Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1886 — A Question of Arms. [ARTICLE]

A Question of Arms.

Under ail ordinary circumstances the gentleman offers his left arm, ladies being presumably right-handed, and - if the lady needs support she avails herself of his assistance. But for a gentleman to'grasp the arm of the lady with whom he is walking, as if he were a policeman escorting het to the calaboose, is a social atrocity, and a lady would be justified in declining to be again escorted by a man so unfamiliar with the customs of elegant society. T”’ ' ' —’ » - . ' - r - .