The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-02

basket on her arm, be that basket ever
SO small or filled with something neeueo
al home al once. or II she dare 10 corio
ont again IN the afternoon when the
ronptacn IL on parade with grocery
tackaga dono up in suggestive croN,'
r,ner she will see for herself how suu-
do-lv she is forgotten by her fasmohaoie
friends. She viii note unaccouh'aOie
lapses Of mcmcry in all passers py'
The ful-hedged etiquette snob Is hV'
r.rr,,cgs fccl. IS has been heretofore
80 To is dangerous. and should be
extermlnated. for, like the uoupiesoihe
summer moth, he multiplies amazingly
ord one beeets many. Let women en-
ter = car no matter how well-dressed or
,Veil-behavea she Is. II she carries
bundle. done up in grocery or newspaper
she is set down as belonging 70 the
middle class" She is privileged 10 carry
hoy NJ ban-bons, done up In white
nancr. with pink string TO tie u, or
drussist's box or a book, n us nov 700
b,g. but woe betide the social standlhs
Of a woman who dares 20 carry honle
her own precious new hat no matter
how certain she be 70 wear 1t at certain
time. no matter how much she doupts
the veracity 81 the mnliner who promises
~ seud fl in time for the mOmentous oc-
caslon. Etiquette has certainly taoooed
hat boxes. also every package that mas
, the slightest practical suggestions ABOUT
~ II tavore TOO much Of the drudgery OF
life 81 the class who run out and spend
their weeks wages as soon as earned.
Every woman should have sense ana
Independence enough TO set AZ naught
the foolish oe-book Of etiquette. inc
serene conviction OF the etquette-daft
class that they are the pivot people or
the world and that when they speak no
ono must cav then may is the quaintest
sight this very amusing world can snow.
They would size up the earth with two
foot measuring rule.
Mrs Elliott Roosevelt one day. having
nothing else to 90, sent out the edict that
when shaking hands with an ordinary
/ social acquaintance, hands should be eie-
waited 10 a level with the head. Ihere are
some idiots alive to-day who follow the
fashion Apropos Of Misunderstanding there
/ IS great deal more Of it done than Is
necessary. If you doubt me, ask CleVe-
/ land and Miss Winnie Davis.
II used to be that only the initial or
/ The middle name Was dyen. as Emily q.
/ Macintosh. Now It is written Emily
/ Grimshaw Macintosh. and John Joseph
/ GraHbs. The idea seems that Mr.. crumbs
/ and Miss Macintosh desire 10 preserve
their identity ard completely did3renuata
tnefu from otutT ltIcollss VI b'l maps t'''
notify the world that they are sole pro-
prieJOrs of a middle name which is theirs
exclusively Al authors Of biocd-thirsiy
novels now have their full names on he
title rage II IS no longer John Smith.
but John Brown Smith, showing that
Johns mOthcr was OF the Brown race. or
may pe Ifs Great-grandmother was
Brown. Probably the world cares nc
more for the Browns than for the
Smiths, but it looks fine and IT comes in
under some lunatIcs rule OF etiquette,
and It looks like it might mean some
thing.
VIII people ever live their lives con-
tentedly not wishing To create false i'm
pressions or give exaggerated views of
themselves; In short, will people ever be
natural?
What good are middle names, any how?
George Washington did not have any,
Thomas jefferson used none William
Shakespeare needed none, Francis Bacon.
Ben. Johnson. Napoleon Bonaparte and
countless others, whose good sense Is
never questioned, used no middle name.
Posterity is scarcely sufficiently grateful
10 them. for what on earth would we
do with George Harrington Hau wash
incton or William Hollingbrook Shakes
peare, or Christopher Fontanarossa DO
minico Columbus?
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