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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07
THE GAZETTE FORT WORTH TEXAS SUNDAY, july I,

America to shake hands on being in
troduced, and even now. with men, II
is considered proper and graceful,
though not necessary. With women
etiquette DEGREES handshaking to be the
exception. unless II be In her own home.
when hostess should always extend
her hand to IA person brought to her by
a mutual friend and introduced for the
first time. This so-called American
habit is one that has been indlscriml-
nateV used and abused; the pressure,
which should mean much Is bestowed
with equal sincerity. familiarity and
cordially on the lifelong friend and
the new acquaintance, which has de-
tracted from the charm of this hospital
BILE. frank greeting. When lady gives
her hand to guest In greeting she eN-
poets to get II back again almost Inn
mediately and in an unbruised condi-
ton. To hold another's hand In a de-
tanning grasp or with lingering pres
sure is liberty that only old and
trusted friends may take. AT the same
time, the clasp OF the hand should be
Ilrm, but brief. At ball or formal
entertainment. the Introduction should
be distinctly formal and handwriting
Is not correct, even with men. Ball
room or jancing party introducuons
are supposeu TO mean on the part OF the
gentleman either an Introduction to
dance with the young lady or con-
/ verso with npf.
A clever hostess In Introducing peo-
| pie always adds little note Of interest
TO the presentation which breaks the
Ice and leads the way for conversation
which is always the polite thing TO
indulge in Immediately following an
Introduction.
All well bred people recognize the
propriety and necessity OF speaking,
! even to an enemy. at n dinner party,
although an hour after they would
pass each other without 50 much as
| a glance. Too 1t IL proper for hostess
to Introduce her guests to each other at
the dinner party or the small Informal
| reception without the Formally of
gaining the consent OF both parties.
No one of heart or mind need feel
afraid to talk and be agreeable to an
other. whether introduced or not, when
In the house of n mutual friend, and
even though she be met with rebuff,
she is right and the one who has re-
PEELED her Va wrong,
Street introductions are called bad
form, but as In many other rules OF
etiquette, force OF circumstances admit
of departure in this particular,
The rule regarding introductions.
like many other ccnvenuonallties, must
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07
A CORRECT INTRODUCTION
Is a Necessary Formally, and
Should Be Understood.
THE CAUSE OF MUCH ANNOYANCE
To Indiscriminnte .Introductions.
The Etiquette OF the Hall Room.
When TO Shake Hands.

The ceremony of Introduction Is a
necessary formality in these days when
society is so numerously pcopied by
persons from all parts of the globe,
and Is the greatest and most effective
check upon the advances OF the pre-
sumptuous.
Indiscrminate introductions have
been the cause Of much annoyance, in
consequence OF which conventionalities
In this particular social form are much
more rigid now than when our mothers
were girls and everybody knew every
body after formal Introduction or a
casual meeting at the house of a
mutual friend or acquaintance.
In many of our large cities different
branches OF social etiquette are
founded On English manners and Gus
toms; but in the line Of introductlons
the British custom has failed to gain a
firm foothold In our United States Of
America and that the meeting under
tanccs is not accepted generally. The
custom Of roof introduCtions, as they
are termed. has been taken up by a
few, who are nothing, II not extreme
or ultra. but to the minds OF most OF
us this is not adequate to the degree
OF admitting of friendly conversation
or acquaintance. Courtesy and good
breeding teach us that formal intro
auctions are a necessity. and no rule
should be so lax as to permit persons
to presume thus far simply because
they chance to be entertained under the
same roof
When enc desires the acquaintance
Of another polite request to the
hostess or some mutual friend Is both
sufficient and proper. and surely more
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07
COSTUME FOR SUFFER- WEAR.
delicate than self-assumed acquain-

