[Illustration: A POINT IN ETIQUETTE.
“Kin I give him flowers if I’ve not been interdooced ter him?”
“No, it ain’t good form even ter reckernize a man wot yer don’t even
know. The best way is ter get ackwainted with the Dutch grocer where he
buys his ’taters an’ herrinks, an’ let the interduction come through
him.”]
[Illustration: A TERROR.
“Jim, giv’ us a interduction.”
“No, Tom, no. Yer don’t know her, an’ yer don’ want ter. She’s de
ice-cream fiend of de ward; she’s beggared two newsboys an’ a Italian
bootblack, an’ she’s a looking roun’ for another wictim.”]
[Illustration: GALLANT.
Girl.--“Don’t be frightened. He won’t bite you.”