Assemblyman, 486, 487.

    At home with dancing, invitations to an, 112-116.

    Au revoir, avoidance of use of, 19.

    Automobiles.  See:  Motoring; Vehicles.

    Baby, clothes for, at a christening, 385;
      letters of thanks for gifts to, 468;
      training in table manners, 571.

    Bachelor’s apartment, tea in, 292;
      dinner, 230, 336-337, 375;
      party, 71, 296-298;
      theater party, 38.

    Bachelor girl, 295.

    Ball dress, 541, 546-547, 557, 603;
      in opera box, 37.

    Ballroom, etiquette in, 258-262;
      for an afternoon tea, 167.

    Balls, chapter on, 250-275;
      clothes for, 569;
      gloves at, 20;
      hand-shaking at, 20;
      introductions at, 10, 16;
      invitations to, 112-116;
      for a debutante, 276-279;
      public, 271-275.

    Beginning a letter, 492-494.

    Behavior, good, fundamentals of, 506-510.

    Best man, 331, 344;
      clothes of, 333;
      duties of on wedding day, 345-346;
      during the marriage ceremony, 358, 359, 360;
      after the marriage ceremony, 361;
      in rehearsal, 341, 342;
      at the wedding breakfast, 368.

    Best Society, chapter on, 1-3;
      definition of, 3.

    Beverages at afternoon teas, 167, 168,
      169, 170, 173, 174;
      at ball suppers, 257;
      at formal dinners, 205, 209;
      at luncheons, 244-245;
      at wedding breakfasts, 365, 368.

    Big dinners, 225-226.

    Birds, how to eat, 584, 585.

    Bishop, close of letter to, 489;
      how to address, 488;
      how to introduce, 5, 489.

    Bones, management of, at table, 583-584.

    Boots, 551, 568.

    Bouquet, bridal, 344, 358, 359;
      of bridesmaid, 328.

    Boutonniere, 334, 344, 354, 357, 551, 563.

    Bowing, etiquette of, 20, 21, 23, 24-27, 93, 508;
      at court, 610.

    Bread and butter, how to eat, 583.

    Bread and butter letters, 468-470.

    Breakfast, invitations to, 238-239;
      for country house guests, 427-429;
      wedding, 364-368.

    Bridal procession, 339-342, 357-358.

    Bridal veil, 350, 351.

    Bride, acknowledgment of gifts by, 320-321;
      acquiring of social position by, 66-68;
      calls of, 66;
      calls on, 67-91;
      gifts of to bridesmaids, 336;
      gifts to by groom, 344;
      giving away of, 353, 359;
      house of on wedding day, 347-350;
      letters of thanks to relatives-in-law, 471;
      during the marriage ceremony, 358, 359, 360;
      in rehearsal, 338-342;
      at the wedding breakfast, 362, 368;
      as a chaperon, 289;
      as a guest of honor, 11.