cribe an unusual occurrence as "funny," unless something
comic is meant. Strange, peculiar, unique, odd, are better
expressions.

Don't say a garment "sets good," but it "fits well."

Don't say "had rather," "had better," for "would rather," "would
better."

Don't speak of articles of diet as "healthy," but as "healthful" or
"wholesome."

Don't say "fix my gown," "fix this room," but "arrange my gown," "the
room." The best authorities rarely use fix, except to indicate
stability or permanence. You don't fix the house, you repair it.

Say money is "plentiful," not "plenty."

Say "between you and me."

Say "If he should live," "If he should come," instead of "If he
comes," "If he live."

Don't say "I have saw" for "I have seen."

Don't say "dress;" if a lady, say "gown." The word dress applies to
the entire toilet. Gown, to the one article.

Various Hints on Etiquette.

Enter a room as if you felt yourself entitled to a welcome, but wished
to take no undue advantage of it.

Do not press a favor where you see it will be unwelcome.

Treat all the guests you meet at your friend's table, for the time
being, as your equals.

A very trifling and yet important thing that every woman should know
is that it is exceedingly inelegant in rising from a chair to raise
herself by pressure on the arms. Unless she is old or infirm she
should rise without assistance.

Do not rush into a friendship with everybody you meet. Friendships so
quickly made are quickly broken.

In another man's house do not take upon yourself to play the host--not
even at the host's request.

In making gifts let them be in proportion to your means. A rich man
does not thank a poor man for making him a present which he knows the
giver cannot afford.

Do not claim the acquaintance of a man of rank on the ground that you
once met him at a house to which you had been invited.

Let it be said of you as it was said of Macaulay, that he remembered
everything, "except an injury."

In making calls, do your best to lighten the infliction to your
hostess. Do not stay long; and do not enter upon a subject of
conversation which may terrify her with the apprehension that you
intend to remain until you have exhausted it.

Do not give another, even if it be a better, version of a story
already told by one of your companions.

The touchstone of good manners is the way in which a man behaves to
his superiors or inferiors.

It is not proper for a g