Eheu fugaces!
{illustration caption =
"Who shall write first?" is a question that has perplexed many a
lady or gentleman who is anxious to do the correct thing under
any circumstances. A lady who has left town may send a brief note
or a "P. P. C." ("pour prendre conge," i.e., "to take leave")
card to a gentleman who remains at home, if the gentleman is her
husband and if she has left town with his business partner.
Neither the note nor the card requires an acknowledgment, but
many a husband takes pleasure in penning his congratulations to
the lady, concluding with an expression of gratitude to his
friend.}
CHAPTER SEVEN: THE ETIQUETTE OF GAMES AND SPORTS
GOLF AS A PASTIME
"Golf" (from an old Scottish word meaning "golf") is becoming
increasingly popular in the United States, and almost every city
now has at least one private club devoted to the pursuit of this
stylish pastime. Indeed, in many of our larger metropolises, the
popular enthusiasm has reached such heights that free "public"
courses have been provided for the citizens with, I may say,
somewhat laughable results, as witness the fact that I myself
have often seen persons playing on these "public" courses in
ordinary shirts and trousers, tennis shoes, and SUSPENDERS.
The influence of this "democratization" on the etiquette of what
was once an exclusive sport has been, in many instances,
deplorable, and I am sure that our golf-playing forefathers would
turn over in their graves were they to "play around" today on one
of the "public" courses.
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