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- From: mss2@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Michael S. Schiffer)
- Subject: Re: Cranial Covers
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.080936.29864@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 08:09:36 GMT
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- In article <n12aet@ofa123.fidonet.org> Wales.Larrison@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
- >Michael Schiffer writes:
-
- > Wales grins and sips from his beer. "As for hat etiquette --
- >well, I would recommend a copy of Ms. Manners. Gentlemen always
- >remove their hats indoors, with very few exceptions. Removing them
- >in an elevator is also highly recommended, for the simple reason
- >that in a crowded elevator a large, wet hat is not something you
- >want waved around your face -- and you don't want to be guilty of
- >doing this to someone else. The same for theaters or any seated
- >gathering of folks. And you never sit at a table in a hat." <Grin>
-
- "Miss Manners, while she staunchly defends the honorific `Ms.'
- for both social and business use, is equally insistent on retaining
- the more traditional form herself in keeping with her persona as the
- last Victorian lady still living. :-) I've taken a look at some of
- her books, but didn't always find the hat-related advice clear-- she
- tends to give gentlemen's hats short shrift before moving on to
- ladies', sometimes not making clear that she's made the transition.
- (Ladies' rules are much easier-- basically, you wear the hat anyplace
- except inside your own home, and never there. On the other hand, I'm
- not sure I'd ever quite figure out the difference between a day hat
- and an evening hat, so it's probably best that I not be faced with the
- challenge. :-) )"
-
- Michael
- --
- Michael S. Schiffer, LHN, FCS "Indeed I tremble for my country
- mss2@midway.uchicago.edu when I reflect that God is just."
- mike.schiffer@um.cc.umich.edu -- Thomas Jefferson, Notes on
- mschiffer@aal.itd.umich.edu Virginia (1784)
-