Salt Lake Times | 1890-05-08 | Page 6 | The Etiquette of Mourning

' neous social lestivit.es, ana tnen aiscara the shrimp pink and Nile grren and don a plain black dress and a crepe veil? A year or two ago I know of a case of this kind, and the social authorities agreed that it was the height of impropriety. The lady in that case was in private life. The present caso is complicated by the fact that the lady has official duties to perform, and many of the social casuists justify the first lady in the land in wearing wear-ing black privately for her sister and colors col-ors publicly, as an official person who can have no griefs except those of an , official character. Washington Letter. The Ktiqnette nf Mourning. J People in the social world are now discussing dis-cussing a question of etiquette. Tho problem is this: If a lady is in deep mounting for the death of a near relative, rela-tive, is it proper for ber to lay aside her somber (taib aud uarticioato in miscelia-1