
q gentleman must not attempt TO do
any thing and fail. But Just as soon
as a man appears in a shabby equipage,
and the coachman has q battered hat,
he demonstrates that he is Intellectually
reaching out for something which no
can not grasp. either because OF want
OF means or want OF taste and intel
ligence. and IL Immediately puts tho
man In a ridiculous position.
What "a true OF the equipage Is Of
course true Of the clothes which a man
or woman wears Clothes do not make
the man and in consequence a gentle
I man can afford 20 VICAR shabby clothes
I 81 he can afford no other. but IL he does
/ so be refuses at once 70 bring his
shabby clothes In comparison with the
/ handsome costumes OF other people.
I He knows what he Is without reference
j 70 bis clothes at all, and bis good sense
seashes him that hs can not afford 70
challenge comparison with a man who
does not compare With him In point OF
manhood. but who outshines him so far
rs his coat and vest arc concerned.
That Is 20 say &c nsy not outshine him
because the older and shabbier the coat
tho more shine there Is TO It but tho
new coat outshines the old ono by
throwing IL IN she shade.
What Is the attitude" asked, ''of
the fashionable man toward men W ON
he considers his social equals and men
whom he considers his social interiors;"
Well. responded Dir. McAllister
with a smile, q very accomplished
leader OF the german IN town who is
deemed hy many people 20 be one Of
our most fashionable non IL credited
BIS own grandmother On the street II
she were shabbily dressed. This was
F OF course an exaggerated way of saying
that no man Of fashion can be seen
boving TO people on the street whose
appearance proclaiuls them as belong
ing oHtstde tho fashionable world The
rule that a fashionable man shall not
be seen in public places except With
men and women as fashionable as he is
IS a rule % which be scoords the strict
est allegiance. IL man or woman ac-
costs him on the street and be is slight
+ II acquainted with them he VIII stop
and hear What they have 20 say. Il
they are shabbily dressed. or their in
fsricr social position is indicated In any
way whstever. be will not under any
circumstances permit them 70 walk
sl0ng the street with him. even 70 The
extent % half a dozen steps
n the nan ssus stopped answers TIE
questions addressed 90 him and thinks
f the conversation is over and resumes
his walk and the person Who has ac-
costed him starts ~ wax with him.
be VII immedis.el7 stop again: or.
IL be fnds 10 necessary. will hail =
passing stage CT car OF 70 iato conve-
nicnt shop. Hswill not permit himself
for q moment 20 - seen walking along
thN strset vita ANYBODY whose appea--
ance would excite criticism anong his
frisn3s IT s HEvrrT.
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