3 ~ Sunday, May 8, 1988.- North Share News

LIFESTYLES
NEW ‘CLICHES |
Don t discourage gratitude -

DEAR MISS MANNER S — I would appreciate your views
on the embroidering of standard necessary cliches. For ex-
ample, ‘‘May I help you?’’ has, in recent years, -become

pected to have arrived. Otherwise,
cach" person will: be obligated to
sun around and find both of you
before he can properly participate

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‘How many I help you?”
irritating.”

On radio talk shows of the cail- ..

in type, a ridiculous new cliche has
sprung ug: ‘‘Thaak you for taking.
my: call.’* Iv no one called. there
wouid be no show. I see no need tu

—- an expression I personally find

_around discouraging. people from
an excess of gratitude, which is not
one of the problems in the worid
today.

DEAR > MiSS ‘MANNERS - von My

wife and, I are planning a party to

celebrate our 25th wedding an-
niversary, of = local inn with 350
relatives and friends.

_ If guests bring gifts, what is the

- proper procedure to register them,

and how should: thank-yous - -be

“banded?” *

Showld we be avaitable fo greet -
the guests as (key enter, or should

‘we form a receiving line? How

‘tong should we do this?

‘and ” ac
. possible one, for being available to

GENTLE READER _ At receiving
line-is nothing more than a device,
in: fact the most’: efficient

greet -one’s guests. as they crter.
How it. got .to- be thought’ of. as

“<, some sort: of - pretentious -obstacle
| COUTSE, «
SMOW.) cet

‘Miss Manners © doesn’t

By all means ‘form. onc until all.

7 your. guests may. Seasonably be ex

., Did you ‘know’ that smoking has”
become an increasingly impor. _
tant factor in the ‘choice of: a.
date’ today? ‘Most: youre. ‘men “

in the party.

As presumably not all guests will
be bringing presents, you do not
want to make too much ofa fuss _
over those who do. ‘

It would be sensible to have an_
inconspicuous place where you can |
easily stash them, taking the. time
(or assigning. someone’ clse):. to

write the names on the packages.

You ‘may open them in private
after the party and‘ write your
thanks.

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