“Not at home,” 84-86.

    Note of apology, 462-463.

    Nurse, 152-153.

    Office buildings, etiquette in, 22.

    Open air gatherings, 46.

    Opera, 12, 20, 310, 546-547, 569;
      chapter on, 33-37.

    Orange blossoms at second marriage, 375.

    P.P.C. cards, 79.

    Packages, 29.

    Pall bearers, 391-392, 569.

    Paris clothes, 353, 539-561.

    Parlor maid, 148.

    Party calls, 81.

    Parties, attendance of a lady at, 32;
      kissing at, 96;
      non-return of, 71;
      afternoon, chapter on, 165-176;
      children’s, 580-581;
      engaged couples, 306-307;
      opera, 35;
      theater, 38, 43. 
      See also:  House party.

    Passing of colors, removal of hat at, 23.

    Payment, etiquette of, 31. 
     See also:  Debts.

    Peas, how to eat, 573.

    Personal letters, 455.

    Persons of rank.  See:  Rank, persons of.

    Pew cards, 102-103, 356.

    Photographs of engaged couples in newspapers, 304.

    Picnics, 34, 124, 128.

    Pits, management of, at table, 584.

    Place cards, 128, 210.

    Plates, 200, 202-204, 242.

    Politeness to servants, 153-154.

    Political clubs, 517.

    Politics, etiquette of, 530-539.

    Position in the community, 410;
      chapter on, 65-72.

    Precedence, 40, 204-205, 214-215, 360-361.

    Presentation at court, 609-610.

    “Present,” when used in introductions, 4.

    President of the United States,
      close of letter to, 456, 487, 490;
      as a guest, 214, 430;
      how to address, 486;
      introduction of and to, 4, 5, 487.

    Priest, 488-489.

    Private affairs, conversation about, 592.

    Private car, guests on, 439.

    Private secretary, 139.

    Pronunciation, 62-64.

    Public places, 96, 307,
      chapter on, 28-34.

    Punctuality, 46, 219-220.

    Pusher, nursery, 571.573.

    Rabbi, 488-489.

    Rank, persons of,
      how to announce as guests, 214-215;
      how to address, 486, 488;
      how to introduce, 487, 489;
      close of letter to, 487-489.

    Reading at table, 591.

    Ready-to-wear clothes, 557, 562.

    Receptions, 10, 119, 165, 168.

    Recommendation, letters of, 479-481.

    Referring to husband or wife in conversation, 54.

    Regard for others, rules of, 34.

    Registering at a hotel, 346, 596-597.

    Rehearsal of a wedding, 338-342.