Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel], May 13, 1906, Image 41

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SOME COMMON
BREACHES OF ETIQUETTE
TJT'.p T is surprising how many people— well
J[ born and ' presumably well bred— are
~*™j« guilty of the most flagrant breaches
isJv-Mr of good manners time lifter time, ami
it is still more surprising how many
mistaken ideas of etiquette have gained currency
among people, who, while not "in society"— as
the phrase goes — certainly ought to know better.
For instance, there is, the question of who
x should precede when entering a restaurant,
church or theatre, a girl or her escort. "The
woman should enter first undoubtedly," insists
one. "Not at all," snaps someone else — "the man
always goes first to find the seat." .
. They are both right and they are both wrong.
Circumstance is the sole guide to the etiquette
of the individual case. I have seen a girl advanc
ing up a restaurant casting glances from one side
to the other as she looked for a seat, her escort
meanwhile sauntering at leisure behind her. On
Babyhood
Wl HEN a baby is born in Guinea all sorts
of funny things happen to it. Its moth
ss =5 er buries it in the sand up to its waist,
gfcanl so it cannot get into bud mischief, and
this is the onty cradle it knows any
thing about.
■ The little Lapp infant is cradled in a shoe— his
mother's. This is a big affair, covered with skin
and stuffed with soft mosa. This can be hung
on a, tree or covered up with snow, while mamma
goes to church or any place where babies are not
invited. .
The baby of India rides in a basket which
hangs from its mother's head, or from her hip,
or in a hammock. In some parts the baby's nose
is adorned with a nose ring, and in others its
face is wrapped in a veil, like its mother. '
The Chinese baby is tied to the back of an old
er child.
The Mongolian infants travel about in bags
slung on, a camel's back.
In some countries the mothers lay their babies
where a stream of water falls on their heads.
This is to make them tough, which it does, unless
the babies die as a- result of this treatment.
Another mother covers her baby's head with
paste, while the Tartar baby is covered with but
ter. The Turkish baby is salted, while the worst
fate of all falls to the lot of the newly-born chil
dren in Bulgaria. Their mothers put a hot ome
lette on the little one's heads, to make them sol
id and protect them from Niinstroke. The Bul
garian baby doesn't like it, and he makes a great
howl about it, but it is not a bit of use. His
mother thinks she knows better about some
things than he does, bo he has to submit, which
he does. with a very bad grace indeed.
Show This to Your Boss
HULKS FOR EMPLOYERS:
Never raise the wages of your clerks. It is
likely to give them swelled head.
Dock your clerks' pay when they arc late in
getting to business, and then nek them to stay
after six for nothing. This brings you into close
personal relations with them. ,
Never recognize any of your clerks in the street.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Never thank an employe for anything he does.
He will think he lias done more than he was
paid for. i
Never tell your employes ' that you want them
to look miiiit. That gives them ah excuse for
wanting more money.
RULES FOR EMPLOYED:
I ■ Aek for a rise every week. Men are largely
judged by the value they put on themselves.
]*t your employer see that your mind is not
centred- on' business. He will then raise your
salary in order to increase your interest in the
work.
Chat pleasantly with your fellow-workers while
customers are waiting! This will give your house
an air of independence that will be sure to at
tract trade. ■ . ' .
Delay your customers as much as possible while
awaiting change. This will have a tendency to
keep large crowds in the shop, and make it look
more business-like. •*v ■
Correct Diagnosis
Farmer, to Editor—What ails my hens?. I find
two or three on their backs every morning, never
to. rite i again.
Editor->¥i>ur hens are dead.
the other hand, I have 6een ushere, both in the
theatre and at church, gravely bowing the man
into the seat while the girl whom he presum
ably escorted, followed humbly in the rear.
The general rule, however, is as follows: If
waiters or ushers are at hand, ready to show the
way to a seat the woman must enter first. If, on
the contrary, no one is to be seen to lead the way,
then the nson must enter first, walking slowly,
not too far in advance of the woman he is escort
ing,. but it must be obvious that the "hunting
seats" is being done by him and not by her.
Talking of churches, you often pee the occu
pant of the end of a pew next the aisle putting
his own collection into the plate before passing
it on. This is quite wrong; he should pass it first
and add his own contribution last.
