Medford mail tribune., October 19, 1958, Image 44

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Is
Dignity
Out of
Style?
There's o
time and place
for informality,
but it can be
overdone.
by Norah Smaridg
Art by Don Neskee
I ast summer, when friends took us
for an automobile ride, we
dropped their 15-year-old girl
at a home where she had been invited
to dinner. Jane had changed her dress
but her feet were bare!
"Anything wrong?" she frowned,
her finger on the bell. "Oh, my feet?"
She gave them a cursory glance they
weren't a pretty sight. "None of the
kids wear shoes in warm weather."
"It seems to be the fashion," her
mother said uncertainly. "I think itjs
going too far bare feet at dinner. But
you know how these teen-agers are
about informality!" .
Not only teen-agers. Adults, too,
make a cult of informality. It saves
trouble. It means you can wear a
head-scarf to church, finish your
manicure in the office, ask your sup
per guest to help with the dishes.
But sometimes it is hard to take.
I, for one, am tired of cab drivers who
address me and my 65-year-old
mother as "you girls" but don't stir
themselves to open a door or help with
a suitcase. And I'd prefer a salesclerk
to listen to my needs instead of en
gaging me in chatter: "I bought this
little dress myself, dear but it'll look
even better on you, with your hips!"
We Americans surely must be the
most informal people in the world.
Yet, paradoxically, we are fascinated
by the ceremonies, customs, and pro
tocol of other countries. Perhaps we
sense that they are a symbol for some
thing real and meaningful, like a sense
of respect for human dignity.
In my home, we stand on ceremony.
We don't dress for dinner, or have
callers announced by a butler; we're
not in that income bracket But we do
observe many formalities that others
dispense with. We have found that
they make for smoother living and
pleasanter relationships.
We are formal, for instance, in our
use of titles and names. Our family
physician is Doctor Stewart to us and
to our children; never "Doc Stewart"
or "Doc." And our neighbor, Captain
Jensen, gets his proper title, not "Cap"
or "Skipper." '
When the youngsters were small,
we explained what is meant by such
titles as doctor, captain, or professor.
We told them how long and hard these
men had to study and work to earn
their titles. We made them understand
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