ompany should be their first care.

Ladies should not cross the ball-room alone. It invites attention.
Ladies must not burden gentlemen (unless husband or near relative)
with bouquet or fan to hold while they dance. Young ladies should not
refuse a ball-room introduction to a gentleman without a sufficient
reason, since to do so is always an embarrassment to the one asking
it. Still a lady has the privilege of refusal and may not be pressed
for a reason. Young chaperons should never dance while their
_proteges_ are unprovided with partners.

[Illustration: SCENE AT A RAILWAY STATION IN PARIS.]

A lady removes at least one glove while partaking of supper. But when
a cup of tea, or an ice, only is taken this is not necessary.

DANCING.

Pope says: "They move easiest who have learned to dance," and while
the opinions of society are greatly divided on the subject of this
amusement, it cannot be denied that there is much truth in the
assurance that Locke gives us in his treatise on "Education:"

"Since nothing appears to me to give children so much becoming
confidence and behavior as dancing, I think they should be taught to
dance as soon as they are capable of learning it. For though this
consists only in outward gracefulness of motion, ... yet it gives
children manly thoughts and courage more than anything."

For the many, however, to whom these early advantages have not been
given, while the dowry of a quick ear and natural grace has enabled
them to "pick up" this social accomplishment, a few hints may be of
use.

Dancing is really an art, and one that the gentleman especially should
understand (since he takes the lead) before he ventures to ask a lady
out upon the floor.

The gentleman should be very careful in the manner of holding his
partner. He should give her proper support by putting his arm firmly
around her, but not drawing her too close. Her right hand should be
held in his left, the lady turning the right palm downward and almost
straightening her right arm. The gentleman should bend his left arm
slightly backward. The joined hands should be held steadily but kept
away from the gentleman's body. To rest them upon his hip, is actual
vulgarity. The gentleman's right shoulder and the lady's left, should
be kept as far apart as the other shoulders, hence his right elbow
must not be too much bent. The upper part of the body should be kept
quiet, and the head held naturally, not turned one side, while th