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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
Correct
Clothes
as
a
rule,
carry
black-bordered
handkerchiefs.
Few
men
wear
mourning
for
grandparents
or
other
rela-
tives.
The
wearing
of
a
black
band
on
the
coat
sleeve
is
condemned
by
the
best
people.
It
is
a
custom
bor-
rowed
from
England,
where
it
was
originally
intro-
duced
for
liveried
servants
whom
it
was
not
thought
necessary
to
fit
out
in
complete
black
liveries.
The
w^orst
thing
about
a
band
is
that
it
is
unclassifiable,
since
a
man
may
wear
it
for
a
near
or
a
distant
rela-
tive.
If
a
man
cannot
afford
or
does
not
approve
of
mourning,
then
he
should
abjure
the
entire livery
of
grief,
for
the
compromise
of
a
black
band
betrays
a
painfully
economical
mind.
After
mourning,
a
man
may
resume
his
social
duties
in
from
three
weeks
to
two
months.
While
wearing
a
broad
band
on
his
hat
for
a
near
relative
a
man
should
not
attend
the
theater,
opera,
or
a
ball.
THE
"
The
Tuxedo
coat
is
no
longer
used
as
a
TUXEDO
dinner
coat
except
at
a
stag
dinner,
at
a
club
or
hotel,
or
at
an
informal
at-home
dinner
when
only
the
members
of
one's
family
attend,
or
at
the
house
where
one
boards.
It
may
be
worn
at
the
thea-
ter
or
for
an
evening
call,
when
women
are
not
to
be
met.
In
fact,
it is
considered
a
lounging
jacket,
only
one
degree
removed
from
a
smoking
jacket,
and
should
not be
worn
when
women
are
present
except
at
home.
The
waistcoat
worn
with
a
Tuxedo
should
be
of
light
gray
linen."
As
this
is
from
a
noted
English
author-
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