Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . 1 322 CHRISTENINGS, CONFIRMATIONS, ETC. come to be so extensive that the stage is often banked with the beau-tiful blossoms. Here, too, is another abuse. To those who have fewfriends, and less money, the absence of these remembrances is often somarked as to cause many a heartache. Cards with the donors name and the words, Congratulations,or Graduation Congratulations, penned in one corner, are tiedwith narrow ribbons to these gifts. Presents of a more
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . 1 322 CHRISTENINGS, CONFIRMATIONS, ETC. come to be so extensive that the stage is often banked with the beau-tiful blossoms. Here, too, is another abuse. To those who have fewfriends, and less money, the absence of these remembrances is often somarked as to cause many a heartache. Cards with the donors name and the words, Congratulations,or Graduation Congratulations, penned in one corner, are tiedwith narrow ribbons to these gifts. Presents of a more substantialnature are also sent up ; books, watches, jewels, etc., and have a morelasting remembrance than the fleeting blossoms. One of the prettiestfloral gifts seen on an occasion of graduation was a graceful ship,white sailed, and lovely, all of fragrant flowers, and full freighted withthe hopes and prayers for the young legal graduate, who was sole sonof the house. Carriages convey the graduates to and from the hall, and a classreception is supposed to finish the long round of the gaieties of3i Class Week. {|uetle«fflifieraisa|oyj|. THE great sorrow brought upon a family bythe death of a loved one renders the im-mediate members of the family incapableof attending to the necessary arrangements for thefuneral. The services of an intimate friend, or a relative,should, therefore, be^ sought. He should receive general instructionsfrom the family, after which he should take entire charge of thearrangements, and relieve them from all care on the subject. If sucha person cannot be had, the arrangements may be placed in the handsof the sexton of the church the deceased attended in life, or of omeresponsible undertaker. The expenses of the funeral should be in accordance with themeans of the family. No false pride should permit the relatives toincur undue expense in order to make a showy funeral. At the sametime, affection will dictate that all the marks of respect which you canpro
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