LESSONS IN ETIQUETTE.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 344, 4 November 1879, Page 3

LESSONS IN ETIQUETTE.

We have beeS:, prof6undly interested in a work that has just been sent us, the author whereof, Professor B. F. Fanning, aims to give to the world easy lessons in etiquette for gentlemen. It is a useful work. Among other .things, the professor says a gentleman "never fjiils tn lift his kafc to a minister of the gospel." Possibly, but the minister v.-ouUl a great deal rather see the gen tlein an ;lift his p<?'-v, rent.. ■'.[) • '■'Xo gentleman/ , 'j;saye./thje, professor, " ever gives a liiJHiary salute to a lady." Welt, hardly, we should say he wouldn't. The military salute varies from a simple graceful wave of tlie hand to three ruffles oil tli«j druia'.s coJortj, trumpets sounding tlie flourish and nrms presented, and so on up to the President, who is entitled to a salute of twenty-one guns and " the highest honors — all.Rtandards of colors dropping, officers and troops- saluting, drums beating and tminpets ' sounding." Now, if the tie men of: A'.iierica'got into the habit cf raising such a racket as that every time tkey met ?, lady, \i would be rather more startling than'si-chronic Fourth of July, Professor Fanning iscorrect. This sort of thinjr wants to be discouraged. " When calling on a new lady acquaintance, the li.'it should be taken to the parlour and held in the hand."

This is OM'j of the best instructions in ih& oook. u'hcii you don't know all about 1110 lidy a".d h'.-r family, young man, freeze to your lift till the time. We once knew a yuU'ig ]r •!«' wlio kept her father and four li other 3 "'" !'k;c new stylish hats all the H), by L ;i -«ply instructing the servant to fcki;i tht 1 >'i-ir.c-k every time a young man ■with a gid<ly liat fresh enough to lr-ve lii.-h':t in the hall. We'll bet a dollar j— Fanning has been there 1111 iscii. Ai'il tlien, heside, a "ping" hat is bl ; c h ; c^ , lLbitVole thing to hold in one's band. \v T l! mi yon can't think of anything <■- say. ■> .-in cj.n '■troke tire hat the wrong t y* xcrt yonr, energies during ■ :ie r. -■• visit to getting it- smooth again. An : d then, if occasron demands, you «an use it^sacuspadore.

" A gentleman," says the professor, with becoming severity, '{never dances, with his

overcoat on." And we may add, that - he hardly ever dances, iwith -his overshoes- on, -and. the inbtance?. in thu ,be,st' society,' in" which,a* gentleman has danced through an entire &et with'liis ulster drawn closely over'his ■lieurl, 'his , trousers shifted in the legs of liia Indiarubber hunting boots, and.an umbrella, .over- his head,-are rare, indeeH. Society l cannot' feei tdo 'grateful to the professor fur mentioning-this little matter .of-etiquette ,-.., - ... - -- , ; "A gentleman; , ';continu6kihe professor,

gipyes." ....,,; . ~, . , Tliis; is J solemn> sober, earnest, inspired truth. When youjneeta—a person anywhere,. in ; the street, in, .the cellar,; at the lunch-stand, in. ewijnming, in and. you see he wears no gloves, shun that person. He is no gentleman. Professor' Fanning' says so, and Professor Fanning knows.; Why, a real gentleman wear's gloves when he washes his liands and when he trims hib nails/ '. ':. ir. ■ .■ . .' .; ■; . '■' ■ " Always," insists the professor, ": offer your liaricl to a lady with the back of the hand downy' \: ': '.'- ::::■:;.■>'■■■ y■' ■ : If ypu don't bejieve this, try pfferiug the. hand t-o a lady with the back of itup.' : T.he ! lady:wilT iinmediateiykick the stuffing but of yon.- :.: ■• ': ■.'. ■■; : '' ■ . ;■; ; : ' ; '-. : ' " TJse:the : firjgj3rs,"repnarks the professor, " with grace and delicacy," ; . : Yes, try' scratching your head with them for practice. . When you are able to do that gracefully and. delicately, you can let your fingers go .their own ways at their own sweet will. They will have attained the perfection of grace anddelicacy.—Burlington Hawk-Eye Man. ~,,,...