Again, take the question of "seeing a friend to
the door." I know one woman of exceedingly
modest menage who labors under the delusion
that her growing social importance demands that
her goodbyes must be said in her parlor, even if
the has no' other guest at the time! Both com
mon sense and courtesy surely demand that the
solitary, guest should be escorted to the door by
her hostess— and even to the front gate if there
be one. A large establishment with servants
waiting in the hall— a drawing room full of guests,
or a man caller— make it right for the hostess
to remain in the drawing room, but in the ab
sence .of these conditions she must assuredly es
CHESS AND CHECKERS
PROBLEM
By T. Tavener.
Black.
White.
White to play and mate, in two movea.
White 11 pieces.
. Black 10 pieces.
PROBLEM „.'■■
A problem by the great Danish composer, Rev.
J. Jcspersen.
White. • . -,; . >
White to play and mate in three moves.
- White U pieces.
Black 0 pieces. .-X
'Here li a very interesting game played recently
between the great Hungarian master, Marorry,
and Martinez, on* of America* beet player*. The
ending i* especially well played by Mr. Martinez,
cort her guest herself, if she has no daughters to
do it for her.' •: • ■• ,
I once heard a man criticised because lie was
sufficiently courteous to pull out his fellow
boarder's chair at tnfcje before she sat down and
later help her on with her coat — this without pre
vious acquaintance except, the usual conversation
and courtesies of a small boarding house table of
six. Of, course he wan right — and showed riot
only his good breeding but his knowledge of the
world. It is only the man who cannot be cour
teous without being familiar, who cannot help
a woman with her coat without giving a sugges
tion of "tucking" her into it — it is only this kind
of a man who need fear a snub on such an oc
casion from a well-bred woman.
In answer to ' the every day apology, "I beg
who certainly deserves the highest praise for be
ing able to draw against so distinguished a mas
ter—viM a pawn behind at that. .
WWllii. J5.LiAL.ri.
Martinez.' Alaroczy.
1. P-Q 4 1. P-Q 4
2. P-Q B 4 2. P-K 3
3. Kt-QB3' 3. Kt-KB3
4. B-Kt 5 4. B-K 2
5. P-K 3 5. Q Kt-Q 2
6. Kt-B 3' • 6. Castles
7. B-Q3 7. PxP
8. B x P 8. P-Q R 3
9. Castles O. P-QKt4
10. B-Q 3 10. B-Kt 2
11. R-B 11. P-B 4
12. B-Kt. 12. R-B
13. Kt-K 2 13. Q-Kt 3
Ttie Land That Is Free of Microbes
. I TRAVELER eat in the moonlight on
J^ the lawn of a Florida resort. He had
i dined well, his coffee was on a little
tffffijffi table at his elbow, and his ei|?ar per
fumed the soft; mild air of the Febru
ary evening with the aroma of excel
lent tobacco.
Near the traveler some young ladies, slim and
graceful tigures in their white gowns, played
clock golf under a great arch of electric lights.
Amid this charming scene the traveler talked
ah- I .* the coming summer.
I'liis is all right," he said, "but give me Zer
malt. That is where I am going to spend the
summer. I will spend the summer 8000 feet
up in the air. .';•,:•/;
"No man knows what a summer is till he has
passed one high up on the mountains. July and
Handing a Mirror
t" TtV *^ c m '^ ror be. intended mainly for
I I decorative purposes, take care to hang
A.,.. it where it will reflect something
SEffiffi, wbich will add to the good appearance
of the room. Sometimes it is a good
plan to reflect a window with the view beyond,
sometimes one prefers to reflect the open door
to another room or a conservatory, but in 'either
cahii v feeling of space is gained, and though it
is only an illusion, it is one which is well worth
striving after. Whatever' tho purpose of the
mirror, one point muft always be remembered,
and that is, never , to hang it where the sun's
rays will fall upon it, .Light and heat produce
a chemical disintegration of the . quivkiilver at
the buck of the glass, which makes it dull, and
injures its reflecting power.
your pardon" — many persons are wont to reply
"certainly"— or more vaguely "not at all." Both
answers are out of place-^-the first, because it im
plies that pardon was nceded;*the second—be
cause it means absolutely nothing. "Don't men
tion it" is the proper answer, although punctilli
ous people are still heard to reply in courteous
tones "The fault was mine." i '
If you do not hear aright a question asked you,
do not ask "What is it?" Say, 'Excuse me?"
Or, colloquially, "I did not catch that." If some
one comes to ask you something) never bluntly
demand "What do you want?" Rather say
"What can I do for you?" Do not say plain
"yes or no," nor embellish your conversation with
'yes sir" and "no ma'am." "Yes indeed," "no, I
think not" are preferable.
