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 PLMCHCI UVNAM 
 
 MBB YORK
 
 Copyright, 1903, 1904, by 
 Fox, Duffield and Company 
 
 The Trow Press, N, Y.
 
 TO rejoice in life because it gives 
 you the chance to fuss, and to 
 laugh, and to study the moon; to be 
 satisfied with your natural gifts in 
 this direction, but not content till you 
 have made the most of them; to 
 despise nothing but rudeness and 
 cautiousness, and to fear nothing but 
 bungling; to be governed by policy 
 rather than by instinctive admiration; 
 to covet nothing that is your neigh- 
 bor's except that which you want 
 and he has; to think seldom of your 
 failures, often of your successes, and 
 to spend as much time as you deem 
 wise in a feminine atmosphere these 
 are little pointers in the golden book 
 of fussing.
 
 Rule I 
 
 HYPOCRISY, thou art a jewel ! 
 Pick out what you and the 
 girl know to be her worst points 
 and ask her if she minds your 
 mentioning your admiration of them.
 
 Rule II 
 
 EVEN if you were voted the 
 handsomest man in your class, 
 don't presume that a lady is " pinning 
 roses on herself" simply because you 
 are monopolizing all her calling hours. 
 "Make good" with at least an oc- 
 casional car fare or proffer of escort. 
 Otherwise, at some psychological 
 moment, you may find yourself tak- 
 ing a far hack seat in favor of a 
 homelier but wiser man. 
 
 Rule III 
 
 
 
 L2ARN a girl's little vanities and 
 flatter her long and openly con- 
 cerning them. This can be safely done 
 for an indefinite length of time and 
 is very taking. Unless you know her 
 vulnerable points, however, implied 
 compliments are safer.
 
 Rule IV 
 
 ASGLE for a lady's hobby, and when you've hooked it 
 play her. If the lady in turn angles for yours don't 
 jump at the bait.
 
 Rule V 
 
 DON'T drop her like a hot coal 
 the minute the music stops. 
 Seem loath to let her go, and waltz 
 a few extra steps if necessary. This 
 is tremendously telling, and so easy ! 
 
 Rule VI 
 
 WORDS are cheap. When 
 introduced to a girl at a 
 ball, even if you decide that she 
 won't do, at least remark : " May 
 I have one later on?" It makes for 
 good feeling. 
 
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 Rule VII 
 
 O occasional penance : it is good for the soul. Make 
 the saddest girl in the room feel that she is the most 
 attractive while you are talking to her; or dance during an 
 evening with at least one " ice- wagon." 
 
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 Rule VIII 
 
 LT your feminine charm enhance 
 the attractions of your athletic 
 prowess. After a strenuous yesterday 
 let him find you cool and dainty 
 to-day in a muslin gown, and very 
 feminine in manner. Heavy boots 
 or tennis shoes alone will never 
 take you far along the Fusser's 
 Path. 
 
 Rule IX 
 
 HOLD off at times the little 
 attentions which you feel are 
 expected of you, but don't hold off 
 too long. This rule has both a mas- 
 culine and a feminine application. 
 
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 Rule X 
 
 HUMOR the Athletic Girl. Make her feel that she is 
 the one good fellow of her sex, but never imply that 
 this masculine touch detracts from her feminine charm.
 
 Rule XI 
 
 RESPECT her serious side (if 
 she has one) and don't meet 
 her fads with an amused, indulgent 
 smile. She won't love you for that 
 attitude of male superiority. It makes 
 her feel that the real thing in you is 
 lacking, and in spite of herself she 
 loves the real thing. 
 
 Rule XII 
 
 CULTIVATE a tact that conceals 
 itself. If you feel that a man 
 is caught with you at a dance don't 
 aggravate the wound by laughing to 
 him at the situation and yet show no 
 inclination to find a way out of it.
 
 
 Rule XIII 
 
 ET the method of fussing fit the 
 girl. For remember all girls 
 aren't cut from the same pattern. 
 
 Rule XIV 
 
 EMEMBER that all that chills 
 you is not cold. In all proba- 
 bility she has been advised to refuse 
 an invitation once in a while, or to 
 be out occasionally when you call. 
 Above all she may fear to give the 
 impression that she is sitting at the 
 telephone waiting for you to ring her 
 up. Learn to distinguish between a 
 slight frost for diplomatic reasons 
 and the cold spell that ushers in a 
 whole winter of discontent.
 
 Rule XV 
 
 WATCH how the wind blows! 
 On a boat place the straight- 
 haired damsel with her face to the 
 breeze. This keeps her stray locks 
 in place. She knows they are unbe- 
 coming to her, and she can enjoy 
 you more when not worrying about 
 her looks. The girl with curls, 
 however, rises superior to any wind 
 that blows ; and is aware of the 
 fact. 
 
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 AKE her care before you try 
 to make her jealous. 
 
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 Rule XVII 
 
 EMEMBER always to " keep your eyes in the 
 boat " !
 
 Rule XVIII 
 
 
 
 BE graceful as well as useful. 
 In diving under a table at the 
 end of a dinner, for the purpose of 
 corralling your partner's handkerchief, 
 gloves, smelling salts and fan, don't 
 mar your host's mahogany by a too 
 violent impact with your skull. It 
 may create some temporary amuse- 
 ment, but detracts on the whole 
 from your reputation as an accom- 
 plished fusser. 
 
