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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1895)
f THE COURIER. .'or first I'd NOTES AND QUERIES Last week I was in Cambridge, Massachu setts, for a week. I had no friends or ac quaintances there but a yunng man, a student ia Harvard university. I had met him at a ball and afterwards he had called at my home. I wanted to send him my card but doubted if my acquaintance with him, which was of the most casual kind, warranted me in doing so. The circumstances that kept me at the hotel for a week waiting for my mother and aunt were commonplace enongh but tiresome. I grew tired of walking about. I wanted some body to listen while I said how lovely things were. I did not send him my card and spent a very dull week in consequence. Was I too scrupulous? Jessie B. My dear young lady, you weigh con duct and motives on delicate scales. Of course you erred, if it were an error, on the side of propriety. I think, however, I should have risked the young man's suspicions. Anyway I should have deserved them, for I should have expected much more than a plain call. I should have wished him to walk with me over the lovely college grounds and into 6ome of the historic buildings, to drive mo to Mt. Auburn and show me the immortal graves of Longfellow, Lowell, Charles Sumner, Margaret Fuller and others. Besides there are the Boston theatres just over the bridge! Good form depends upon where you live. In New York city it is one thing in Lincoln it is another. Conform to the accepted rules where ever you are. They change with the years, with the amount of money you have, with the circle around you. If the young man in question is a western man, as I conclude he is from your having met him, he must have been in the habit of doing without a chaperon. Your card would have been a boon to him. He would havo been glad to meet a girl from his "ain countrie,' would have appreciated her society and have 6hown that he did by the attentions dear to the hearts of girls. My opinion is that your dullness was deserved. You missed making a friend, for after the week was over your acquaintance with the young student would not have been of "the most casual kind." When an engagement is announced is it proper to congratulate the young lady. VV. D. G. No, only the young man. It is some times impossible to congratulate the young lady with even as much sincerity as society requires. My experience is, howeve-, tht if you do not congratulate the young lady the bell which tells the years of your friendship might as well be tolled. Books on etiquette were apparently written before telephones and bicycles were inven ted, 1 should like to inquire if it be polite to ask the name of tho person who comes in re sponse to your ring. Robert T. It is not correct to ask who is speaking. You know whom you wish to speak to. You have called his residence or office. The one who answers does not know who calls or what he wants and is always embarrased by tho request for his name. The better way is to tell whom you wish to speak to, tell your own name and then, if necessary, ask the name of the person talking. Some business houses make it a rule that their employees shall not converse through the telephone without knowing exactly with whom they are talking. It is a good rule but it works both ways. When two ladies are bicycling together and a gentleman known to one of the ladies rides up and converses with ber, should she into duco him to her friend? Agnes T. There is danger that special rules or etiquette be accepted by bicyhsts. Any rules, not capable of general ap plication are superficial. The laws of introdoction has been for some years in a transition stage. Those who follow the English custom introduce as little as possible and never on the street. One of the objections urged against bicycling is that the ordinary rules of conventionality are relaxed. Any accident to your wheel or yourself at once halts other bicyclists. They offer aid. If needed it is accepted. When able to move on unless the roan has wits enough to know that he must not leave the choico of riding on with him or snubbing him to the woman he has just helped, there will bo some awk ward moments. To return to the cir cumstances mentioned by my corres pondent, I should certainly avoid introduction. an I SOCIAL GOSSIP I Among the Lincoln people noticed in Omaha Thursday evening viewing the Ak-Sar-Ben parade were: Prof. P. W. Taylor. J. H. Mallalieu. Mr. Sheldon, Miss Dena Loomis, Miss Charlotte Clark. H.C. Young, 0. B. Gregory, S. T. Cochran and P. O. Hedlund, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Cornell have returned from New England. Mrs. F. W. Bartruff left Thursday for Philadelphia. Judge Dun'y and party returned this week from the northwest. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Burr, of this city, were members of the party. Miss Mae Lansing has returned from her trip cast. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Dorgan and Mr. and Mrs. George J. Woods left Thursday evening for Colorado Springs. Tuesday evening Mrs. J. A. Buckstaff gave an informal luncheon to a number of her friends. The notable guest of the evening waB Mrs. Robinson, of Chi cago, who is visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. John B. Wright. The guests were Messrs and Mesdames A. B. CofTroth, C. S. Lippincott, J. B. Wright, A. G. Beeson, R. J. Green, F. W. Brown, G. K. Brown, C. E. Yates, C. F. Ladd, G. M. Lambertson, Mrs. Robinson, Chi cag; W. C Wilson, W. M. Leonard, Lieut, and Mrs. Townley. The Courier's correspondent in Grand Island sends tho following: Mrs. R. J. Barr and son have return ed from their eastern trip. Miss May Snyder, of Mt, Pleasant, Iowa, is the guest of Mrs. II. II. Thum mel. Mr. Cassidy, of Rawlins, Wyo., is spending a few days with his daughter, Mrs.R. R.Horth. Mrs. Reimer and daughter are in Omaha. Rev. A. Pinkham is home from Boston. For Miss Snyder, Mrs, Thummel gave a most delightful luncheon Saturday afternoon. Her guests were: Mesdames Horth, Pardonner, Wolbach, Bell, Mickelson, Pearne Alter, Misses Sny der, Howard, Gahan, Bell, Reimers, Bentley, Wasmer, Warmick. Mr. and Mrs. William S. Peame left for Omaha Thursday morning. Mr. Thos. Conner and Mr. T. W. Ashton attended the races in Omaha Wednesday. Mrs. Thummel. Miss Howard and Mies Wasmer have gone to Omaha to attend the Court ball of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben. The Courier's Omaha correspond ence sends the following: The court ball in tho den tt Ak-Sar-Ben Thursday eveniug was the crown ing triumph of the fair festivities. I was correct in my prediction that Miss Woolworth would be chosed by the King. His majesty was E. M. Bartlett. The royal box held the following: Maids of Honor Misses Daisy Doane, Hattie Cady, Helen Hoagland, May Bartlett, Alice Drake, Meliora Wool worth, Grace Himebaugh, Brownie Baum, Sue Colpetzer, Linda Curtis, Blanche McKenna, Lillian A. Wilcox, Stella Hamilton, Pearl Hartman. Nellie Rurmuehlen, Council Bluffs; Charity Babcock, Council Bluffs; Marie Mar shall, Lincoln; Bertie Clark, Lincoln; Olive Latta, Lincoln; Kate Black, Kear ney; Blanche Finch, Kearney; Effie Mc Intyre, Hastings; Ida Leland, Hastings; Carrie Wasmer, Grand Itland; Margaret Howard, Grand leland; Mary Wilson, Febraska City; Reba Duff, Nebraska City; Sylvia G. Anderson, Beatrice; May Bradt, Beatrice. Ladies in Waiting Mesdames. Henry Estabrook, Victor Caldwell, Charles W. Hull, Clement Chase, Dlmer E. Bryson, James E. Baum, Gilbert M. Hitchcock, John E. Wilbur, Harry Cartan, William Lyle Dickey. William S. Poppleton, Warren M. Rogers, Thomas A. Fry, William A. Redick, Walter Jardine, Oliver H. Simons, Council Blv lulch a an acroaa about Island; John M. Funke, Lincoln. lam iM. Leonard, Lincoln; Beatrice. Ladies of the Court Charles F. Manderson, lew than Barton, James M. Woolwor' v ,inwn S. Wilcox. J. M. Metcalf, t " "?. Doane, E. M. Bartlett, W. Rl d,DK II. J. Penfold, Ben B. 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