lutely impossible, so should be the
individual who commits the same crime in a public conveyance. He not
only proves a nuisance to those around him, but he is a source of damage
as well as danger to the comfort and safety of his fellow-passengers.

In a crowded car, ferryboat, or stage, it is yet a mooted question as to
whether or not a man should give up his seat to a woman. In theory he
should, but there are circumstances under which he may be pardoned. To a
refined or delicate lady, to an old or an enfeebled woman, or one
burdened with bundles or with a baby in the arms, the answer to this
should be a decided affirmative. In the South, this gallant action is
universally practiced, except when the woman is a negress. In public
conveyances a man should sit to the right of a woman.

An escort should pay all fares in public conveyances, and should look
after the comfort and welfare of his companion, taking entire charge of
tickets, luggage, and luggage checks. Should a woman insist upon paying
her _pro rata_ of the expenses the arrangement can be made before
starting, many sensible women handing their escorts their purses for the
purpose. Do not offer to pay the fare of any of your women friends who
might possibly enter your train or stage. This is embarrassing and not
necessary. A railway car or carriage being a public conveyance, a man
always keeps on his hat, as he also does in a cab or any other vehicle
in which he is driving, accompanied or not accompanied by one of the
opposite sex.

CHAPTER II.

HOW A BACHELOR SHOULD DRESS.

There are three rules of dress which, for the ordinary man in his
everyday life, might be resolved into two. These originally are morning,
afternoon, and evening. Morning and evening are absolutely necessary;
afternoon dress is donned on special occasions only.

_Morning dress_ is that which is worn during business hours or at any
time in any place, where semiformal dress is not required until
candlelight or seven o'clock in the evening. It consists usually in
winter of a lounge or single-breasted sack suit made of many different
kinds of material, the favorites being Scotch tweeds or black and blue
cheviots, rough-faced and smooth. Fashions are liable to some variation
season after season, and the general rule can only be laid down in a
book of this kind.

With the morning or lounge dress in winter is worn the Derby or
soft-felt Alpine hat, called the Hombourg. The Derbies are