14. Kt-K 5 • 14. X R-K
15. Xt-Xt 3 15. Kt-B
10. KxKt 16/Bxß'
17. Kt-R 5 17. B x Xt
18. P x B 18. Kt-Q
10. Q-Kt 4 • 19. Xt-Xt 3
20. P-K R 4 la) ; 20. Q-B2
21. P-B 4*. i j 21. H-Q7
23! Rx V R " i&QxR .
24. R-Q 24. QxKP (eh)
25. K-B 25. B-K 5
26. Bxß 26. Qxß
27. P-KKt3 27. P-B 5
28. Q-K2 " 28. QxQ(ch)
29 KxQ 21). Kt-K 2
30 R-Q 6 30. Kt-B 3
31.MKt4 31. Xt-Xt 5
32. K-Q 2 32. KtxP
August, spent at an altitude of 8000 or 10,000
feet, are two fleet months of heaven.
"How pure and delicate and sweet the summer
air is on those Alpine heights; how tonic, how
uplifting! And the sunshine, the mile-long
shadows of the mountains, the brilliance and big
ness of the stars, how amazingly beautiful they
are up there!
"Flies, gnats, mosquitoes? Not one. They
can't live no high up. They are never seen at
such a height from one year's end to another.
Microbes, disease microbes, don't exist up there
either. You can prove this with a piece of raw
meat. You can throw a piece of raw meat out
in the sun on an August afternoon, and, instead
of rotting, the meat will dry. At the month's
end it will be. sweet, wholesome, dried, beef.
"Nothing can rot, nothing can spoil on these
pure, clean heights. The microbes that cause
putrefaction are unknown there."
Remember Your Umbrella
_ V)ST umbrellas, forgotten umbrellas,"
| . said the lost-and-found clerk, "pay my
i nalary. We gcll all that are unclaimed,
jjjjwlHi you know, deriving from this odd
source $100 a month.
. "Nearly all lost umbrellas are left in
trains. There ia a thing to do with. an umbrella
on' entering a train, that will assure you of not
leaving it. I'll tell you what that thing is.
"When you lit down in the car, place the
umbrella on the outside, between yourself and
the aisle. Thus the umbrella is a fence. It
bars you in. When you jump up hastily to get
off at your station you fall over it. You can't
forget it, whether you > would or not.
"Remember— the umbrella on the outside, be
tween you and the aisle. Then it will never
be left behind."
Hospitality does not consist in' inveigling your
friends into your house and then making them beg
for ordinary comforts. Do not, for instance, ask
your guests if they would like hot water brought
to their rooms, or if they object to being put on
the fourth floor (the daughters of the house;com
placehtly occupying the lower rooms). . Have hot
water taken into the guest chamber as a matter
of course, and, if your daughter happens to oc
cupy the only spacious and convenient room in
the house — as is so often the case— have her va
cate in favor of your guest. These are the barest
elements of hospitality, but even these, alas, are
more often honored in the breach than in the ob
servance. A story is told of an old lady in
clined to be stingy, who was anxious to make a
great show of hospitality at a small! cost. In
33. R x R P 33. P-B 6 (eh)
34. Pip 34. KtxP
35. R-Kt « 35. PR 3
30. P-B 5 (b) 36. P x P '
37. P x P 37. Xt-Xt 8 (eh)
38. K-Q 3 38. R-B 6 (eh)
39. K-Q 4 39. R-B 5 (eh)
40. K-Q 3 40. RxP
41... P-K 0 41. PxP
42. PxP 42. R x Xt
43. R-Kt 8 (eh) 43. K-R 2
44. P-K 7 44. R-K4
45. P Queens 45. Rx Q
y. 46. RxR Drawn.
(a) The beginning of a very pretty : attack;
which ■would have proved successful but for the
accuracy and well timed defense of Black.
(b) Well played. Mr. .Martinez has a thorough
grasp of the situation, and sees that his I best
defense is to create a diversion in the centre. The
strength of White's King's Pawn enables him to
draw the game.
CHECKERS
The following game played in the Family Herald
and Weekly Star Correspondence Tourney pre
sents an original variation of the Dundee opening.
Black, Air. John Swift, of Nova Scotia; White,
Mr. M'Laughlin, Stratford, Ontario.
