SIGNS OF LIFE All quotes are from How to Behave Badly Taurus (April 20 – May 20) The young in Elizabethan England, by Ruth Goodman, and the fashion forward were challenging born Oct. 5, 1963. and changing notions of what constituted appropriate dress. One group of people were Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Another way deeply unsettled by this and others were havthat you could disconcert those around you ing fun…. Have fun with fashion! was to be more up to date and cosmopolitan Gemini (May 21 – June 20) Across the than your fellows. So what’s your goal here? board, the writers of manners books were Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Words can keen for you to keep your phlegm out of othonly take you so far. There is also a world er people’s business as much as possible. of hurt that can be inflicted by gesture. It is Loud nose blowing was condemned … while useful in noisy, crowded places where words sorting and sniffing were worse. This is still would go unheard, or over distances that a good principle. blur the pronunciation of your well-chosen Cancer (June 21 – July 22) There was a sentiments. So many ways to communicate. right way and a wrong way to break social Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) Not one rules. Don’t break the rule-breaking rule. of the period advice manuals tells a man, or Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) It was at dinboy, to wear his hat; it was simply assumed ner that you had the finest opportunities to behaviour. While he might need to be disgust people with your personal habits. reminded to carry a handkerchief, a hat was All faults were magnified during the dinunforgettable and taken utterly for granted. ing ritual, and a whole host of food-specific Don’t take your hat for granted. examples of bad manners came into play. Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Napkin Take small bites. use is all very well if you have a napkin and Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) Fishing about the facilities to launder it regularly, but how for the best bits was decidedly rude and so many people did? Things to think about. was randomly planting your spoon or knife Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) If everyone all over the bowl. Restrain yourself. is your superior, your hat barely gets a chance to keep the rain off, and half your life might seem to consist of an eyes-down semi-crouch. A certain leeway had to be allowed to those at the bottom of the heap or little would have got done. Lift others up. Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) Ploughmen and dairy maids were not expected to perform the courtesies with any great degree of elegance and polish, and touching the knees to the ground was not looked for in muddy, outdoor situations…. Phew. Aries (March 21 – April 19) However rich a merchant became, he was always going to struggle to look like a bona fide gentleman. Which, frankly, was the whole point of the exercise. You can’t fake the secret handshake. Last Week’s Answers:
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