The record-union., 1896-03-29

Invitations should be either accepted
or declined promptly. If accepted, ar
rive in time, and at the expiration of the
visit depart, unless you are requested
TO prolong your stay.
Be stone blind deaf and dumb to all
family matters of an unpleasant nature
In household. Be punctual at meals.
To be late is disrespect to your host
ess-bad form for yourself.
Never interfere with interiors when
visiting. 1t is a breach of good man
ners.
To be constantly correcting your host
ess' children will in time make you an
Objectionable visitor. Mothers resent
this.
Always express a willingness to re-
tire at the family bedtime. In your own
room you can remain up as long as you
choose.
All visitors should recollect that the
evenings belong to their host and host
ess, and they are expected to add to
their enjoyment.
Never take novels or magazines from
the bookroom unless permission is
asked. When finished return them to
their shelves.
To ask questions of a private nature
is very bad form.
Recollect the hosts chair and the
hosts desks is not to be invaded.
Don't monopolize conversation at
meals. A continual talker is a bore.
To leave hats, coats, umbrellas and
the like in the best room is an unpar
donable offense.
If a pleasure is proposed accept it.
You are expected to be entertained.
Be agreeable to all guests, whether
you like them or not.
To crtticise other peoples houses,
other peoples tables, other peoples
children is very bad form.
Always ask your hostess what are
her plans for the day, and abide by
them.
Absent yourself some hours in the
morning, so that the mistress of the
house will have a chance to settle her
affairs. This sort of consideration is
appreciated.
Three things are necessary for the
visitor who knows the usages of good
society: To have her own writing matte
rials, that all letters should be ready
when the time comes to collect them,
and to pay her own postage.
Don't forget to carry with you ex-
ira toilet accessories. Your hostess is
on hand for all her guests.
It is bad form to lounge on sofas all
times in the day, reading novels and
taking no interest in those around you.
You are a visitor and formahty should
be observed. Beside, you are expected
to be entertaining.
Keep your own room neat. Disorder is
most trying to the maid, who will COM
plain of it. The carelessness Of Wis
itor very often has ruined many fine
piece of furniture.
Don't f1atter your hostess's husband.
It is not in good taste. Wives object
to this.
Never refuse the church and its serv
ices. To decline shows you are a per-
son lacking good manners.
Accept no invitations unless your
hostess is consulted. And if she is not
invited decline them
Recollect that the amenities of life
are many But by abiding by them you
are saved many trials, many annoy
ances.
An exchange tells a charming story
of man who went to sleep the other
day and dreamed that he was in a city
governed by women. It was scrupulous-
" clean and while walking around he
saw three men arrested for splitting on
the pavements. A garbage barrel at the
rear of each lot was hand-painted and
tied with blue ribbon. Mail boxes were
doctored with drawn work throws, and
the fireplugs had cushioned seats on
top of them. Sweet pea vines were
climbing over the electric light poles
and a hand-painted cuspidor occupied
q prominent place on every corner.
There was no business, not team be-
ing allowed to pass up and down the
main street for fear of making dust.
The town was deserted, save for the
police-women, who marched up and
down to see that no one with dusty
shoes stepped into town. During the
dream a man was hanged in the sub
urbs for being out with the boys the
night before.
When the Marlborough -Churchills be-
gin to patronize the new American
Duchess she can tell them she has a
trihe of blood something bluer than
their own. The first famous Churchill
John. Duke of Marlborough, General
by grace of Queen Anne's friendship
for his energetic Sarah, though a fine
soldierly and miserly figure of a. man,
is not to be set over against the Earl
of Stirling, who is Duchess Consuelo's
grandfather a good many times re-
moved. 1t was this Earl of Strings
daughter, the Lady Margaret, who ran
. away TO America with her new husband,
DR. Murray Forbes, whom she had mar
ried in spite of the Earl. From her
marriage came sons and daughters,
and later a great grandson, Murray
Forbes Smith, who is grandfather to
the bride of the latter-day Churchill
''Strange what awful takers some
men are"
mot at all. They have inherited their
mother tongue"-Chicago Record.
Tt is not generally known that En-
press Eugene was partly an Irish
woman. Yet upon one side she was de-
scended from an Irish soldier of fortune
there were any amount of them-who
made a name and place for himself in
the interminable Spanish wars. When
there was talk of her marrying the EN-
peror Napoleon, some of the old nobil-
ity sneered at her pedigree. Then came
heralds tracing out Irish blood lines
until the French authorities in disgust
conceded that Eugene was descended
from all the royalties of Ireland back
to Brian Boru. "