Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-08-03
HOW SWELLSSHOULDACT
ESSENTIAL NlcETlEs IN "cuLcHAWr
AND DEPARTMENT"

carries MS Suck.
"Yaas, and notice the way he holds his
gloves"
"Yaas, and he walks like drayman."
Cad, he's goin to bow to that gel Sor
ray faw the paw gel. Watch him."
"Ahl ahl What an awful duffer. III
couldn't bow better than that I'd stop At
home"
"Yaas. So would l."
Let's so to the club and sit down; that
sort of thing makes me awfully tired"
The man criticised was conspicuous, and
it was all because he hadn't sufficient
knowledge of culchaw and depawtment
He was faultlessly dressed, but that didn't
save him. Whether to take soup from the
side or from the end of spoon is a mat
ter Of culture, but whether to carry the
gloves with the fingers forward or with the
fingers back is matter of culchaw.
Everybody that is anybody knows all
about culture and department, but cul.
chaw and department include the little
niceties of manner and conduct about
which many people have a great deal to
learn. Without culchaw and department
it is impossible to be swell.
THE WALK
A swell must walk at times no matter
how many broughams and horses he may
have, and it is no more than proper to give
the walk precedence The walk is an &C
qulrement man gets very early in life
but he never begins to walk in the proper
way until he is proposed for membership
in good club. This is the way, Legs
stiff, no elasticity; body well forward, no
elasticity, head well back. no elasticity
and steps about two and half feet long.
OF course there are variations Going to
funeral the mnn about town should walk
briskly and as if he enjoyed it, Thereby
he demonstrates his perfect repose of man
ner and shows that it is not influenced by
mere external circumstances Going to a
wedding he should walk slowly and look
bored and thoroughly convinced that mar
riage is a failure.
In entering a ballroom the walk may be
elaborated to almost any extent. A man
should wear his evening walk lust rs he
wears his evening clothes, for the occasion
Then there are variations of the walk
aside from those of formality and stiffness
The most noticeable of these is that EN-
ployed when the expert walker walks with
a gel When thus agreeably employed
he should invariably face her and walk
sideways like a crab This will at first be
found rather difficult, but practice makes
perfect. and the gel" who will not put I'M
with being stepped on few times and
bumped with pair Of unaccustomed knees
a few times has not Il proper appreciation
OF culchaw and department. In walking
with the "gel' the student should care
fully avoid keeping step. The step to
gether Is for common soldiers, convicts,
clerks going together to business and cads
who disregard culchaw and department
Gentlemen never walk in step 1t shows
too much premeditation and thought, and
Is not in keeping with the mental ideness
which should characterize a gentlemen.
IMPORTANCE OF THE BOW
Walking having been considered, 1t is
now necessary to take up standing still
and sitting down. To describe these nc
complishments 1t is perhaps sufficient to
say that in standing the real swell should
look as though he would prefer to sit, and
in sitting he should convey the impression
that he would prefer to stand If he does
this he can hardly fail to look sufficiently
bored
Now comes the bow, most useful &C
complishment, in fact the most useful one
in connection with culchaw aud depawt
ment a man Of real culchaw should be
able to insult Il man grossly with his bow
upon OCCASION and he should also be able
to bow so that the bowee would not hes
tate about lending him 500 without secu
rity. This bow is most difficult.
All bows may be divided into two classes
the short bow without raising the hat,
which may be either insulting or pleasing,
and the long Lord Chesterfield bow for
gels" which may convey either mere
recognition or the deepest regard, For the
short bow merely snap the head. II It is
intended TO be insulting the person TO be
insulted should be looked at with sort OF
"By-Jove. l-don't-see- -youand l-doD't.like
your-looks" stare, and then the head
should be snapped very short
To please II should be moved slower and
with smile. This can hardly fail TO
please. The long Lord Chesterfield bow is
much more aborious, but II IL also much
more impressive. To accomplish II grasp
the hat firmly by the front Of the rim.
imagine fly about eighteen inches from
the tip Of the nose and try to hit 1t with
exultation at having hit IL. and IA the hat
is replaced look at the bowee for approba
tion and appreciation OF the dexterity dis
played,
CARRYING STICKS, GLOVES, ETC.
Varying regard for the bOwee may be In
dicated by the enthusiasm shown In hit
ting at the fy 1t is well 10 practice in the
mirror
Shaking hands is much less part OF
culchaw and department than II once was
1t Is too much work Men don't do II very
much, and rs "a rule when an acquaintance
Offers 20 shake hands 1t IL quite proper not
10 see his hand and TO merely bow II IL
Is an undesirable acquaintance, look at his
hand as though there was some duub,
about It's cleanliness or as though his
gloves were not IN good taste, and then de
liver the stony stare and short bow II Is
sometimes necessary TO shake hands For
instance, a prospective father law may
be an old timer and used to shaking hands
II he Is 70 be humored II should be done
daintily The hand should be presented
on level with his upper shirt stud, and
the motion Of the shnke should be straight
up aud down.
Fewer well dressed and culchawed men
carry walking sticks now than formerly
II stick is carried IL should not be walked
with. It should be light, but should i'm
press the people that ii is heavy, aud that
the man Of culchRw Is tired Of carrying H.
It should hang head down and back prefer
ably In the left hand The gloves should
always be carried with the fingers forward.
Tie few rudiments OF culchaw and de
pawtmeut here given may seem trivial 10
the uniuItiuted but they are IN reality i'm
portaut aud wholesome They have helped
men into society They have also got men
laughed AZ and di-likod bnt this il be
lieyel ohly by those ignorant persons who
are enyons becan-e they have no knowl.