Identifier: oursociety00ives (find matches)
Title: Our society
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Ives, Alice Emma Beecher, Henry Ward, Mrs., 1813-1897 Williams, Cora May. (from old catalog) Foley, John Samuel, Bishop, 1833- (from old catalog) Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth, 1846-1918
Subjects: Etiquette Physical education and training
Publisher: Detroit, Mich., Darling brothers & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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he fastidious. For professionalpianists or singers to give a few exhibitions of their talentsand skill, is a graceful compliment to those present, and suchmusic is always listened to with pleasure; but the mediocreplayer who bangs the instrument in season and out of season,however worthy her motives, is apt to draw unfavorable com-ment to herself. Any sort of boisterous conduct in the corridors, especiallyat night after guests have retired, is ill-bred and selfish in theextreme. Ladies should beware of asking questions of strange gentle-men in hotel parlors. Sometimes that which carries the out-ward semblance of a gentleman is something altogetherdifferent from what it seems. Ring for the clerk or someattache of the house, and get the desired information fromthose whose duty it is to give it. When a lady is obliged to receive gentlemen callers in the3 34 OUR SOCIETY. reception-room of a hotel, they will rise at her entrance, thesame as in a private drawing-room, but will shorten their
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IN THE RECEPTION-ROOM. visits in so public a place. Of course, neither ladies nor gen-tlemen will indulge in loud conversation or boisterous laughterin an apartment where the public have free access. At Fairs and Festivals.—A gentleman on entering acharity fair or festival, will remove his hat, as he is to be in IN P UBLIC PLA CES. 3 5 the presence of ladies. It is not polite to make comments onthe prices or the articles exposed for sale. Take them at thesum asked or leave them alone. The lady having a table should not descend to coaxing orwheedling people to buy, even for sweet charitys sake.Those who can sometimes very illy afford the outlay willpurchase to avoid the attention which is being drawn to them,or the appearance of stinginess in the eyes of others. Neithershould a lady resort to the still more beggarly scheme ofretaining the change, when more than the price of the articleis received. If the purchaser wishes to give, it must not beon compulsion, as he has a perfect right

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