delicate than n self-assumed acqualn-
lance.
Regulations which govern the pre-
sentatlon OF men and women to each
other MS members of society should be
based upon common sense ana cour-
tesy, allowing ladies the choice in the
matter, which is n protection TO her
against the acquaintance of undesir-
able persons.
In America, when a lady and gem
tleman meet after having been for
mally introduced, II Is the lady's privi-
iege to bow first which rule protects
her from an unwelcome acquaintance;
but when the acquaintance has been
established and mutually agreeable,
the first recognition can come from
either with due propriety.
According to customs In polite so
olety everywhere, anyone who has been
introduced to you or to whom you have
been introduced Is entitled to at least
a formal bow even though no further
acquaintance be continued.
The accepted formallties for making
presentations should be familiar to
every host and hostess and II must be
borne in mind that miscellaneous In
Productions have fallen into disuse and,
except at very small gatherings where
formality IS not factor, they are made
or gained by request only. Were II the
rule TO Introduce all invited to an
time for nothing else and would be
constantly absent from her post to
greet new corners and ncqualnt them
zach with the other. A lady who. In
her city home. introduces no one with
out mutual consent. may In her coun-
try home Introduce everybody, unless
some good reason known to herself
should not warrant II.
Sometimes under the roof of friends
you viii be introduced TO persons with
whom you are on i'll terms, but the
well-bred person can meet such a sur
prise with the same cool courtesy that
becomes one on being presented to "A
mere stranger. A hostess is always
supposed to make the introductlons in
her own home. but many times this
ceremony is waived and guests intro
duce each other, which departure Is
fully guaranteed. providing consent
from both parties has been obtained.
An introduction never harms any
body and a woman with the slightest
tact can keep Off a vulgar and pushing
person without being rude. Whatever
The real or assumed feeling upon intro
duction, whether II be pleasure, cor
dlality, condescension or reserve, can
By the person Of tact be shown In
polite way 80 as not to have the ap-
pearance of rudeness or affectation.
And. too, the woman who can hide her
personal animoslties rather than mar
the harmony OF the social circle, does
much to keep the assembly In tune.
Those who aspire To be too exclusive
in the house Of a friend. as a rule. are
not worthy the time passed In the for
malities OF an Introduction, and in this,
as In many instances. 1t IL better to sin
against etiquette than wound the feel
ings OF another by accepting an intro
duction under protest. AS for forms of
introduction. the simplest are the BEST.
The gentleman Is always presented 10
the lady. and. in Introducing two wo-
men. resent the younger 10 the elder
" IMAM. the question OF rank not hold
ing good In our country.
Some years ago 1t was the fashion In
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07

Barber-Poor Jim has been sent to a
lunatic asylum.
Victim lin chair)-Who's Jim?
Barber-Jim is my twin brother, sir.
Had long been broodln' over the hard
times. and ! suppose he finally got
crazy.
Victlm-Hum! not unlikely.
Yes; he and me has worked side by
side for years. and we were 30 alike we
couldn't tell each other apart. We
both brooded n good deal. too. No
money In this business now"
What the reason?'
prices too low Unless a customer
takes a shampoo or something, 1t
doesn't pay to shave or haircut. Poor
Jim; ! caught him trying to cut GUS
TONER'S throat because he refused a
shampoo, so had 10 have the poor fell
low locked up. Makes me very mel
ancholy. Sometimes / feel sorry /
didn't let him slash all he wanted to.
might have saved his reason. Sham
poo. sir?"
Yes, please"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07
SOME ODD SITUATIONS.
Victoria Employs Rat-Catcher and
Wnx-Fittcr.

Queen Victoria's household Is n large
one. consisting of just under a thou
sand persons. for the maintenance OF
whom the nation sets apart the sum
Of $2,500.0O0 every year. Most of the
offices are sinecures or fixtures for life.
Some of the posts are entirely orna-
mental, and others have very little
duty attached TO them. Probably the
only additions to the household since
the time of Henry VIII. are two steam
apparatus men.
Although there is no longer a royal
barge. nor any pageantry on the
Thames, there are still a bargemaster
and a waterman, with a salary each OF
$4,000 year.
There are four table deckers. whose
sole duty is to lay the dinner cloth and
see that the plates, dishes and cutlery
are fairly set forth.
There is also n wnx-fitter. who sees
the candles properly disposed, and a
first and second lamplighter. VINO re-
ceive $500 a year.
Then there is the Keeper OF tho
swans" who annually pocket $3.50 for
looking after the sacred birds on the
royal waters.
Lastly, there "a the Queens rat
catcher" who Is especially attached to
Buckingham Palace. His office is by
no means a sinecure.
His salary, $40. Is provided outside
the civil list. Every session the House
OF Commons, in committee OF supply,
considers this vote specially, and
gravely agrees to the charge.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07

