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Show WHILE ENTERTAINING A DUKE. A Few Suggestions Made by a Writer in Lipplncott's. Many people are unnccossarily embarrassed em-barrassed while a duke Is visiting them. This is a great mistake. Of course a duko is a duke; but, then, there is no reason why he shouldn't be treated with a certain amount of respect To do this It Is not necessary to respect re-spect him too much. Treat him with as much respect as you think he will stand, but do not lavish it upon him. If he leaves his bootB in front. of his door at night, do not feel that It Is incumbent upon you to get up at 9lx o'clock to shine them. Wait until seven, anyway. lie will never know the difference. Let him be alone with your daughter daugh-ter as much as he likes. If he resents this, tell him he can get Oven later. This might under some circumstances seem too candid; but It Is better to meet him in a frank and open-hearted manner. At night, before the duke goes to bed, sneak Into his room and turn on all the steam. Being an Englishman, he may not understand this sudden warmth on your part, but you can explain ex-plain to him the next morning when he fans himself down to the breakfast table, that it's only a foretaste of what he may expect later. Not being able to see a Joke, he will probably think that you mean to pay all his expenses ex-penses to Palm Beach, which will restore re-store him to his good humor. When you have a duke on hand, do not talk too much about your ancestors, ances-tors, or rub it in about your family. It might make him feel uncomfortable. No duke likes to feel that he is marrying marry-ing above him. Naturally you will provide him, while he Is with you, with the neecssl-tles neecssl-tles of life. It is extremely embarrassing embarras-sing when you invite some of your Intimate In-timate friends In to see your duke to have him sit on the end of your davenport daven-port couch with fringe on his trousers and a false bosom to his shirt. Feed him, therefore, on good nourishing food, and make him as respectable as any duke can over be made. Lippin-MDtt's Lippin-MDtt's Magazine. I |