AN UNWOMANLY RECOGNITION.
Englishwomen of the •world are falling into the lad habit of recognizing a gentleman by giving a pert nod with the head, instead of a slight bow with the head and shoulders. It appears that the Princess of Wales iias led the fair subjects of her husband's mother into this slovenly habit, without intending so io do, by a little trick she has of thus recognizing intimate friends whom she has seen once or twice before in the day. The practice, we are sorry to nay, is not unknown in JSew liork. It certainly is both " manuish and inelegant," altogether intolerant and not to be endured. Women who fall into it will have themselves alone to thank if it leads to their being nodded at in the same halfimpertinent fashion by men. It is not so many years ago that no gentleman would have dreamed of saluting every male acquaintance in this slap-dash and careless fashion. —New York World.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2960, 10 August 1878, Page 4
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162AN UNWOMANLY RECOGNITION. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2960, 10 August 1878, Page 4
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