 Rule XIX 
 
 DON'T assume that you are her 
 only suitor. Imply rather by 
 your general attitude that all man- 
 kind, of course, is ready to eat out 
 of her hand. 
 
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 Rule XX 
 
 DISCRIMINATE between the 
 false and the true. When 
 she truly cares she is apt to appear 
 indifferent, but she almost surely is 
 indifferent when she appears to care. 
 
 Rule XXI 
 
 BE ready to learn from any one. 
 There are subtle depths in the 
 gentle art of fussing which even yet 
 may not be revealed to you. If you 
 study the method of your best be- 
 loved you will discover things you 
 never dreamed of before.
 
 Rule XXII 
 
 WHEN negotiating a difficult 
 street corner don't grasp 
 your fair companion by the crook of 
 her shapely elbow and steer her in 
 one direction if she shows any real 
 inclination to set sail in another. 
 The course of true love is never 
 helped by such a crossing. 
 
 Rule XXIII 
 
 DON'T think, because he sends 
 you $10 bunches of violets at 
 his own free will, he enjoys being 
 trapped into car fare and soda water. 
 
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 Rule XXIV 
 
 USE but two fingers to help a lady into a car or cab, 
 and mind, no pushing ! [This rule carried into 
 effect makes you the third man in America who really 
 knows how.] 
 
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 Rule XXV 
 
 MAKE up to the little sisters 
 and all small girls. You may 
 be able to lord it over them when 
 you are twenty and they are only 
 ten. But some day when they are 
 twenty and you are thirty the tables 
 will be turned and they don't forget. 
 
 Rule XXVI 
 
 NOTICE details in a girl's looks, 
 tastes, and frocks, and at 
 some far future time compliment 
 her on them. Length of memory 
 linked with closeness of observa- 
 tion will doubly flatter her. 
 
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 Rule XXVII 
 
 BEWARE of too long calls. Although it's true you've 
 been brought up to believe that some girls think a 
 beau in the parlor worth two in the hair, this maxim may 
 not hold good after midnight. 
 
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 Rule XXVIII 
 
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 BE politic. When talking to one 
 girl do not expatiate on the 
 accomplishments of other "Pippins" 
 and " Queens": it betrays the ama- 
 teur hand. 
 
 Rule XXIX 
 
 ^\ TEP carefully. Remember, when 
 V^J you put your foot through a 
 lady's $250 gown, that her sweet 
 smile upon you is all composed of 
 heroism and that you are lucky if she 
 is not inwardly cursing you. Learn to 
 gaze earnestly into your partner's 
 eyes, at the same time that you skill- 
 fully and delicately avoid the edge 
 of the "creation" trailing just ahead 
 of you.
 
 Rule XXX 
 
 STRIVE for a happy medium in 
 seating a lady at the table. 
 Neither be so slow that she is in 
 danger of missing her chair, nor in 
 such a hurry that you knock the 
 edge of the table against her knees. 
 The first seems to denote a vacuous 
 mind ; the last makes you appear too 
 eager for food. 
 
 Rule XXXI 
 
 CARRY yourself with confidence 
 but not with over -assurance, 
 remembering at the same time that 
 almost everything is your fault.
 
 Rule XXXII 
 
 DON'T add insult to injury. It's 
 a great mistake to try to cover 
 up one's rudeness to a lady by an 
 attitude of general nastiness. Almost 
 impossible as this may be for you 
 to grasp, she sees through your 
 assumed attitude every time and 
 accepts with astonishment the fact 
 that any one can be so silly. 
 
 Rule XXXIII 
 
 DON'T kiss your dollar good-bye 
 before treating your best be- 
 loved. Spend what you can afford 
 with kingly carelessness and make 
 up your laundry bill in another 
 quarter. 
 
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 I Rule XXXIV 
 
 FUSS the chaperone, even at the expense of a tete-a- 
 tete with "the only one." The longest way round 
 is sometimes the shortest way home. 
 
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 Rule XXXV 
 
 NO matter what degrees of inti- 
 macy and warmth your inter- 
 views may attain, terminate them 
 with a return to your usual conven- 
 tional manner. Suggest that " it's all 
 off" even if you intend calling her 
 up on the 'phone within the hour. 
 This tactic adds the two ingratiating 
 elements of elusiveness and surprise 
 to your intercourse. 
 
 Rule XXXVI 
 
 T^ON'T be timid about " butting- 
 J in" at a ball. No girl in this 
 world was ever annoyed because a 
 man made her look popular. 
 
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 Rule XXXVII 
 
 ULTIVATE a breathless eager- 
 
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 ness to learn everything about 
 Her, whether it be her views on 
 Browning or the kind of scent she 
 uses, and jolly her with gentle ques- 
 tionings to this end. This is one of 
 the cheapest ways for acquiring the 
 reputation of an "interesting talker." 
 
 Rule XXXVIH 
 
 DISCOVER fancied resemblances 
 to celebrated actresses or pro- 
 fessional beauties. Use the formula, 
 " Do you know you remind me 
 
 more of _ .than any other 
 
 woman I ever saw?" and flavor to 
 taste.
 
 Rule XXXIX 
 
 DON'T take the game seriously. 
 She may be only an accom- 
 plished fusser, and not really in love 
 with you at all. 
 
 Rule XL 
 
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 E chivalrous to all but easy 
 to none. 
 
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