The Washington times., 1936-09-04
Beatrice Fairfax Says Dancing Is Expression of Personality
Etiquette
Signature of
Widow

signature OF
Widow
ByMRSyCORNELTUS BEECKMAN
''Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
my daughter is divorced, and
wishes to take her maiden name
again. Will she be Mrs or will
she revert to Miss?
my other daughter is a widow.
Should she keep the same Sig
nature that she used when her
husband was living, using her
husbands given name, or should
she now use her own given name?
MOTHER"
If your daughter resumes her
maiden name, she calls herself
Miss Mary Smith.
Your widowed daughter uses ex-
actly the same forms Of name
and signature that she used when
her husband was living. That Is,
her visiting-card still reads Mrs.
John Alan Brown. And her sigma
ture to a business letter, or to any
other kind Of letter that demands
that she inform the reader OF her
formal name, is signed:
Yours very truly,
GRACE SMITH BROWN.
(Mrs. John Alan Brown
SIDEWALK COURTESY
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
81 wish that you would be kind
enough to settle a discussion.
"When one boy and two girls
are walking on the street, what
is the proper position for the
young man? I think that the
young man should be on the
outside and the two young ladies
on the inside. Am 1 right?
"What would be the position OF
two young men and one young
Lady?
"AIsO what would be the posi-
ton Of two young men and two
young ladies?
"H."
You are right. When two
women and a man are walking
on the street, the young man
walks on the side Of the pave
ment nearest the curb. He does
not, or should not, walk between
them.
When two men and one woman
are walking together. the woman
walks between the two men.
Two couples should not, ordi-
narily, walk four abreast, for this
is usually selfiShly taking up the
space on the pavement. so that
se.rsby are Inconvenience
The four should walk as two
couples, one behind the other.
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
I'VE have an invitation to at
tend an afternoon wedding. On
which side Of the church should
we be seated? We are well &C.
quainted with both the bride and
groom; however, the grOSrn Il q
very close friend.
"HOw soon before the hour
stated for the wedding should one
go to the church? an"
Since you are, apparently, es
pecially close friends of the
groom, you might sit on his side
Of the church, the right of the
aisle down which the wedding pro-
cession goes. An usher, as he comes
to you to escort you down the
aisle, will say, con which side
do you wish to sit?" And you
answer. ION the groom's side,
please"
"The early birds" catch the best
seats at wedding, the seats at
the ends Of the pews. These are
important positions, especially for
the women guests, and so, the
earlier you go, the better your
chances to get these seats.
You'll find some guests there
half hour before the wedding
hour; many will be there twenty
minutes before the hour.
WEDDING RECEPTION
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
"Please tell me what q man OF
woman should wear to a wedding
reception from Z to 9 in the eve
ming. / have a powder blue or
CANDY with navy dots that is
made shirt-waiSt style, with cir
cular skirt and a cape. 1t is ankle
length. Would that be all right!
Is it necessary for a man to veal
. tuxedo?
"HOw long does one stay at such
a wedding reception?
"What kind of gift would you
suggest for the couple to give
to the bride?
''WhOm should you thank, when
you are leaving?
CLARA"
What you wear at this wedding
reception depends on the Formally
of the wedding. And you can tel
the degree of formality by thu
kind of invitation that you re
ceived. If it is a formal invitation