ite game in the country, and during the Lenten season
in New York, where there are a number of clubs formed for its enjoyment.

Although the sessions are in the evening, the men dress at clubs in
_mufti_ or _neglige_, the golf or cycling suits being the favorites.
When you are asked to play bowls at a private house, and when there is a
dance to follow, or when you are asked to a "bowling party," it is
perhaps better form to wear your dinner jacket or Tuxedo, as there will
be supper and dancing afterward. The presence of ladies will not deter
you from wearing on an occasion like this demitoilet or dinner jacket,
as there is a certain informality about all athletic sports. The same
may be said of _badminton_, another favorite Lenten game, played
somewhat after the manner of tennis. The difference is that instead of
racquet and ball, battledore and shuttlecock are used.

For _skating_, even at a rink on artificial ice, golf costume or _mufti_
is good form.

_Polo_ has likewise no code of etiquette not connected with the rules of
the game. The dress for polo includes buckskin knee breeches, flannel or
madras shirt with low turn-down collar, top riding boots, and polo cap.

YACHTING, BOATING, BATHING, TENNIS, AND RACING.

A yacht in commission is the most expensive and luxurious toy a man can
have. No one but a millionaire can afford it. True, as in other
possessions, there are degrees, and consequently there are yachts and
yachts. Only large schooner or steam yachts, however, are adaptable for
entertaining. A man's yacht is indeed his castle, and the host has only
to follow the rules which govern social functions to be perfect in this
delightful method of entertaining. Yet there are a few little details of
which it would be prudent to speak. The proper entertainments for a
yacht in harbor are luncheons, dinners, dances, and short cruises. None
of these should be elaborate, the yacht itself--a thing of joy and
beauty--being alone a great attraction.

Your sailors should meet the people invited at the dock in the cutter,
and row them to the place where your yacht rides at anchor. You should
be at the gangway ready to receive them. The same order should be
observed on their leaving.

During a club cruise there are several formalities to be observed. You
are then as if under military or naval orders. The commodore should be
treated with the same consideration as an admiral. You should not appear
before him except in th