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Title: Etiquette
Author: Agnes H. Morton
Release Date: January 28, 2007 [EBook #20470]
Language: English
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ETIQUETTE
BY
AGNES H. MORTON

AUTHOR OF
"LETTER WRITING," "QUOTATIONS," &C.

GOOD MANNERS FOR ALL
PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE "WHO DWELL
WITHIN THE BROAD
ZONE OF THE AVERAGE"

(REVISED EDITION)
PHILADELPHIA
THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY

1919
Copyright, 1892, By the Penn Publishing Company
Contents

INTRODUCTION
I. ETHICS OF ETIQUETTE
II. VISITING CARDS
THE OFFICE OF THE VISITING CARD. STYLE OF CARDS.

THE ENGRAVING OF VISITING CARDS.--
Cards for Men;
Cards for Women;
Cards for Young Women;
After Marriage Cards.

THE USE OF THE VISITING CARD.--
Calling in Person;
Card-leaving in Lieu of Personal Calls;
Cases in which Personal Card-leaving is Required;
Cards by Messenger or by Post;
Card-leaving by Proxy.

SOME FURTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF CARD USAGE.

III. CEREMONIOUS CARDS AND INVITATIONS. ETIQUETTE OF REPLIES.
THE "HIGH TEA," OR MUSICALE, ETC.
WEDDING INVITATIONS.
DINNER INVITATIONS.
LUNCHEON AND BREAKFAST INVITATIONS.

IV. THE CONDUCT OF A CHURCH WEDDING
V. ENTERTAINING
VI. AFTERNOON RECEPTIONS AND TEAS
VII. THE DINNER SERVICE

REQUISITES FOR THE DINING-TABLE.
THE FORMAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE DINNER-TABLE.
THE ARRIVAL OF GUESTS, MEANWHILE.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF DINNER.
THE SERVING OF THE DINNER.
MISCELLANEOUS POINTS.
DINNER-TABLE TALK.
INFORMAL DINNERS.

VIII. LUNCHEONS
IX. SUPPERS
X. BREAKFASTS
XI. EVENING PARTIES
XII. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
XIII. "THE STRANGER THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES"
XIV. "MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME"
XV. "AS THE TWIG IS BENT"
XVI. SOCIAL YOUNG AMERICA
XVII. THE AMERICAN CHAPERONE
XVIII. GREETINGS. RECOGNITIONS. INTRODUCTIONS
XIX. BEHAVIOR IN PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES
XX. IN PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES
XXI. BEARING AND SPEECH
XXII. SELF-COMMAND
XXIII. A FEW POINTS ON DRESS
XXIV. PERSONAL HABITS
XXV. SOCIAL CO-OPERATION
XXVI. ON THE WING
XXVII. ETIQUETTE OF GIFTS
XXVIII. GALLANTRY AND COQUETRY
XXIX. IN CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION

As a rule, books of etiquette are written from the standpoint of the
ultra-fashionable circle. They give large space to the details of
behavior on occasions of extreme conventionality, and describe minutely
the conduct proper on state occasions. But the majority in every town
and village are people of moderate means and quiet habits of living, to
whom the extreme formalities of the world of fashion will always remain
something of an abstraction, and the knowledge of them is not of much
practical use except to the few who are reflective enough to infer
their own particular rule from any illustration of the general code.

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