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Show GOOD TASTE TODAY lr ft World'! Foremojt Authority on Etiquelts Emily Pout. Night Club Is No Place for Unescorted Women y EAR Mrs. Vost: (1) In a great city such as New York or Chicago, Chi-cago, Is it considered proper today for two young ladies to go to a night club without men companions? compan-ions? I use the word "ladies" In order to make the distinction clear. (2) And In their homo town, which has a population of about a hundred thousand but which lias Us "gay white way" too, does your same answer as to No. 1 apply? Answer: It Is not possible to think of ladles as going to a night club meaning any public one alone. Whether they would even be admitted ad-mitted at all to them, I am not sure. At a real club, meaning one to which only actual members are a"dmiUed and where young women members would be Bure to find themselves among people they know (as they would at a neighborhood country club), It might be (though even this Is doubtful) quite all right for them to go. These answers apply ap-ply to both places but In the case you mention It Is not likely that they could be members and well known at a private club In a strange city. You Needn't Return Social Favors in Kind T 2AR Mrs. Post: Within the past few months I have been Invited by the same person to a tea, a bridge luncheon and to several big buffet parties. All these parties have been very grand. I can not make a return that In any way is proportionate to my obligations. The only thing I can do Is ask several people at one time or ask this hostess host-ess to the theater perhaps, although she is not an Intimate friend and these invitations of mine are necessarily neces-sarily so personal. What would yon suggest? Answer: All hostesses who entertain enter-tain constantly Invite those whom they like and who help to make their parties successful either by being very ornamental or amusing, or in any case friend-making. If you can find out the date of her birthday or their wedding anniversary, anniver-sary, or other special occasion to her, or If not, then merely any special spe-cial day on the calendar for instance, in-stance, Valentine's day send her a present of flowers or a plant. Novel SJiotver Idea DEAR Mrs. Post: Have you ever written anything about asking both men and girls to a shower for their friend who is to marry soon? Almost all the showers I have ever heard of, and certainly those I have ever been to, were women's parties, but I thought perhaps it would be fun to have an evening party and ask both so that afterwards after-wards we could take up the rugs and dance. And if men might be included, is there any type of shower show-er which you think would be more suitable. Had I given the party for girls, I would have named It a lingerie lin-gerie shower and asked the bride's friends to bring presents all of that one type. Answer: It seems to me that somewhere I have heard of a mixed shower. Certainly it would not be a lingerie shower, but I think It would be very amusing to make It a household gadget shower to which the girls send kitchen utensils and the men, tacks and hammers and , screws and everything the husband might be expected to need when making himself useful (?) around the house. The men might also give him furniture polish and floor wax and a shoe blacking box. Changing Your Name DEAR Mrs. Post: I have been married twice. My first marriage mar-riage was such a happy one and we had one son. My husband died and years later I married again, but this marriage was very unhappy. unhap-py. My husband resented my love for my boy, and when I discovered this I left him and went back to business and we were later divorced. di-vorced. I then took my maiden name and everyone calls me by it, with Mrs. as a title, of course. I am leaving business and my son wants me to use his own father's name again. Is it possible to go back to my first marriage in this way, and how can I make this generally gen-erally known? Answer: As I am not a lawyer I don't know the legal answer to your question, but I can tell you of many cases where women have for the same reasons that you give taken back their first husband's name when the name was that of their children. Let your friends know and have new visiting cards printed with your name. Starting to Eat IS IT considered impolite to begin eating before everyone at table has been served? Answer: When two others have been served It is considered ent'rely polite to begin eating slowly. WNU Service. |
