The sun., 1905-08-13
ETIQUETTE OF THE PIAZZA.
A DRACONIAN CODE ENFORCED AT
SUMNER RESORTS.

A DRACONIAN CODE ENFORCED AT ?
SUMNER RESORTS.
II Relates More to the Chair One May Occupy
Than 70 the Part OF tho Piazza Whers
Ono May eit-Examples OF the Punishs
ment inflicted On Those VINO Violate II.
The etiquette Of the summer resort piazza
IL complicated. but important. Boarding
houses have been thrown into anarchy
by a failure to observe it's rules. Hotels
have almost been forced to close by tho :
same cause. IF
Tho space occupied on the piazza mover
sives rise to tho same III feeling "a tho
appropriation Of chairs that may be the
property Of some particular person. 1t
may be that this person has merely es-
tablished . right by prior possessionl
but she Will never allow anybody else to
get into her chair without proclaiming her
aeht In some Of the many ways known
to womanidnd. r..,t ~
The msuspecing stranger takes seat
on tho piazza after breakfast and begtns to !!
read h!s newspaper. There are many a
vacant chairs about him. s! '5.ito
At tho other end Of the piaxza dit q group
Of women. Enter to this group a stout
lady holding q newspaper and waiting to !.
cit down and read it. But she remains q
standing in a dignified and rather injured +
manner. -'
wont you sit down, Mrs. Broadrib3'
asks one Of the women. -
The stran gerslooks about him; secs all
the empty chairs and starts on another
page Of his paper. : 7@'F-
There is no CHAIR she answers in the
resigned tone Of an early martyr. =" ia
The stranger reads on. The lady remains "
standing, holding on to her newspaper Hs =
II she would like to read 1t II she could only .
nnd Q place In which to rest her weary q
bones.
The other women In the group under
stand the situation Immediately and keep
silent, hoping that the rash intruding fool
may suffer his deserved fate. But ono
little woman who only arrived the day
before pipes up in the hope OF making q
sWhy, here is q chair And let me get
YOU one o those. There are lots Of them
here
The stout lady stares at her in astonish-
ment. The little woman trembles at he
thunder Of her tones when she hears her
next speech.
sThere are plenty Of chairs" she says.
sbut only one l can sit in comfortably.
I've been using that chair ever since l came
heTrst st. nine r years az ,bIs aEo sentonc. resobe.
the stranger with the emphasis Of mega
Phone. He holds up the newspaper before
Ills face and retreats to the middle OF q
Ave acre lot across the road where he can
read in silence.
comes to a strange place would know
enough not to take other peoples seats9'
murm,,red woman who sat with her back q
to the railing embrodering dolly.
course, for the stranger, to take a seat in =,
the historic chair OF the older boarder.
But there was an extenuating fact in his
favor which the High Court OF Piazza Awards
would have been compelled to take cogniz..
some kind on the chair. 1t could have been
tackled on the back, it could have been
painted on, or in the case Of a canvas chair,
as the we'll known case OF Smith va. Smith q
held (volume 81 OF the Court OF Piazza
the stranger on his guard and make him
liable to DAMAGES.
The value Of the name conspicuously
displayed on the chair Is shown by on in
stance that happened on another piazza;
Another stranger hos taken seat on the
piazza. The lady who owns the chair
appears. She glares at the interloper.
stares in. distress at the group OF women
on the piazza and indicates that her chair
has been taken. They all know that her
sSit down, Mrs Jones' one says, with
both feet on the name. DO sit down.
where is your cbair?r one asks 1T 10
marked with your name"
Then for the first time the stranger real
ICES that the air Is charged with electric
currents. He grows uneasy, but does not
sYes,. Mrs. Jones answers. taking hand
in the recovery Of her preempted property.
II don't see how anybody could mistake
nv chair. It has large u In the middle
OF the back and one on each arm, 1t Is
the only chair can sit In comfortably and
I had II made to order"
The stranger glances down at the arm
OF his chair. On each arm Ia a large ~.
He is going to stay In that house for a month
and he does not want to commit social
hara-kiri the first day.
So he takes the chair up to Mrs. j.; who
stands upright in the middle Of the piazza,
bridling like wet hen.
Il am afraid I took your chair without
knowing it," he says very .graciousy.
. But hope you will let me put 1t wherever
Il will be most comfortable"
Mrs j. beams and the rest OF the piazza
torgives the new arrival That night be-
fore dinner Mrs J. introduces her daughter
to him.
From such violations OF the etiquette Of
the pias "a do satisfactory compromises
often come In such case there is no
need for appeal to the usual tribunal.