12-16; 24-20; 812; 28-24; 9-14; 22-17; 3-8;
20-22; 11-15; 20-11; 7-16; 24-20; 16-10; 23-16;
12-1U; 30-26; 5-9; 1713; 8-12;, 20-16; 14-18;
22-17; 1)14; 16-11; 12-16; 26-23; 19-20; 31-22;
18- 10; 32-28; 19-23; 27-24; 23-26; 13-0; 6-13;
24-10; 15-24; 22-6; 2-1); 17-10; 24-27; 21-17;
13-22; 25-18; drawn.
White.
Black to play and win.
measured, even tones she would ask her guest, j
"VVould you like a glass of wine?"— then— with /
brightening countenance— whisper confidentially. ';:■ *.
"Or would you rather not?" . It is safe to assume C^
that in nine cases out of ten the guests said they '</ ■
would "rather not." . •;•. ... ■■■"
Another breach of good manners is observed in w ;
houses where they announce, "We never entertain '
our guests, we leave them to 'entertain Hbem-^V
selves."' Quite apart from the fact that' this \ is ; „
often only too obvious to the guest, this species :
of host and hostess should remember that'ati.
least some means should be provided ■ whereby. ';-,'.'
the guests can entertain themselves. Turn your
guests loose in your library, let them go to their J.
rooms and write letters, permit them to visit sur-,", r .
rounding places of interest at their own sweet .
will. All this is is common sense— but defend us
from the hospitality which places us in a chair
adrift from friendly magarine or book, ahd.com-.
pels to listen to family gossip — which we cannot ■ :
understand— and domestic discussions into which . -
we cannot enter. • . .... ,'..,/
'In honor preferring one another"— that's : the
whole secret.
Indian Legend
T* jHERE are pretty . big mosquitoes in the
world, but if report be true they have
i,i greatly degenerated in Bize and strength
mIXM since the days when this lepmd was
believed by many tribes of Indians.'..' i;
The grandfather of all mosquitoes lived in the
neighborhood of Onondaga, N. Y. When he grew
hungry he would sally forth and eat an Indian
or two and pick his teeth with their ribs. '.The,
Indians had no arms that would prevail against
this monster, so they called upon the Holder 'of
Heavens to come down. Finding that . he had
met bis match in this person the mosquito flew;
away. He flew around the great lake, : turned
eastward, Bought help from the witches • that :
inhabited the Green lake, and had reached Lake '
Onondaga when his pursuer came up and killed
him.
As bis blood poured forth on the sand, each
drop became a smaller mosquito. They gathered
about the Holder of the Heavens and stung him
so cruelly that he half repented the service he
had rendered to the Indians.
The Tuscaroras say that two of the mosquitoes
stood on opposite sides of the Seneca River and,
slew all who passed. Hiawatha killed them.' • A
reservation stone marks the place where ■: the ;
Holder rested during his chase, and tracks were
until lately seen south of Syracuse alternated with
the footprints of the mosquito. These foot
prints were shaped like those of a bird, and were
twenty inches long. These marks were revered
by the Indians for many years.- •..-■', •
Almost a Catastrophe
She was seated in the gloaming, a happy smile
on her pretty, pensive face, when Ihe elderly
aunt entered. Then, as she looked upon the
kind old face, a feeling rushed upon her that- she
must share her wonderful news with somebody
she must let someone into the secret which till
then had been the sole possession of herself and
Harold. She sprang up and flung her arms about
her aunt's neck. ,
"Oh, auntie," she cried impulsively, "you do
love me, don't you? Kiss me, auntie, and tell
me you do — kiss me!"
But only an alarming trurgle came from the
old lady for a moment. Then she said, gaspinj
indignantly:
"Kiss you: if you ain't careful 111 shake- tho
life out of yon. You very nearly made me swal
low my teeth!" ''•'.• „:■■:-;,'
A Couple of Novelties
Replacing the chemisette, of the past eea*oi>!.
comes the Dicky, of lace or of tucked and;inser
tion-trimmed mull. It is very smart, and coven
the decolletage of waists. Cuffs, or undersleevc*
reaching to the elbow are made to wear with the
Dicky. Another novelty is the glove garter, 'n
pretty ruffle of lace and ribbon run on elastic and
slipped on . over the long gloves to keep them
smooth on the arm.
The New Cut
Forty out of fifty model dresses this spring have
the lining; waist and lining skirt cut separately
and joined together to give a princess foundation
on which to mount the outside. : Often the'out
side skirt and waist are made separately and- then
combined in princess or semi-empire style. .. The
advantage of this method is that tho waist 'and
skirt can b«f worked on by two sets of hands at
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