who has had much to do with railway
station refreshment rooms, to the
writer. that the average wages OF the
railway harmaid are only $3.50 week,
her chances OF making a good match
In the matrimonial market are not to
be equalled by any other calling. l
have known OF scores OF cases where
attractive girls have married wealth.
Commercial travellers frequently
marry barmaids. | know man who
represented big birmingham house.
A train he constantly used always
pulled up for five minutes AZ GER
tain station. For six months he regu-
larry got and had q glass OF bitter and
sandwich, and for six months he was
served by the same young lady. A
mutual attachment sprang up be-
tween them. and they are now mar
tween $500 to $4,000 year.
As you may be aware. tho station
restaurant is frequently the best house
OF refreshment In town. and Ia re-
sorted to by people in really good po-
sltions. One Girl SO employed mar
rled young farmer with two or three
thousand acres of land; another we'd
ded the solicitor of the town; whilst a
weil-known barrister who was on cir
cult wood aud won the young woman
behind the bar. And. mark you, she
presides at his receptions as though abe
Hhh 'tNh ANNuHARHifh W IL ttil ltl NV
think you Will Invariably find that a
barmaid can always wear" dress
well. and this latter lady IL famous for
her delicate costumes, and a dcscrip-
ton Of her dresses often appears In the
ladies' papers.
A barmaid--shc was employed at one
OF the big London termnl-is now n
lady of title. a sportsman who used
this particular line fell In love with
her. and led her to the altar as recent
~ as six months ago; whilst there is
quite touch OF real romance In the
case Of another girl knew weil--a
girl who had the lovellest eyes ever
saw She was an orphan. a young
fellow became smlttcn. and eventually
proposed TO her and was accepted lie
had an income OF some $1,000 year,
but OF this she was totally ignorant,
The bank In which all his money was
deposited burst. He was left almost
pennilcss. He manful'y told his bar
maid sweetheart. and she whmanly told
him that she accepted him because fhe
loved him. II stirred the follow up
they married on very slender means
That is five years ago But SO en-
couroging wife has she proved, and
30 devoted and go-ahcpd has he been.
that, today he IN one OF the best known
manufacturers In the Mldlnnds, with n
balance at his bankers that the aver
nge-man would consider a small for
tune. S. Il.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07

be modified and acted upon to suit the
occasion.
To one who goes out in small and
Informal way. many OF the extreme
rules ofetlquette seem unreasonableand
strained because the conditions that
enforce them In town life are absent
In the small circle where all are well
known.
These matters may seem a bit trivial
at first, but the omission of them leads
TO awkward and many times unpleas-
ant results, while the observance lends
harmony and grace. MARY X.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07
A ourlon. n.pcrIment.

II Is a strange fact that the right
hand, which Is more sensible to tho
touch than the left, Is less sensible
than the latter to the effect OF heat or
cold. II YOU dip both hands stimuli
tnneously Into two bowls OF water OF
equal temperature. the left will expert
ence the higher sensation OF heat ana
This will happen even II the thermom-
otter shows that the water In the left
bowl is in reality n trifle colder than
the water In the right one. The re-
verse happens In the case of persons
who are left-handed.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07

Fair Patron-see hercl You told
me a horrld story about tho way my
husband was acting, and I've found
out. on Investigation. that II Is not
true. He's just as good as can be.
Fortune Teller--Ive told that same
story TO about ten thousand different
women. and you are the first who
has made "A complaint
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07

He-You were getting ready to go out
and I'm afraid my call is inopportune.
she-Really and truly / would much
rather stay here and talk with you
than keep my engagement this after
noon.
Il am delighted But can the en-
gagement be broken without causing
hard feeilngs?"
"oh. yes. The dentist won't mind"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07

Brownbigge TO waitress who has
handed him newspapeD--Ain't yer
somethlnk funny to look at while I'm
a-heatin.
Taitress-There's iooiklng-glaas
straight In front OF you air.
Morris tribune., 1895-10-23
MINNESOTA
STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS
Winona, Mankato, St. Cloud
and Moorhead. !

