Show SPECIAL ETIQUETTE 1 Few Pointers for the Fair Sex to Digest The folowing note written in a delicate deli-cate female hand has been addressed to the editor of the World W021d you kindly answer these questions the In Sunday World 1 What Is tho politest war to drop the ac quilnunceof nrentlesmn who persist In toning nu A tentloa upon a young lady who deipUes him 2 Is It ri UcalouMy Imp open fr a young lady at her own hone to whistle lido down biusier awing club etc profiling she conducts herself with due decorum the presence of strangers InJ Should not gentleman precede a lady fS el g al le In going upstairs aa I the Udr precede the gentleman In coming down 4 Is there a rthlnr improper In a yonn lady rdaming I throun the woods with a gentleman gen-tleman 01 a botanizing excursion I LL IK D yaw Your October 1 From the fund of our inexhaustible inexhausti-ble information applicable to all subjects we think we cm supply all that is needed in this case There are many ways in which a young lady can drop the acquaintance of a man whom she despises The most polite way is to seem utterly indifferent to him never invite him to your fathers house and always show a p ofound interest income in-come other man when he is around 4his sort of treatment with occasional references to his bad qualities a few sneers and a hint at tne ill nature of your mother and the ungovernable temper of your sire ought to convince him that he is not welcome If this doesnt move him write him a plain note and send it through the mall I intorming him that you despise him and tbat you do not care to be annoyed by his society This has been known to work effectually in some cases at a cost not greater than three cents After this there is nothing left but the teakettle tea-kettle of hot water or the savage dog treatment 2 It is not ridiculously improper for a young woman to whistle in her own home slide down the bslusters swing clubs etc provided sbe is quite young and quite full of animal spirits It makes home quite gay and fits a young lady for onumenting a tennis team 3 You are quite right about the etiquette eti-quette > f ascending and descending the stairs In case of fire sliding on the balusters is admissible to As to the propriety of a young lady b tanking in the woods with a gentleman a great deal depends upon the character of the gentleman If an elderly professor of botany having the confidence of the family we think there would be no objection If a fascinating fasci-nating chap wo should suggest tbat roaming in the woods would not be altogether advisable in the springtime that deliciously dangerous period when a young mans fancy liehtly turns to thoughts of loveiew York World |