Perfect Behavior: A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in All Social Crises

THE BRIDE-TO-BE Before the public announcement of the engagement it is customary for the bride-to-be to write personal letters to all other young men to whom she happens to be engaged at the time. These notes should be kindly, sympathetic and tactful. The same note can be written to all, provided there is no chance of their comparing notes. The following is suggested: “Dear Bob— Bob, I want you to be the very first to know that I am engaged to Richard Roe. I want you to like him, Bob, because he is a fine fellow and I would rather have you like him than any one I know. I feel that he and I shall be very happy together, and I want you to be the first to know about it. Your friendship will always remain one of the brightest things in my life, Bob, but, of course, I probably won’t be able to go to the Aiken dance with you now. Please don’t tell anybody about it yet. I shall never forget the happy times you and I had together, Bob, and will you please return those silly letters of mine. I am sending you yours.” Ignorance of Sporting Terms Betrays the “Cockney” Nothing so completely betrays the “Cockney” as a faulty knowledge of sporting terms. The young lady at the left has just returned from the hunting field hand-in-hand with the dashing “lead,” who happens to be an eligible billionaire. Her hostess, the mother of the sub-deb at the right, has greeted her by hissing, “S— o— o! I see you’ve had a good day’s hunting!” The use of this unsportsmanlike expression— in stead of the correct “Hope you had a good run,” or “Where did you find?”— at once discloses the hostess’s mean origin and the young lady will almost certainly never accept another invitation to her house.