Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-10-10
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YOUNG MAN or THE PERIOD.

YOUNG MAN or THE PeRIOO.
He Needs n Sharp :. sson to Improve
His Manners.
It il obviously absurd to discuss
what does not exist, and therefore
those who have anything to say on
the subject of mems manners had
better say it mt orce, for if n'tters
progress at their present rate men
will soon have 10 manners at all
Every century has its diatribists--if
the uncouth word may be allowed
and ours is no exception to the rule
Mis-. Lynn Linton, Ladye Jeuno,
Oui,la, Lady Cook ard others have
at all times expressed themselves
against the OWLS and follies of socie-
ty, but society does not seem to I'M.
provo, and Lord Meath's "Nino-
teenth Century utterance is not
bit too strong. Manners are dying
out, especially among men, and it
really seens rs if gentlemen would
soon DO u thing of the past. 1t is
high timo that the young men OF
London were b ought to their bear.
ings, and it is only the women who
can teach them the lesson that they
need. 1t is almost incredible the
lengths to which the young male Of
tho present day will go in bad man.
nerS.
In the first place, he has practical
ly ceased to answer invitations. So
general has this practice become
that hcstesscs always reckon upon it
whom giving q ball. A very well
known woman Of the world recently
sent ont carls for a dance She ask
eli 80 wcme " and 600 mon. About 80
of tho G0Olad the decenoy to let her
know Wheeler they intended to &C.
cept her hospitality or not. OF the
remaining $40 some came and some
staid away Yet the legend r. s.
V. P. was in tho corner of every
card
A great many men who wrongly
imagine themselves to be gentle.
men, when they receive card for
ball, don t reply to it, but when the
night of it arrives they 60 to the
house IL little after ~, deposit their
coats and lintsand make straight tor
the supper room. There they squat
down, cat and drink till they are
satisfied, and, having done so. dc.
part without paying even momen.
tary visit to the ballroom or having
the dccency to greet their host and
hostess. In fact, they use private
house merely ns an eating house and
60 to it only for the practical pur-
pose of gorging.
To many this statement will seem
we'll nigh incredible. 1t is perfectly
true, nevertheless, and dozens of
hostesses could bear witness to it.
When men do condescend to shake
hands with their entertainers and
"show" in the ballroom. they very
often refuse to dance and absolutely
decline to Le introduced to any girls
who want partners. They are there
fore only in tho way and deserve to
be carted incontinently into tho
street without further parley. Their
fatuous faces slay enjoyment in 9th.
ers. They squeeze round the doors,
making entrance and egress almost
impossible, and their long limbed
lassitudo is q standing insult to the
girls who come to ball to dance,
and not to make themselves ridicu.
lous by vanity and offensive by i'll
breeding. wonder that hostesses
have tolerated the airs and graces of
these deplora BILE degenerates so long.
Every ono complains of them, but
everybody seems afraid of them.
Why? A sharp lesson would do them
all the good in tho world. Some
woman in authority, some leader of
society, s!ionld decline to admit to
her house those who have not replied
to her invit"tons and express herself
frankly to tho men who come and
refuse, wi'l contempt, to either
dance or & A,rt A few hold words
would Il ii. no air and bring these
imuortinerr and badly behaved wi.
garians tn u moro reasonable and
more desira hle frame of mind. Lon
don Gentleman.