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antics ludicrous, and yet kept within moderate bounds, and the game will 

 not fail to produce shouts of laughter. 



Among the other tricks which may be commended are such as rocking 

 the body too and fro, wiping the eyes with a pocket-handkerchief, yawn- 

 ing, whistling, stroking the chin or the beard, and making any grimace. 



Another game, of much the same character, is known by the title, 

 " Thus says the Grand Seignor." The chief difference is that the first 

 player is stationed in the centre of the room, and prefaces his movements, 

 which the others must all follow, by the above words. If he varies his 

 command by framing it, " So says the Grand Seignor," the party must 

 remain still, and decline to follow his example. Any one who moves 

 when he begins with " So," or does not follow him when he commences 

 with " Thus," has to pay a forfeit. 



tiqttettc for jjabics. 



,TIQUETTE may be defined as the minor morality of life. 

 Its laws, like all other social laws, are the accumlated 

 results of the wisdom and experience of many genera- 

 tions. They form a code with which every educated 

 person is bound to be acquainted ; and the object of 

 this portion of the Cyclopsedia is to place that code 

 before the reader in as succinct, as agreeable, and as 

 explanatory a light as the subject admits of. We hope 

 and believe that it will be found in all respects a trusty 

 and pleasant guide. 



INTKODUCTIONS, 



To introduce persons who are mutually unknown is to undertake a ser- 

 ious responsibility, and to certify to each the respectability of the other. 

 Never undertake this responsibility without, in the first place, asking 

 yourself whether the persons are likely to be agreeable to each other ; nor ? 

 in the second place without ascertaining whether it will be acceptable to 

 both parties to become acquainted. 



