Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-24

last page, CT write it diagonally across the paper. Some prefer to write the first page, then the third and then the second, and so forth. but in any event the more confusing you can make it for tho read CT the more apt you are to be right ill the current of fashion. The reading of such letter gives a kind of exercise which boating. bicycling or baseball can not equal, bringing into play all the muscles of the entire system. A long waisted style of pcnmanship, with capi- tals on the run, is now most popular and ornamental. legibility being a sec ondarv matter entirely.
 Maudie, Fl PasO, Tex, writes to know what kiss on the forward" signifies.
 \ kiss on the forehead, which, pre- sume, is what you are driving at, sig ni1ies respect and esteem. You say that yOu have been the recipient of such a one from a gentleman who has been keeping ''co." with you for four years, and would think that ill such case it signified that at that rate he might in the glorious ultimately learn to love you in case his longevity held out.
 Much has bcCn said first and last re- garding the significance of the kiss. I hardly feel competent to pass an opinion upon this matter, but it is safe to say that the surrounding circumstances have much to do with its competency. A kiss that is lost ill midair by an amateur may be Of more significance than well directed and mcthodical one which alights like warm fritter on the plate of a boarder, for it may come from the breast of genuine lover, true, but inex- peIirnced. Its very awkwardness may be its strongest point. coming as it does from a new blown affection. Dost twig, Maudie:
 The hurried kiss of a cOmmuter who is liable to miss his ferry may ring for hours afterward i'll the ear or hang upon the brow of beauty for all time, yet mean more than the well arranged and deliberate kiss of the veteran. You must be the judge, Maudie; you must be the judge.
 Violet, Sulphur Springs, Colo, writes to know about wearing mourning I and its etiquette. I have spoken of this matter before and tried to cover the ground as well as possible. You should wear Crape one year for your mother. A
 
 the most suitable dress for summer. One year for q mother, six months for step mother or grandmother, three month: for an aunt or cousin and 30 days for 2 pet cat would seem to be the rule but much depends upon how well you lOOl i'll mourning. Wearing mourning fol your bctrothCd is delicate matter tC | touch upon As Mir McAllister says very truly, I think, some does and som, | does not There k no strict rule re gar,ling it.
 Putting black pillowshams on you bed and dressing the parlOr lamp in ; mourning tissue paper shade on tn, death of n husband is neat method 0 showing grief, but is not absOlutel, necessary unless his loss is extremel, tough and hard to bear.
 Cynthia, San Diego, Cal. - Yol should take the knife by the handl only, not allowing the forefinger to ex tend up the blade. Whoever told you t rest the forefnger along the blade of tn knife while eating pie could not hav been well informed. IL is also wrong L hold the knife between the thumb an, forcfinger, with the little finger extend ed into the atmosphere, as though yol were crocheting with it. Take the knif firmly yet easily in the hand, run tn blade gently under the pie and toss into the mouth in an offhand way, chat ting pleasantly in the meantime
 You should provide yourself witt three or four good anecdotes for dime wherever you go and jerk the converse tion around till it fits one of your aneC dotes. For instance, should there be Hull in tho conversation, you could say
 Why, We seem to be, all of us rather grave today"
 And then add before any one has chance to break in: Speaking of grave reminds me of an incident that occurre after the battle of Austerlitz- A grave digge- who was employed in buryin the dead at that time was suddenly il corrupted in his work by an exclamatio of horror from the officer whose duty was to superintend the operation, an who indignantly affirmed that one ( the bodies just consigned to the cart still breathed
 That shows how little you are the habit of doing this sort of thing coolly retorted the gravedigger. . you were to pay attention to all the say, there wouldn't be a single dea man among them Laughter
 Or you could, on the other hand, aft, the company had been laughing hearti over something that you had said, f. instance, say: "WhS. we are rather wild today, a we nots"
 And then. before any one could speal for that would spoil all, you might sa. And speaking of wild recalls an il cident regarding Oscar Wilde when this country. He went into a very swe restaurant in Milwaukee, and ordering : large bouquet of English violets ] buried his nose in them, took a loI ! draft of their delicious perfume, aI with look of delirious joy murmure T have dined,' paid his bill and wel out
 "A large, wide German sat near and watched the @sthetic performann