These schools are organized for the
training of teachers for the public schools
oo5RsGsIA nj school comprises
two departments-the Normal Depart
ment and the training Department or
Model School.
The Normal Department embraces:
(a) An elementary course of two years
for teachers of rural districts and ele-
mentary grades.
% An advanced course of five years
for teachers of advanced grades.
(c) A professional course of two years
for graduates of high schools.
Id Kindergarten training course, at
Winena, St. Cloud and N Ma ,,i X, dc
and colleges, and teachers holding coun-
ty superintendent first and second
grade certificates are admitted without
examination. All others are required to
pass an entrance examination.
EXPENSES-Tu is free to all who
pledge themselves to teach in Minneso-
of SO per year. Provision is made in each
school for economical living. The aver
age cost of furnished rooms with board
is about 50 per week. The Ladies' Home
room, heat and light, at So per week.
The new Domitory at Moorhead, and the
Ladies Home at Winona furnish similar
accommodation at a slightly higher
price. Winona accommodations 5oo per
week.
recent act of the legis-
lature, a diploma becomes state teach
ers' certificate of the first grade.
The next school year opens at Winona
September 2nd; at Mankato, September
End; at ST. Cloud, September 3rd; at
Moorhead, September 3rd.
For free catalogues and circulars, giving
full information, address the presidents
IRWIN SHEPARD, Winona.
Soaring, Mankato.
georges r. KLEEBERGER, ST. Cloud.
C. LORD, Moorhead.
Morris tribune., 1895-10-23

officer put as much as a foot over the
threshold of the kitchen to annoy her
young mistress, to find out whether his
head or billet of wood were the hard
or. Upon this point Jeanette had her
doubts.
AS the old woman INDUCED in these
speculations there was a knock at tie
door, 1t opened, and buffalo coated
figure appeared in the doorway. Now,
the law of association is powerful
thing, and .Ieannette's hand darted like
a flash of lightning to the rolling pin,
and her lips framed that significant
word, "Git" In another second Dick
Townley, the private, would have mt
with an impressive reception had not
he darted back in alarm
'sHold hard there, madam - he cried
in alarm. ''It's not Puddinghead-I
mean the inspector. The devil" lie
said to himself. What an old firebrand
it is, to be sure!"
sob, it is you, is it? Entrez, cried
old Jeanette, with an apologetic smile
upon. her face. tsWhy did not you say
who you were at first? It would havo
been matter of regret with me if had
caused the death of one SO young. =
The youth looked sheepishly upon the
face of Mare, who was sitting with her
head slightly thrown back and evident
ly much amused Indeed, it won Id have
been difficult matter for any one to
have refrained from laughing at the
sight of the young troopers evident
alarm on his catching glimpse of that
uplifted arm and rolling pin.
Indeed, madam, = said the polite
and talkatiye youth in answer to Jean
nette, II was not aware that your per
sonal animus to my superior officer was
to take such practical and forcible ex-
preston. He paused, shut the door be-
hind him carefully as if to prevent the
sound of their voices from reaching the
other room, and, with an expressive
grin upon his face, continued in a some
what lower voice: And hope you
will let him have it good and hard when
you do give it him. I can assure you
it's the only way that any expression of
an absence of sympathy with his style
will ever be brought home to him. +"
He paused again, then said, as if it
had only suggested itself to him: But
if you We got any oak or pine use that
cottonwood is too soft and would male
no impression. You see, it's difficult to
believe how thick that man s skull is Z
And now he seemed somewhat diff
dent, and his eyes wandered round the
room. Then, as if he had found what re
wanted, he caught up the two empty
buckets and hurried out again.
ssGood boy: gone to fetch some wa
ter, = explained Seannette
What a nice face, and what bean
tiful curly head Of hair he has, saia
the girl abstractedly She was in dan,
Morris tribune., 1895-10-23

heard the girl give utterance TO, ne nau
resolved to cultivate her acquaintance
Being only human, and not wanting in
worldly wisdom, he had refrained from
openly expressing his admiration Of her,
in case his superior might take it into
his head to step in before him and spoil
projected and agreeable Irritation. 1t
was, therefore, witla not a little surprise
he heard his usually reticent comrade
ask him for his opinion Of the girl. The
ingenious youth felt fattered and re-
piled with an air of superior knowledge
Of the subject in question:
"Well, Yorke, he said, since you've
asked me for my opinion I'll give it
you believe that girls brick, reg
ular little brick, and as good as she's
good looking. I don't mean to say,
either, that she's one of your milk and
water sort, because believe she's just
as fond of lark as any other girl But
where and how she has picked up her
manners and style gets over me. Why,
she would pass muster as lady any
day. would not be surprised II there
was drop of good blood in her. She
talks beautifully and from her hands
and feet to her teeth and eyes there is
not one faulty point about her. So far
as dress goes, though she is simplicity
itself in those dainty little white col
lars and cuffs of hers, there are infinite
possibilities. To use rather hackneyed
phrase, she is "a prairie rose. But the
flowers that bloom in the spring. ira la,
have nothing to do with the case. -
And as if to divert attention from his
rather eulogistic and somewhat ran
Morris tribune., 1895-10-23

