Etiquette, Charm, and Beauty for the Woman of Today

Musings on etiquette, charm, and beauty from days of yore. A comparative analysis of the way things used to be, the way they are, and the way they should be.

Monday, January 30, 2006

Charm: No straws, please

Dear Reader,

I could not leave to-day's lesson without adding another comment regarding drinking habits. In the area of straws...please say, "no, thank you". As I mentioned in my previous post, please ask for a glass, dear, and do not use a straw. If you are old enough to be reading this advice, you are old enough to use a glass like a proper adult. Straws are for children and that is what you will look like if you use one. Think back to the days of the soda fountains...who is using straws but idle adolescents making "googly eyes" at each other over the table as they drink their fountain drinks. Take this loveliness test: watch yourself in the mirror (at home, please) as you drink liquid from a glass through a straw. See if this is a becoming facial expression. Is it? I fear not.

Until next time...

HF

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a revelation! I could never conceive of the reason I was not receiving male attention. Who would have thought it was my love of drinking anything and everything through a straw?! After reading your post, i tried the lovliness test and was overwhelmed at what i saw in my reflection. What a fool I have been. You are a true lifesaver! And here i was convinced it was my overgrowth of brown spongy moles,forming a paisley like growth pattern on my neck, nose, and eyelid, each sporting a single, if steely, gray hair. Eureka! thank you Hildegarde!

5:55 PM  
Blogger Hildegarde Fillmore said...

Dear Anonymous,

Thank your for your comment. I am pleased tht you took the loveliness test and saw how using a straw detracts from your daintiness. You can be charming and attract a man without a straw,

Also, dear, perhaps you might see a skin specialist about your growths.

Until next time...

HF

5:22 PM  

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