The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-07-29
HOW SWELLSSHOULDACT
ESSENTIAL NiceTlEs IN "cULchAv'
AND DEPARTMENT.


Points That Distinguish = Peculiar Bet
In ths Metropolis from the Recognized
| Gentlemen Of Leisure and Refinement
| An Interesting Satire.
by Joyei What cad See the way be
carries his stick"
"Yaas. and notice the way he holds his
gloves"
"yaas. and he walks like . drAyman"
Cad. he's gein to bow to that gel Sor
ray faw the paw gel Watch him."
"Ahi ahi What an awful dnffer. II
couldn't bow better than that I'd stop 1t
home"
"YaaA So would l."
Let's go TO the club and sit down, that
sort Of thing makes me awfnIly tired.
| The man criticised was conspicuous. and
Il WAS all because he hadn't sufficient
knowledge Of culchaw and department.
He WAS fauitlessiy dressed. but that didn't
| save him. Whether TO take soup from the
side or from the end OF spoon IL a mat
Ter Of culture, but whether 10 carry the
gloves with the fingers forward or with the
fingers back is a matter Of cuicbaw
Everybody that il anybody knows all
about culture and department, but cul
| cbaw and department include the little
niceties Of manner and conduct about
which man. people have great deal TO
iearn. Without cuichaw and department
| Il Ii impossible to be swell
| THE WALK.
A swell must walk at times no matter
how many broughams and horses be may
| have. and II is no more than proper to give
| fba uIE l.
quireInent IA man gets very early In life
but he never begins to walk in the proper
way until he is proposed for membership
IN q good club This is the way Legs
stif. no elasticity. body well forward. no
| elasticity. head well back. no elasticity.
| and steps about two and "A half feet long
Of course there are variations Going to
| . funeral the man about town should walk
| briskly aud as II be enjoyed IL Thereby
he demonstrates his perfect repose of man
| nef and shows that ii Is not Influenced by
mere external circumstances. Going to a
wedding be sbonld walk slowly and look
bored and thoroughly convinced that mar
riage Is failure.
Ia entering ballroom the walk may lie
elaborated To aimus, any extent. man
| should wear his evening walk lust AS he
| wears his evening clothes, for the occasion
ssid. from those OF formality and stifiness
The most noticeable Of these Is that em
piOyed when the expert walker walks with
gel" When thus agreeably employed
| lie should invariably face her and walk
| sideways like crab This will al drst lie
found rather difficult. but practice makes
perfect. and the gel" who viii no, pu, up
| with belug stepped on few times and
Jumped VITA a pair Of unaccusionied knees
a fe@ times ias not proper appreciation
OF cuichsw and department Ia walking
VITA the gel" the student should care
fully AVOID accepting step THE step to
gether is for common soldiers. convias
clerks going tog-i her TO business and cads
who disregard culchaw aud dcpawtment
Gep;iemen never walk ia step IL shows
too much prrmeditation aud thought. and
Is no, IN keeping with the mental idleness
| which should characterize gentlemen
IMPORTANCE or THE BOW
Walking having been considered. IL is
now necessary to take up standing still
aud sitting down. To describe these &C
compilshmenis 4; Is perhaps sufficient TO
say that IA standing the real swell should
look as though he woHid prefer to sit. and
In SITTING he should convey the impression
that hr would prefer 20 stand II he does
this he can hardly fail TO look sufficiently
bored
Now comes the bow, a most useful &C
compiishmeut ia fact the most useful one
IN connection wiIh cuichaw and depawt
ment A man OF real culchaw should lie
able 10 Insult man grossly with has bow
upon occasion. and he should also Toe able
to bow 10 that the bowee would no, besi
tate about lending tim slup without secu
| rity ThlS bow l. most difficult
All bows may tx divided into two Glasses
the short bow without raising the hat.
which may Ice either insulting or pleasing
aud the long Lord Chesterfield tow for
gels" which may convey either mere
recognition or the deepes, regard For the
short bow merely snap the bead II it is
intended 10 lie insulting the person TO tie
insulied should bc looked nj with u sort OF
BY Jore don't-sce you and l-don I like
your looks stare. and then the head
should hc snapped very short
To please 1; should be moved slower and
with Il smile This can hardly fail TO
please. The long Lord Chesterfield bow is
much more iaborIous but II 1, also much
more impressive To accomplish II grasp
the hat firmly 10y the trout OF the rim
Imagine a fly about eighteen inches from
the tip Of the nose and try to hit 1t with
the crown OF the hat then smile As II in
cNultatlon al having MI It, ana ~ the nat
is replaced iook at the bowee for approha
tion and appreciation o, the dexterity dis
played
| CARRYING STICKS GLOVES, ETC
Varying regard for the bowec may I've In
dicA;ed 10y The enthusiasm shown In hit
ting at the ny II is well TO practice in the
mirror
Shaking hands Is much less part OF
culchaw aud department than 1t once was
1t Is too much work Men don't do 1t very
much, and A. a rule W hen an acquaintance
offers TO shake bands it IL quite proper not
to see his hand and TO merely bow II it
, is an undesirable acquaintance, look al his
hand ~ though there was some doubt
about its cleanliness or as though his
gloves were not in good taste. and then de
liver the stony stare and shor, bow IL is
sometimes necessary to shake hands For
Instance, a prospective father-in- law may
I've an old timer and used to shaking hands
II he is to lie humorei it should he done
dsintily The hand should be presented
; on level with his upper shirt stud, and
! the motion of the shake should he straight
7 up and down
Fewer well dressed and cUlchswed men
carry walking sticks now than formerly
ira stick Is carried it should not be walked
, with 1t should be light, but should i'm
press the people that it is heavy, and that
{ the man of cuichaw is tired OF carrying il
| Il should hang head down aud back prefer
= ably In the lrfi hand The gloves Shoui,i