DRi 2G3 



When you meet friends or acquaintances in the streets, at the exhibi- 

 tions, or any public places, take care not to pronounce their names so 

 loudly as to attract the attention of the passers-by. Never call across 

 the street ; and never carry on a dialogue in a public vehicle, unless your 

 interlocutor occupies the seat beside your own. 



In walking with a lady take charge of any small parcel, jparasol, or 

 book with which she may be encumbered. 



DRESS. 



A gentleman should always be so well dressed that his dress shall never 

 be observed at all. Does this sound like an enigma ? It is not meant 

 for one. It only implies that perfect simplicity is perfect elegance, and 

 that the tru*e test of taste in the toilet of a gentleman is its entire har- 

 mony, unobtrusiveness, and becomingness. If any friend should say to 

 you, " What a handsome waistcoat you have on ! " you may depend that 

 a less handsome waistcoat would be in better taste. If you hear it said 

 that Mr. So and-So wears superb jewellery, you may conclude beforehand 

 that he wears too much. Display, in short, is ever to be avoided, especi- 

 ally in matters of dress. The toilet is the domain of the fair sex. Let a 

 wise man leave its graces and luxuries to his wife, daughters, or sisters, 

 and seek to be himself appreciated for something of higher worth than 

 the stud in his shirt or the trinkets on his chain. 



To be too much in the fashion is as vulgar as to be too far behind it. 

 No really well-bred man follows every new cut that he sees in his tailor's 

 fashion-book. 



In the morning wear frock coats, double-breasted waistcoats, and trou- 

 sers of light or dark colours, according to the season. 



In tin- evening, though only in the bosom of your own family, wear 

 only l.laek, and be as scrupulous to put on a dress coat as if you expected 

 rigiton. If you have sons, l.rin^ them up to do the same, It is the 

 observance ,,( these minor trifles in domestic etiquette which marks the 



true gentleman. 



:iiii_j parties, dinner parti.'-, an 1 balls, wear a Mack divss oat, 

 blac re. Mack silk or cloth waistcoat, white cravat, white or i;re\ 



kid gloves, nn-1 thin patent leather UooN. A black cravat may be worn 

 iii full dress, but is not so elegant as a white one, 



Let JOCir jewellery be of the b,^t, l.ut the least ^auly oV^erip!i,.n. an<l 

 a it very sparingly, A single stud, a gold watch and guanl. ami 

 haii'lsMim- rim;, are as many OrHAffl< a Lfiit leman can wear with 



