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J0Mtea it deni, ‘fa or tba ke of uagb-)ITOW toned I is a wife, is the no to rant, hiog, ariog 'ledge r life, bat a if bar f-iaal hould body, nie ofit aha neote ly mad prefer •ok of i tbet ae to f- It id her r with ed. It rment Id be • fra plea-a *uf-it is vrowaaid be fowi de be-OTft-.We toieeaflieaten a thief.Queer Points of Etiquette.—Io Sveden if you ad drees the poorest panoo in the street you mutt lift your hat. A maa paraingfa lady on tba etaira of a hotel must do the ■ama. To enter a ahop or a bank with one’s hat on is a terrib’e breach of manners. When a traia leaves a platform or a steamboat pier all the lookaroon lift tbaii bate to the da-parting passes:; ?re and bow to them, a eotn-pliment returned by tba traveller*. In aria-toeratic oirelee in Penis, a visitor feeds notioe so hour or two before telling. If thevisit is one of importance notiae ia sent the previous day. As tba vi*ilor approaebee the oooso the servants, mounted or on foot, come forth to meet him and one returns with speed to announce bis eooisg. According to his relative rank, the boat maats him at the foot of lha stairs, at the door or tba upper part of the room. The question of mats ia also one requiring the utmost circumspection in ob-serving the v.triou# sbadse of rank. If the | visitor’s rank ia superior to that of the boat, ;the former is invited to oeoopy a sofa alooe |at the upper corner, while the boat eita on a j chair or on the floor at the right. The left j ia more honorable than tba right in Ptreia. 1 In America, a lady with another will often I lay h«r baud on a friend’# arm; This is eon- | •idered a very great and objectionable familiarity by an Italian. Never touch the person it ia aaercd,” Is an Indian proverb. They | have fouM very foolish custom* in Holland, that for instance which compels a lady, whether alone or accompanied by other ladies, to avoid passing a club house or other plsce of zendexveas for gentlemen. 11 a lady mast Deeds enter a oonfaationery store, library or Other plana where man naturally go, and finds a gentleman or two there, she feel.: compelled to retire as precipitately as if the had seen a ease of smallpox. The men know this, but unleaa they have finished tbeir borioeai they will not retire. The lady retraatj in the moat undignified manner, ud the human bear finishes his book or bis ohoeolate, even though the lady is at tba door waiting for him to l**ave.T«mnar Utinnatta Tn* lliflj'arM nfof mlt; i •‘I “1 quest “ \ *• 1 “ 1 C ••I-I••Ibomyou-Pett; Jose; recli It be ii mow timeNo?UjtAndWhi To tAndAll tAndThisTomT1gebuTaoceB to y« for tha i stair
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Darwin North Australian
Darwin, Northern Territory, AU
Sat, Oct 29, 1887
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