Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-06-02 | Page 9 | Everyday Etiquette

Everyday Etiquette , If you are a guest at dinner, it is not good form ,to fold your napkin. Leave it lying loosely beside your plate. Questions answered by Alicia Hoyt- Miss Hoyt will answer in this column all questions on matters of etiquette which are addressed to her in care of J this paper. If a personal answer is ' desired, 'enclose a two-cent stamp.) Sibyl. Yes; it is an excellent Idea to declare one's patriotism openly, especially in such a crisis of national affairs as we have on our hands at the present time, by wearing our national emblem; and I agree with you that every loyal American woman ought to do It. However, I think I should wear just a small flag button or badge such as the majority of women are wearing. wear-ing. If you adopt the more conspicuous conspicu-ous style of having flags embroidered on your hose and gloves, or of pasting a tiny flag above the dimple in your left cheek, you might be open to suspicion of trying to attract attention to your personality rather than to your patriotism, and might possibly be convicted con-victed of vulgarity. Our flag should be taken seriously as an emblem of our country, and should not bo used as an aid to coquetry. I Mrs. A. A napkin should never be tucked into the front of the blouse to protect it. You are supposed to handle han-dle your food so skilfully that there I will be no dribbling. The only place ! for your napkin is on your lap.