The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-05
BRIDAL ETIQUETTE
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fair Regulations.
COUNTING CAKES Ike MONEY.
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Ext<iIa B., Long Brsnch. y. j.. asks ior
. fsw hints On travelling stiguests. - she =
shortly 10 assist IN . bridal tour 70 caii-
fornia.
n Won contemptass such . tour. Esteiis.
you viii do vel 10 weigh Il vel before
hand and consider yomr conduct carefully
h<fors taking the fatal STEP In the f'rst
pjece. do not wear ueu clothes while travel
Ing. II Is fooIish, in the FIRST place. and
BESIDES. II y0u are bride. - you viii be,
doubtless. II you eontsrn plate trip like
this, you will not wish 10 attract Too much
Attention.
Wear the street gloves you have been
wearing for sons time and tell barthoio-
new 10 do tbs SANG. II you and he decide
10 wear new shoes. IL would be well TO soi
The Shoes . little before you start out
Even . sieeping-car porter Is not blind 70
these things, and he tells the conductor;
the conductor tells the brakeman. and the
brakeman Is liable 10 tell the supesintend-
ent Of the road
DO not sdopt the customary style OF rail-
way eating house devastation. IL your
young life has bsen cursed By starvation.
try 10 conceal IL en- route and tell Bartholo-
new also TO let his hunger prey upon bis
inner works rather than drown the roar oil
the passing trains by his loud stertorous
eating n twenty minute death-trap.
DO not become absent~minded at table.
II may attract attention. In Canada this
winter l saw m anxious man looking out
the door Of his dining-room nervousiy ~
he waited for his breakfast. and when he
got his toast he turned the slice over crit
icailv 70 Sc II Il hadbeen properly Endorsed
before he would take il. He also. when hts
cakes were brought In. moistened his
finger in tho fnger-bowl and ran over the
little pile Of pancakes twice TO see that the
amount was correct ] afterwards learned
hat the mans name Was siicott, formerly
Il Washington, d. &.
Tell bartholomew that be must also look
ap the manual Of good breeding. and not
follow lady up stairs or prccede lady out
Of room. II he should happen TO hear
that . lady at any time in the dim future
cont<mplates leaving the room he must not
60 until she has escaped. He may miss his
train while she IL saying something which
she has already said several times. but he
must not precsdc her from the room.
When you 20 down the stairs, especially
81 the elevated stativ.ss In New York. you
must not cover more than one fight at Q
time with your skirts: otherwise You viii
mot only soil your skirts but you will delay
trafic. This h almost - rude q it Is for
prcoccupied ass TO pre-smpt the sidewalk by
holding his umbrella 20 % to knock out the
eyes Of people who desire to retain their
eyes. or for him TO stick his legs across the
aisle Of car and "Trip mp blind woman
whose syesight he has previously destroyed
with his umbrella.
The hest works on bridal tour etiquette
thus far have forgotten to speak of how TO
eat celery properly. Celery may b eaten
with grace, or It may b eaten in such
way - 70 bring pain and sorrow 10 the
hearts Of thoss We love the best. Select a
stock BY deity pulling il out of tho orna-
nsrtal umbrella stand In which ID has been
placed on the table. and II you drag the
whole thing out BY mistake do not curse or
otherwise seek 70 attract attention to your-
sell. but burst forth into q merry laugh
and while you tell some rich anccdote or
other you may select some Of the hest
stalks and replace the others In the aquar-
inm. Then gently stabbing your celery
into the salt, which should be on your plate
and not on the cloth or elsewhere. softly in
sert the vegetable into the mouth. not 10
exceed four or four and one-half inches
meantime holding the little finger high i'm
the air in order to give grace to the motions
oi tho hand.
Now close the mouth quietly. and then
In rapid succession you may masticate the
celery, but the mouth should be kent
closed At such times. People who open the
mouth whnc chewing their provender make
great mistake.
To eat your celery without being andihls
Ii IN ambition that's highly hudahie.
quote the above from the preface Of \
little work Of mine. entitled How 10 do.
mesticatc Man"
have SPOKEN several times OF the Ell
queste OF sleeping cars. and these rules are
general, OF course. applying 20 all classes
OF people. However. | hope you will not
allow bartholomew 20 lie for you as some
husbands do when their wives want 10
swap an upper berth for lower one. Not
long ago had good lower berth near the
Thermometer so that | could watch the
sqnint OF the mercury as II clonh up and
looked over The edge of the tube and then
gently crasled back into its bulb again with
blue lips and chatsering teeth.
Anon man with luxuriant head of
whsskcrs came to me and said could do
him great favor II would swop herths
with his wife. as they had heeu unable 20
set lower berth. | said was not very
well. and l In other ways seemed to hest
tate and hang hack. for IL is not long since
gave my pleasant little berth to an nm.
known woman who bad not the grace OF
Tod In her heart nor the grace of anyhoiy
else IN her general bearing. She did no,
even thank me. but ate crackers and cheeSs
ali the way from Buffalo 10 Chicago and
kept the section looking so tough .ha, I
could net stand IL. got the puaumanis
and II took two weeks TO rim ont INV poor
congessea lungs.
Well. this Mr.. whiskers sn,s tA., Al.
only reason he wanted a lower berth for
his wife Was that she vas almost alwax.
seasick while travelling on the cars ana
especially when IN an UPPER berth. He
also added that her berth was over nina
Recalling the general gloom and other
things That = seasack person can cast over
community at times. | decided 10 WELD
my berth. Next merning ! told the con.
daetor About Il. az pat large master on
my chest He said yes. that MAS getting
10 ee quite pcpasAr way of soaring = man
Out OF a lower berth now. He hardly made
trip, he said. that some snsn was no,
riaed Of his berth right tn that manner.
Keen your mouth closed while saeensn,
on the ears. Your mouth viii thus taste
ssesteF, even 10 Yourself in the morning
thSa u would otherwise. and besides yas,
Srs hess sps 10 saore- snoring, which l. Al
al times repFeheasihie. il ,seahly 80 on a
mesrsiaS car and ca bridal tour.
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