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Title: Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ...
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Cooke, Maud C
Subjects: Etiquette
Publisher: Philadelphia : National Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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y who accompanies him. THE ETIQUETTE OF BOATING. There are certain customs and usages in connection with this inter-esting pastime that deserve to be noted and observed. Gentlemen unaccustomed to the management of a boat shouldnever venture out with ladies. To do so is foolhardy, if not criminal.Great care should be taken not to overload a boat. The frequentboating accidents that happen are in most instances due either to over-loading, or to the inexperience of the man at the oars. Men whocannot swim should never take ladies upon the water. Assisting Ladies to Their Seats. When the gentlemen are going out with the ladies, one of themsteps into the boat and helps the ladies in and seats them, the otherhanding them down from the bank or pier. When the ladies havecomfortably disposed themselves, and not before, the boat may beshoved off. Great care must be taken not to splash the ladies, eitherin first dipping the oars or subsequently. Neither should anything bedone to cause them fright.
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342 WALKING, RIDING, BOATING, DRIVING Who Should Row. If a friend is with you, he must be given the preference of seats.You must ask him to row stroke, as that is the place of honor. If you cannot row, do not pretend you can. Say right out thatyou cant, and thus settle it, consoling yourself with the pleasantreflection that your confession entitles you to a seat by the side of theladies and relieves you from the possibility of drowning the whokparty. A Popular Exercise. Rowing has become a great fad among the ladies in recent years,and it is to be commended as a wholesome and vigorous exercise.But it should be indulged only on quiet rivers or on private lakes.If ladies venture into more frequented waters, they must at least havethe protection of a gentleman. And in all cases they must wear cos-tumes proper for the exercise, which requires freedom of movementin every part. Corsets should be left at home, and a good pair ofstout boots should complete an equipment in which a skirt barely

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