im, unattended by a woman, and he is with a stag party, politeness
bids him also rise.

A gentleman will never be seen in public with characters whom he could
not introduce to his mother or his sister. A man when he is with a lady
should be very careful, especially at roof gardens and such places in
midsummer, about recognizing male acquaintances who seem to be in rather
doubtful company.

In walking, a man should carry either a stick or a well-rolled umbrella.
The stick should be grasped just below the crook or knob, but the
ferrule must be kept downward. In business hours or on business
thoroughfares to carry a stick is an affectation, but the man of
leisure is regarded leniently in these abodes as a privileged character.

The umbrella is an instrument of peace rather than a weapon of war, and
should not be carried as "trailed arms," but like the stick it should be
grasped a short distance below the handle, and the latter held almost
upright on a very slight perpendicular.

In the presence of ladies, unless by special permission, a gentleman
never smokes, and under no circumstances does he indulge in a weed while
on the street or walking with them. If, while smoking, a man should meet
a woman and there should be any stopping to talk, he must at once throw
away his cigar or his cigarette. A pipe is never smoked on fashionable
promenades, and a man in a top hat and a frock coat with a pipe in his
mouth is an anomaly. The pipe accompanies tweeds and a "pot" hat in the
country or on business thoroughfares. A meerschaum or a wooden pipe is
then allowable, but never a clay or a dudeen. The cuspidor is a banished
instrument. The filthy custom of tobacco chewing and consequent
expectoration can not be tolerated in civilized society.

A gentleman is never hurried, nor does he loiter. The fashionable gait
is comparatively slow, with long steps. The exaggerated stride of the
Anglomaniac is as bad form as the swagger of the Bowery "tough." The
correct demeanor is without gesture or apparent effort.

Staring at or ogling women, standing at the entrances of theaters,
churches, or other public buildings, stopping still and turning back to
look at some one or something in the street, can be classified as
offenses of which no gentleman can be guilty.

Free and easy attitudes are not tolerated in good society, and this same
rule should apply to public conveyances. As the man who crosses his legs
in the presence of ladies is abso