look up that bag Of Indian medicinal
roots and herbs which she resorted to
in cases of emergency, and would prob
ably find some potent medicine which
would counterfeit and arrest the progress
of the disease, for such she regarded it.
So far as the youthful member of the
police force himself was concerned, who
had been the innocent cause of all the
trouble, he was the least concerned of
the three. 1t would have rather sur
prised the two women and added to
their peace of mind could they have
known that this not so bashful as be
appeared to be young man was in no
way shocked by the unblushing declara-
ton of poor Marie. For had he not in
his time been in the company of jolly,
light hearted and perhaps not a little
mischievously inclined English girls,
who had not only threatened to kiss
him (not under the mistletoe either,
but had actually done it too?
And he had not thought much about
it either, for he had been one of those
enviable ones who, for certain reasons
being made much of, grow accustomed
to attentions that would turn the heads
of less favored individuals, and who
even come to look upon such attentions
as theirs by natural right. Therefore
the diffidence of this ingenious youth
was indeed refreshing thing and of
ten surprised the unsophisticated But
his halcyon days in the old country had
been all too brief, for, like many more
younger sons of younger sons, he had
been packed off to Manitoba to learn
farming. There, finding the task of ex
postulating with perverse oxen and milk
ing deceitful cows hardly the idyllic
and congenial employment he had i'm
agined it to be, he had, like many more
of his kind drifted into the ranks of
the Northwest mounted police, there to
moralize with kindred spirits over joys
departed never to return.
And now, as he went to the covered
we'll, he bowed his head to the icy
blast. ''By Jove, he said to himself,
twho would have dreamed of seeing a
girl like that in this God forsaken pal t
of the world? But she's only like all
the rest Of them The girl who looks as
if she were thinking of heaven all the
time, and who you think only requires
a pair Of W .ngs to make her an anger,
is probably thinking of nothing higher
than mans gullibility and wondering
if the right chap will have sand enough
to come forward at the right time. But
TIL have that kiss yet in spite of the
old lady. "
But he did not have that kiss
Morris tribune., 1895-10-23


gerous mood now, for it is remarkable
psychological paradox that it is often
the most likely and the soberest indi-
viduals who on occasions do and say
the maddest and most incomprehensibl
things sBut he seems rather self con-
scious, she continued, land as if Re
were almost afraid of girl. / wonder
if he has ever kissed one. Jeanette,
you won t look, will you, if I kiss him
'sPardonnez moi, Jeanette. Do, like
a good soul, go into the next room for
only half minute and just give her a
chance =
And to the horror and confusion Of
poor Marie the youthful trooper, VINO
had been in the passage all the time
pulling on his mitts, again put his
head into the room and smiled in a
fashion that was hardly in accordance
with the diffidence with which he was
accredited. Marie fairly put her hands
up to hide her face, which, Judging
from the color that had mounted into
her beautiful throat and neck, must
have been of telltale crimson She had
never before in her life made such a
bold speech, and it seemed to her inno-
cent mind as if it were special dispen-
sation of Providence that she should be
caught in the very act Of making it and
covered with confusion.
. As for Jeanette, her suspicious were
confirmed. Her dear and modest mis-
tress had contracted that mysterious
disease which she had seen in another
form compel highborn DANES to throw
about china ornaments, to use absurd
and incomprehensible language and
generally misconduct themselves. To
think that this poor girl, whom she had
hardly ever before heard mention the
name Of man, should actually talk
about forcibly kissing one was some
thing that almost took away her breath.
Or could it be that her knowledge of
the double risk and danger her father
ran just then had temporarily unhinged
her reason? She - Leannette - would