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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1899)
THE COURIER. "DONT'S" FOR IMPOLITE PEOPLE. Don't poae at a reception. Don't whisper when the play ie on. Don't relate anecdotes of yourself. Don't use a lorgnette on all occasions. Don't use, at any time, slang phrases. Don't wear diamond studs in the day time. Don't extend your visit unlets pressed to do BO. Don't fail to. pay for the postage .of your letters. Don't say sir or ma'am when answer log people. Don't discuss your affairs in the street cars. Don't wear your hat on the side of your head. Don't wear your ovorshoes in the drawing room. Don't discuss religion or politics at a dinner party. Don't make a first call longer than twenty minutes. Don't fall in courtesy to old ladies, 'or even to old men. Don't refuse an invitation, however irksome it may appear. Don't accept any invitation unless your hostess is included. Don't entertain your friends with all your woes and mishaps. Don't leave your belongings anywhere but in your own room. Don't correct the children of your hostess. Mothers resent this. Don't wear creaking shoe3. It makes a noise and is disturbing. Don't, it acting as an escort to a lady, arrive late. Be on time. Don't use toothpicks at the table. It is a breach of good manners. ' Don't smoke in the presence of wo men, unless permission is asked. Don't discuss your employer in a crowded car. This is very bad form. Don't make a great display of watch chain, or rings on the little finger. Don't make yourself disagreeable it ' the game of cards goes against you. Don't use chewing gum. It is a bad habit, even if it does help digeetion. Don't reply to a wedding invitation. A call afterward is all that is required. Don't look over another's paper in a c ir when that person is reading. Don't laugh or simper when talking. A continual laughing is silly and vulgar. Don't use your handkerchief at the table. To blow yonr nose is essentially provincial. Don't be late at the family dinner. Punctuality at all timet should be re ; epected. Don't rattle the program at the thea tre, dieturbing the peace of other people. Don't shake hands 'with a young, lady when introduced. To bow is quite enough. Don't permit any lady to stand, it there is a seat to be had at a social function. Don't remain the whole evening when invited to dinner, unless the hostess desires it. Don't praise your wife to other men or women. One might as well praise one's self. Don't fall to answer an invitation I when received. A prompt reply is a courteous aotion. Don't send expensive presente at any time, Such favors are very embarrasing. Don't say "Ah! Yes, indeed. Is it )OBBlb)e?" when a friend is telling you in anecdote; Don't, it you are a business woman, o to your office dressed as if for an tfternoon tea. Don't stand on the outside of a car )mpelling women to crowd who are trying to get off. Don't stand on the street corners en ding into conversation, obstructing 19 thoroughfare. Don't borrow an umbrella unless you return it it posuiblo the same day. Don't borrow books Don't, when calling at a house, ne glect to leave a card for your host as well as your hostess. Don't use postal cards except for business messages. Well-bred people do not need this Advice. Don't be late to breakfast, and re member that the dinner hour is the event in a household. Don't fail to say "Good morning" and "Good evening" to your family every day in the year. Don't open anybody's door without knocking. No amount of intimacy war. rants such an intrusion. Don't give a letter of introduction unless you are quite certain it will bo agreeable to both parties. Don't, when making a call continually consult your watch. It stamps you as a person of bad manners. Don't use the word lady when woman will do "a floe woman," "a fair wo man," is a title worth having. Don't spread a slice of bread with butter. Bread should be broken in small pieces :nd then buttered. Don't come to breakfast in your bath robe and flippers. It is a disrespect to those who partake with you. Don't comment on other people's houses other people's dinners other people's ways of entertaining; their friends. Don't, if you are a man, declare that women are false and have no hearts. A girl is a poor affair, indeed, if lightly won. Don't fail in respect to the aged Young people in America are not gen erally taught this excellent rule in manners. Don't, if you are a young lady, call on a gentleman socially at his office. It is bad form, and considered bold and forward. Don't use ruled paper. Every man or woman is kjnownby their stationary. Ruled paper is for children or inferiors. Don't fail to thank the man who re signs bis seat in a car for your comfort, and be sure to do it so he can bear you. Don't send ar invitation the same day the event happens. This is a poor compliment to your friend, and deserves censure. Don't say to your girl friends that you teceive offers eery summer. A delicate-minded girl keeps these secrets to herself. Don't .make yourself too agreeable to the husband of your hostess, for by S3 doing you will not be booked for next season. Don't, when at a hotel use the paper found there with a view of the house. This sort of cheap economy is beneath comment. Don't drop in to luncheon or staygfor dinner. "Ring no man's doorbell unless expected." The day at home is the time to call. Don't introduce elderly people to younger ones. "Young men and young women should be presented to their elders not the reverse.'' Dun't talk as if your boy and girl were the smartest children in the vicinity of which you live. Your neigh bors rejoice also in white swans. Don't, if you are a young man, call on a young lady without asking her par ents. It is not a solid way of making a family acquaintance. New York World THE BOY GUESSED RIGHT. Wheelmen in this section will enjoy a little incident told by "Teddy'' Edwards, the noted century rider, who is now in the West. He says that when he was riding in the suburbs of Utica he asked a wheelman which might be the beat road to take from Utica to Syracuse. The big -limbed stranger eyed the fam ous century rider's slender shape a mo meut and said: "Take the New York Central." Utica Observer. W liMgC3 'Wt TO 1 LADIES (If LINCOLN. We want to say that our stock of Boys and Childrens aohool Multa cant be beat for merit beauty, or price. Our $2.50 and $3.00 two-piece, all wool, double breasted, seat, and knee suits are the best values ever offered in the state, other houses get $3.00 and $3.50 for the same suits. We also can show all the novelties in chil dren's clothing made by the two celebrated firms Ivan. Ijranls: cs.net . - t Peck Ste Hcolcnovta. Our stock is complete. Call and see for yourself. 5 1117 0 STREET, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. 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