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there is no appearar.ce of trifling or want of gravity in his manner, he 

 maintains the dignity which is so becoming on so vital an occasion. He 

 performs all the ceremonies, yet in the style of one who performs no cere- 

 monies at all. He goes through all the complicated duties of the scene as 

 if lie were ' to the manner born.' " 



To the giver of a dinner we have but one or two remarks to offer. If 

 he be a bachelor, he had better give his dinner at a good hotel. If a mar- 

 ried man, he will, we presume, enter into council with his wife and his 

 oook. In any case, however, he should always bear in mind that it is his 

 <luty to entertain his friends in the best manner that his means permit ; 

 -and that this is the least he can do to recompense them for the expend!- 

 tin. of time and money which they incur in accepting his invitation. 



In conclusion, we may observe that to sit long in the dining-room after 



the ladies have retired is to pay a bad compliment to the hostess and her 



fair visitors ; and that it is still w r orse to rejoin them with a flushed face 



and impaired powers of thought. A refined gentleman is always tem- 



ite. 



anb $ull-|{ciom (Etiquette. 



HOW TO ORGANIZE A DANCING 

 PAETY OR BALL. 



3 the number of guests at a dinner-party is regulated 1 >y 



jfm the size of the table, so should the number of invitationa 



? (^ *> vA*^C'-' * a ^ >a ^ l' e limited by the proportions of the dancing or 



*-\ ^'^--: ,V ball-room. A prudent hostess will always invite a few 



GJL/T^v-^ mm , than she really desires to entertain, in the 



c ^'VV'"; taint v that there will lie xune .lesertn^ when tlieap- 



<:: v v <^ c \ pointed evening comes round ; but she will at the - 



^d^ tin " lvl " rl " 1l( ' r tnat to overerow.l lierrooni i> t.. spoil the 

 ^- ' pleasure of tlio.sc who love dancing, and that a ]>arty of 



this kind when to Qomeroofily attended is a- great a failure M one at 



which tOO 



in whi 'piaiv. y.-t a little longer than it is bi 



un.l th" in -t favourable i'oi' a ball. It admit- ..f tWO 



