September Lit Wick Paper

Introduction Etiquette

excerpts from Emily Post’s 1922 Edition of Etiquette

   Do not say: “Mr. Jones, shake hands with Mr. Smith,” or

“Mrs. Jones, I want to make you acquainted with Mrs.

Smith.” Never say: “make you acquainted with” and do not, in

introducing one person to another, call one of them “my friend.”

You can say “my aunt,” or “my sister,” or “my cousin”—but to pick

out a particular person as “my friend” is not only bad style but,

unless you have only one friend, bad manners—as it implies Mrs.

Smith is “my friend” and you are a stranger.

 You may very properly say to Mr. Smith “I want you to

meet Mrs. Jones,” but this is not a form of introduction, nor is it to

be said in Mrs. Jones’ hearing. Upon leading Mr. Smith up to Mrs.

Jones, you say “Mrs. Jones, may I present Mr. Smith” or “Mrs.

Jones; Mr. Smith.” Under no circumstances whatsoever say “Mr.

Smith meet Mrs. Jones,” or “Mrs. Jones meet Mr. Smith.” Either

wording is equally preposterous.

 Do not repeat “Mrs. Jones? Mrs. Smith! Mrs. Smith? Mrs.

Jones!” To say each name once is quite enough.

 Most people of good taste very much dislike being asked

their names. To say “What is your name?” is always abrupt and

unflattering. If you want to know with whom you have been talking,

you can generally find a third person later and ask “Who was the

lady with the grey feather in her hat?” The next time you see her you

can say “How do you do, Mrs. —————” (calling her by name).

~The Editor~

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There is difference also between a wife and a

virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the

things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in

body and in spirit: but she that is married careth

for the things of the world, how she may please

her husband.

- I Corinthians 7:34

~Leslie Rose Yale~

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If you were asked the question, “Do you care about the people around you?” Most of us

would probably answer yes. But do you realize that about 150,000 people will die today

and most of them are headed for hell? And are you doing anything to help that

predicament improve?

This is when we can test how much we care for others. Because if we truly care about

people, we will help them figure out where they are headed after they die. And if they are

headed to eternity in the lake of fire, we will give them the ‘directions’ to eternity in

heaven.

So, are you going to just sit there and watch all those people die without knowing where

they are headed?

I was challenged by this subject, as I hope you have been, in the book:

One Thing You Can’t Do In Heaven by Mark Cahill.

~Charity Clothespin~

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Beneficence

The practice of doing good; active goodness,

kindness, or charity.

~Dawn Paperclip~

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Composer of the Month

Matthew Locke, born in 1681, was trained as a

boy in the choir of Exeter Cathedral, under the

tutelage of Edward Gibbons. At the age of

eighteen, he travelled in the Netherlands,

possibly converting to Roman Catholicism at

the time.

Locke, with Christopher Gibbons (the nephew

of his teacher), composed the score for Cupid

and Death, the 1653 masque by Caroline era

playwright James Shirley. Their score for that

work is the sole surviving score for a dramatic

work from that era.

In 1673 Locke's treatise on music

theory, Melothesia, was published. The title

page describes him as "Composer in Ordinary

to His Majesty, and organist of her Majesty's

chapel"—those monarchs being Charles

II and Catherine of Braganza.  His successor in

the latter office was Henry Purcell (who we

mentioned in the November issue of the Lit

Wick Gazette), and Locke has been described

as Purcell's mentor.  His final work was the

score for Psyche, composed in 1675.

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Those who care for their parents will be cared for by their children.

-Unknown

~The Editor~