SAVOIR VIVRE.
Sir,—lf I atone in brevity for the trespass may I draw on your paticnce for a tew words further on the subject of the above qualification. I take it (although he does not make, it clear) that "Tit for Tat's" principal dubiety springs from my use of the term "jumped-ups" when discussing the converso. To step out of the immediate question in-search of a parallel illustration, I sat, when riding in a tram the other day, while a lady stood. Of course there were circumstances which brevity will not allow. the narration of, but other circumstances might have been present which would have impelled me to offer my seat to the lady. In the first cass it would have been "mannerism," in tlio second "manners," to have dono so. To such fineness as this is the line of delimitation drawn between savoir vivre and vulgarity, and your correspondent will have to master its intricacies to appreciate its advantages. As for the Citizens' League, I foretold inevitable success about the strike and my forecast of the league' 6 fate will be equally true. With such sureness of aim' no wonder by letters hurt.—l am, etc., HENRY BODLEY. February 10, 1912.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1366, 17 February 1912, Page 9
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201SAVOIR VIVRE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1366, 17 February 1912, Page 9
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