42 - Sunday, October 29, 1989 ~ North Shore News

LIFESTYLES

Check mysterious function
before accepting invitation

From page 40
relationships. I am still grateful for
it, regardless of what bas happened
since.

GENTLE READER — Like
you, Miss Manners is unable to
judge whether these people would
feel themselves besmirched by any
public linking of their names with
yours, no matter hew respectful. If
things are not all that bad, your
gesture might even open the way to
reconciliation.

A way to find out is to have
your editor write them that you
would like to include their names
in the acknowledgments if they
have no objection. That way, they
will at least have to word their ob-
jections politely.

DEAR MISS MANNERS
Please entertain the possiblity that
you may have been wrong. FI refer
to your response to the reader who
did not recognize the names on a
wedding invitation; you assumed
that it was a case of people inviting
guests they didn’t really know,
such as distant co-workers.

A similar situation came up

Izzard gives

WORLD-RENOWNED West
Vancouver artist Daniel Izzard will
be giving a slide presentation of his
work at Eagle Harbour Centre on
Saturday, Nov. 4.

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Izzard
will show a sampling of his art,
from his early works to some of
his more recent creations.

His paintings grace numerous
public, private and corporate ccl-
Jections world-wide. Izzard’s
work, ‘“‘Through the Lions Gate’’

when my husband and I received
an invitation to 3 bar mitzvah
from a family we couldn’t recall.
We fretted for weeks, wondering
what business associate oar
neighbor we were forgetting.

Then we received a phone cali
from the mysterious host. it turned
out that his daughter had compiled
the guest list and gathered ad-
dresses from the phone book. She
dearly wanted to invite her
classmate whe happened to have
the same name as my husband, so
she used our address by mistake.
Imagine if we had attended — aa
obvious error.

In retrospect, 1 think it would
usually be advisable to call the host
and be diplomatically honest about
one’s ignorance. Perhaps the in-
vitation was really meant for
someone else.

GENTLE READER — Wrong?
Miss Manners? All right, but you
will have to forgive some
awkwardness in her manner of
acknowledging it, as it is the first
time. :

Indeed, such a mishap had not

slide show

gained him further international
recognition as one of six limited-
edition prints for EXPO 86.

He is best known for his
dramatic B.C. landscapes and
compelling impressious of water-
fronts and harbors.

The cost of the workshop is $17
which includes coffee and lunch.
For more information phone 921-
7425 or drop by Eagle Harbour
Centre at 5575 Marine Drive in
West Vancouver.

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occurred to her, as she hears so
often from people who want to
issue wedding invitations far
beyond their actual social circles.
Checking mysterious invitations is
an excellent idea, although not
recommended for those who have
a tendency to forget names of their
relatives and old friends.

DEAR MISS MANNERS —
When this gentleman brings home
a female colleague to meet his wife
and family, who should go
through the door first? Traditional
etiquette would mean that my wife
was greeted first by a perfect
Stranger, with the chief explainer
holding up the rear.

GENTLE READER — The ex-
planation is supposed to have been
provided in advance, so that there
is no chance of your wife’s saying
“We don’t want any”? before you
were able to appear.

Yes, the lady should go through
the door first. Your wife should
welcome her by saying: ‘I’m
Brigid Fifield; you must be Joanne
Briggs. I have so much Icoked
forward to meeting you.”’

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Dates: Thurs., Nov. 9
Friday, Nov. 10

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4500 Arbutus St.,
Vancouver

For further information and registra-
fion forms call Linda Genhom ot
737-6225.

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