Word: etiquettee
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*Able, righteous Senator Borah had once played with Presidential etiquette by failing to appear at a White House luncheon for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, of which he is chairman. No explanation of the incident was made at the time, but last week it was said that Senator Borah had...
A president of the United States, one supposes, can hardly avoid being put to the necessity oftentimes of issuing public statements when he really has nothing to say. Such apparently was the case last Friday when the Eucharistic Congress met at Chicago and Mr. Coolidge discovered that the etiquette of...
Bridge, under the stimulus of new rules and radio publicity, is even more to the fore than usual. In college and out, enthusiasts have been busy rehearsing novel penalties and strange scorings. In a haze of numerals, one pregnant sentence of Work and Whitehead's book may easily be overlooked...
*"Chop" is pidgin-English for "quick." The Chinese call these implements kwaitsze, literally "the quick ones." The etiquette governing their use is elaborate. To lay them crossed upon the bowl is a sign that one wishes to leave the table. During a period of mourning chopsticks are usually put away...
In many respects the modern audience governed itself in the classic manner handed down from generations of hanging. Despite twentieth century civilization, the etiquette of old-fashioned justice held sway. After the noose had done its work, the body hung long on view for the edification of the populace. Babes...