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Show Etiquette of Other Days. An old manual of ctlquctto shows that tho people of bygone days were not so different from those of tho present, for the treatise thinks it necessary to state that ono should never ask a friend where she bought her gown and the uttermost farthing of its cost. To this rule, however, an astonishing exception is made. Ono might ask these things, It seems, if ono really wanted to get a gown exactly ex-actly like tho ono In question and were therefore asking sincerely for Information. In-formation. Evidently In these days, when sisters thought It smart to dress exactly alike, it was considered a compliment to copy a friend's gown. Another Interesting statement of this precloas manual Is that no lady looks worse than when "gnawing a bone." |