New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-18

what concerneth familiar friends amongst
them the custome doth comport In certain
places that thev (Thou) one another more
freely in other places ones more reserved
Did little Francis tutoyer his readers. one might
inquire. the ground of being much more
aged than they?
His announcement would be more interesting
still we're it more definite for a hedging timidIty
characterizes our boy. Witness this amusing
instance: Suck no bones at least in such wise
that one may hear it; take them not with two
hands but with one solely and properly. Gnaw
them not. nor tear the flesh with my teeth put
make use of thy knife holding then win one
hand or rather with two fingers as nigh as thou
canst Knock bones upon thy trehcner 10
get out the marrow of them. put get OUT me
marrow with knife: to speak better !, Is the
cOnsel Of the most wise, tllat IL Is no' III ~
handle bones and much less to mouth them
The "consel of the most wise IS evidently
quoted as an ideal ''cOnsel. scarcely yet "lthh
the sphere of practical poteness go
Etiuuette books of every age expand WIN
dinner and become rampant over the rltual OF
the table No less Youths Behaviour, when
in its sketch of company manners as they
should he gives U.S. by implication, rather "A
painful insight into company manners as they
we're The dining Engshman OF the period was
Johnson atc-strenuously, hotly. with ayidity.
This "becometh not" and must gently DE re-
formed. one ought sometimes 10 look OH tle
meat. yet without wishly looking on the meat
which is before others Food seems 10 nave
been served very inconvenenty for despatch
and with paucty Of plates. hence such efnDar
easements as the following c0unsel pruVlurS
against: zone ought not to cast under the IaDie
bones parngs wine or such like things. not
withstanding If one be constrained 70 SPIT SoHt-
thing which was hard to chew or which causcth
rksomeness. then may ore throw it dexterouSy
forth upon the ground II it be liquid thing.
one may more freely spit 1t on the ground,
turning oneself if it be possible somewhat
aside" How did the newly manufacturer Eng
sh Beauvais carpets fare on these occasions!
In laying down Hawkinss youths Behav-
Jour to take up Codrngtons feminine supple
mcnt 0st ed. 1GjD we make poor exchange.
except in far the latter digs a mine INTO
the occupations and ideas "SOrtable to young
gentewomen Of the Caroline period. The de-
scripton given Of their various pursuits may
strike sketchy and slight. but we must
remember that it is a mere man who writes.
How can a he-thing treat "True-Stitch. Queen
stitch Rock-work. Frost work, and Mosse-
work with adequate amplitude? ON the other
hand. all of the passed master in Puritanism
is in the following: ITO entertain young Gen
tlewomen in their hours of Recreation we shall
commend unto them Gods Revenge against
Murther and Artemidorus his Interpretation Of
Dreams" OF these two works it is not difficult
to guess which would be more asked for
among the young maids themselves.
When Robert COdringtOn treats of women in
general he is comparatively Disappointing
Perhaps he not a married man. or if mar
ried too discreet to draw upon his private ex.
perences That husbands and wives were pretty
much then what they are now let a last digres-
sion illustrate. 1t is taken from the recently
edited letters Of Endymion Porter. who, on
some 'cmergent' occasion. writes to his wife as
follows:
II will ever cndeavOr to let you see that | es
TEEN you above all earthly things. but still shall
wish that you would know | must govern you
and not you me-
a dignled and becoming assertion. every
husband will agree. Then week passes. and
once more Mrs porter's lord and master takes
up his pen.
My dear Olive: | received the answer Of my
letter and perceive by it that | must put off my
hat first. Your will he DONE sweetheart for
fhpTWiSp la an
As II vas in the begnnnG,-