The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-05
ETIQUETTE.
A Metropolitan Society Expert Offers Some
Original Suggestions.


Original Suggestions.
Q. % / am 70 give my first dinner
party a week from next Tuesday. Please
tell me where / should be when the
guests arrive. CD Should ! shake hands
with the ladies'. and what should l do
with the gentlemen?
a. Cd You should make f. n point 20
be somewhere i'm the same police pre-
cinct when the guests arrive This Is real
~ imperative. 90 The parlOr is considered
by many hOstesses Of culture 10 be pre-
ferable to the ire escape. Receive the
ladies calmly DO not let them suspect
that tho last bout with your cook HAS
gone against you. Practice 20 odd mo-
monts a ripping. light-hoarted laugh. II
may prevent your guests from realizing
that your thoughts are Imprisoned IN
the oven with the biscuits. You may
shake hands with the guests from whom
You have borrowed the oyster forks ana
the after-dinner coffee spoons. They are
the only ones you really have 10 fear
Instead Of the conventional phrase, How
do you dO2' 80 glad to see you" used
in greeting the gentlemen you may sub
stitutc. whats yOursI' or SAY when.
You will lind that this method places
your gentlemen guests ~ their ease
speedily and sometimes permanently
-. - TT proper lot a gentleman guest
% lean over the table on his elbows
4. n is not considered quite good
form; yet il is more desirable TO have
tho gentleman guest lean over the table
on his elbows than slip under II on his
spinal column. 4 hostess Intuition should
tell her whether the guest is leaning on
the table from purely ill-bred careless.
ness or from a laudable ambition 20 take
observations and corral his thoughts.
q. I am expecting 20 attend a large
formal function next month. and I should
like 10 De Informed on the correct methods
Of announcing guests.
A. If you are a Tammany Alderman.
q megaph0ue should be used IN annOunc-
ing you. Plain. common citizens are an
nOunced usually By a truck driver. dis
guised as King George III
.. ! desire 10 become a h0usemald I'm
a private family. What are the duties.
and how should dress?
a. Your duties will consist principally
OF destroying the bric-a-brac. dainty bits
OF Dresden. and all valuable souvenirs
which YOU may have reason % suspect
your mistress especially prizes. Your ar
ternoon should be- devoted 10 the grOcer's
boy. and your evenings 70 the policeman.
For the house you should wear a pink
crepe de chine. with blue MORE yoke.
covered with duchesse lace and jabbots
OF the same lIce from yoke 10 hem For
the street a black broadcloth skirt or
even a tailOr-made gown, provided IL is
Offset with a dOuble-breastcd tsealskin
sacque. is appropriate ana stylish. Avoid
diamonds before breakfast
Cd How should Saratoga chips be eaten?
T. II proper to use your hands IA con-
veying them to the mouth? ~ How
should a hot baked potato be bandled2
a. The Saratoga chip should be con-
veyed 10 the mouth with monkey
wrench: the one from your bicycle tool
bag may suffice. once landed. II IS eaten
by opening and closing your mouth TO
the music OF n Hungarian orchestra. ~
The hot baked potato should be handled
with boxing gloves.
Q. How should a gentleman helD \ lady
INTO the cable car?
a. II the lady Is stout derrick can be-
used successfully. In ordinary cases ne
should hurl her down the aisle and then
speed for his life