for the well-bred gentleman or lady who would travel
correctly. Truly, the "old order changeth" and it is, perhaps, only
proper that one should keep (if you will pardon the use of the word),
"abreast" of the times.

HINTS FOR THE CORRECT PEDESTRIAN

Let us suppose, for example, that you are a young gentleman of
established social position in one of the many cities of our great
middle west, and it is your desire to travel from your home to New York
City for the purpose of viewing the many attractions of that metropolis
of which I need perhaps only mention the Aquarium or Grant's Tomb or the
Eden Musee. Now there are many ways of getting to New York, such as (a)
on foot, (b) via "rail"; it should be your first duty to select one
of these methods of transportation. Walking to New York ("a" above)
is often rejected because of the time and effort involved and it is
undoubtedly true that if one attempted to journey afoot from the middle
west one would probably be quite fatigued at the end of one's journey.
The etiquette of walking, however, is the same for short as for long
distances, and I shall at this point give a few of the many rules for
correct behavior among pedestrians.

In the first place, it is always customary in a city for a young lady,
either accompanied or unaccompanied, to walk on the sidewalk. A young
"miss" who persists in walking in the gutters is more apt to lose than
to make friends among the socially "worth while."

Gentlemen, either with or without ladies, are never seen walking after
dark in the sewers or along the elevated, tracks.

It is not au fait for gentlemen or ladies wearing evening dress to
"catch on behind" passing ice wagons, trucks, etc.; the time and energy
saved are doubtfully repaid should one happen to be driven thus past
other members of one's particular social "set."

Ladies walking alone on the street after dark do not speak to gentlemen
unless they have been previously introduced or are out of work with
winter coming on.

A gentleman walking alone at night, when accosted by a young woman whom
he has not met socially, removes his hat politely, bows and passes on,
unless she looks awfully good.

Debutantes meeting traffic policemen always bow first in America; in the
Continental countries, with their age-old flavor of aristocratic court
life, this custom is reversed.

A bachelor, accompanied by a young unmarried woman, when stepping
accidentally into an open coal or sewer