ETIQUETTE UP-TO-DATE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 175, 18 April 1908, Page 11

ETIQUETTE UP-TO-DATE.

: There seems to bo no' end to ,tho books and tho : authorities.: on etiquette.; Just .the other day one was published'by a titled lady who fairly, made her readers' hair ; curl by pointing out thesimplfc \'. signs of a social'. Eariah, and >includjng in .themall'sorts ,sgf armless pleasant little ways, such as calling a. table-napkin a serviette; and failing to pronounco the" t in valet. Now . comes another with a. book called; "Etiquette TJp-to-Date," which, _ so' far as"one.can'.judge fronf-extracts• given, in the "Daily Mail," is as amusing as it may.be instructive. . The English guests who . went to Berlin for the! Mayr-Eulenberg wedding, says the .writer, had an interesting opportunity of comparing the etiquette which' obtains in.England and abroad in connection .with such functions. ' , "Tho' bridegroom did not: sulk at tho/top of'the chancel till; the, arrival of the bride, as he, would have dono oyer here, but walked .up the aisle in- the; procession escorting, the mother of .tho bride:' • /!" "After the wedding luncheon , the ladies wero escorted from the table by tho gentlemen who had sat next to' them at tho mealV this is also a custom never seen over .here. "Another interesting little ; piece 'of etiquette occurred about tho departure of tho bride—no one could say at what hour she was to leave or what train she was to catch, aa; the Emperor being-present ! at the wedding, it was not possible for her ,to leavo the castle until ho gave her permission. " " This he-did during the 1 courso of ■ tho • afternoon, sending her . a : message that sho might- -leave at jffy . - five, and;she went away in. the a®/ quietest.of serge travelling dressoe, which made'a' great contrast to the —- , magnificent- toilette sho had worn - J - at the ceremony, half-covered with -- ;• old family lace. ," She went to:' the station in one '; of her mother's carriages, not •in carriage, as is tho ; • fashion ■ over hero. / There was no -..throwing of rice and slippers—these '.inconvenient . demonstrations : of goodwill being considered bad taste , < m Germany." .-. ■•-' In the: chapter oil "Glub 'Manners"' she says:—"l certainly retain an awful memory of an old lady in one club who was celebrated for sitting on the new magazines. She ÜBed to take them all to the sofa directly they arrived, and' sit upon them in a heap, drawing one after the other from the pile ti read, she firmly Bat upon the rest. I bave also heard that when books of papier poudre for the complexion are placed upon tha dressing-table for the use of all, ono member wiU calmly walk off with: the wholo book—conduct which is anything but altruistic." ,