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Show EVEitYBAY I Etiquette in general company. This becomes tiresome to the hearers. Always cn- IH deavor to change the subject after It has continued a reasonable length of Questions answered by Alicia Hoyt. (Miss Hoyt will answer in this column. all questions on matters of etiquette addressed to her in care of this paper. lH If a personal answer is desired inclose a two-cent stamp.) Easy Going Do not, I beg of you, jH accept the invitation to the card party. jH Since auction bridge is to be played, and you are not familiar with the game, do not spoil the afternoon for others by taking part in the ontprtaln-ment. ontprtaln-ment. Bridge cannot be mastered in one or two sittings. It require IH months of study and practice, and IH thero is" nothing more distressing to a good player than to have one's cart- IH fully planned maneuvers rendered in- IH effective by the blunders of an ignoi- IH ant partner. Even your opponent will not enjoy beating you. It would bo the height of rudeness, both to tho hostess and to the other guests, to ac-cept ac-cept tho invitation. When a woman asks you to her house to play bridge, JM she wishes you either to "play the IH game" or remain away. IH Winnie No; you should not ask anv of your boy friends for links for your bracelets. Ask them of. your girl friends to whom you can return tho favor. Perhaps some of the boys will offer them, in which case you may ac- cept the gift. jH |