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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
Bachelor
Etiquette
feet
gentlemen
I
have
ever
met
have
come
of
obscure
origin
and
plain
beginnings.
The
mere
fact
of
not
be-
ing
well-born,
however,
has
never
kept
a
man
out
of
a
club
or
society,
nor
would
a
long
pedigree
necessarily
give
the
entree.
Social
affiliations
are
indispensable,
however
Inherited
or
acquired.
No
one
can
tell
ex-
actly
what
makes
a
gentleman;
still,
everyone
recog-
nizes
one
the
moment
he
comes
upon
the
scene."
"A
man's
a
man
for
a'
that,"
says
Bobby
Burns;
and
after
all,
It's
the
little
things
that
count
—
that
go
to
show
whether
a
man
Is
a
gentleman
or
no.
One
w^ho
wishes
further
Information
upon
this
interesting
subject
may
do
wtU
to
read
"
John
Halifax,
Gentleman,"
after
which
he
may
brush
up
on
etiquette.
But
all
the
dic-
tionaries
of
etiquette
in
the
world
will
not
make
a
man
a
gentleman,
If
he
be
not
kind,
brave,
and
honorable
in
love
and
business,
truthful,
loyal,
and
reverent.
Someone
has
said
that
courtesy
is
a
good
imitation
of
Christianity,
since
most
rules
of
etiquette
are
based
upon
unselfishness
and
a
proper
regard
for
the
feelings
of
other
people.
Most
people
have
heard
of
the
French
king
w^ho
was
so
well
bred
that
when
one
of
his
friends
dropped
a
priceless
wine
glass.
Immediately,
as
though
through
Inadvertence,
broke
one
himself
to
prove
that
such
a
mischance,
which
might
happen
to
anyone,
was
of
no
special
consequence.
There
is,
of
course,
a
distinction
between
good
man-
ners
and
good
form.
The
one
comes
to
a
man
through
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