-I think I know a place."
Three hours and thirty minutes later (i. e. four hours past your normal
lunch hour) there will be another puncture and as the car stops beside a
wheat field it will begin to rain, and the daughter will sigh, "Well, we
might as well eat here." The "picnic" will then be held in the car, and
nothing really quite carries one back to nature and primeval man as does
warm lemonade and a lettuce sandwich in a Buick with the top up and side
curtains on.
After lunch it will be time to return home, and after you and father
have ruined your clothes in repairing the punctures, the merry party
will proceed on its way. The next morning, if you have not caught
pneumonia, you will be able to go to your work greatly refreshed by your
day's outing in the lap of old Mother Nature.
{illustration caption = Nowhere is the etiquette of travel more abused
than our subways. The gentleman shown above is en route to his fiancee's
flat in the Bronx. He has neglected to purchase the customary bouquet
for his intended and has offered his seat to the lady, who is standing,
in exchange for her corsage bouquet. Should she accept the proposition
without further ado, or should she request the guard to introduce the
gentleman first?}
{illustration caption = The young lady has received an invitation to a
quilting-bee from a Mrs. Steenwyck and, anxious to make a correct reply,
she has bought a Complete Letter Writer to aid her to this end. To her
surprise and dismay, she finds that it contains three model replies to
such an invitation beginning "Dear Mrs. Peartree," "Dear Mrs. Rombouts,"
and "Dear Mrs. Bevy," and one invitation to a christening beginning,
"Dear Mrs. Steenwyck," but no reply to an invitation to a quilting-bee
beginning "Dear Mrs. Steenwyck." PERFECT BEHAVIOR settles such
perplexities.}
{illustration caption = Crests or other armorial bearings on notepaper
are no longer considered absolutely necessary to establish one's social
position. Nevertheless, if one feels that note-paper that does not bear
the family escutcheon is not quite all that note-paper should be, it
is permissible to have it stamped neatly at the top of the first sheet.
Care should be exercised to avoid selecting coats-of-arms that might be
recognized, such as that of the United States or Great Britain. Rather
solicit the taste of a good stationer than commit the blunders depicted
above.}
BOXING IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
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