Restaurants,
      clothes in, 556, 569;
      dinner in before the theater, 38;
      engaged couples in, 310;
      headdress in, 546;
      payment in, 32;
      rising in to greet a lady, 23;
      young girl in, 293.

    Riding clothes, 550-552.

    Rings, 544, 567;
      engagement, 302-303, 311;
      wedding, 343, 346, 359.

    Rising,
      to a lady, 22-23;
      to relatives, 587;
      from table, 577.

    Royalty,
      how to address, 610;
      letters to, 490;
      presentation to, 4, 609-610.

    Salutations, 461;
      chapter on, 22-27.

    Seating,
      at an afternoon tea, 168, 170;
      at a ball supper, 256;
      in drawing-room, 94-95;
      at a formal dinner, 162, 178-179, 196, 210-212;
      at a funeral in church, 409;
      at an informal dinner, 229;
      in an opera box, 35-36;
      at a wedding in church, 354-357;
      in a steamer dining-salon, 599-600;
      at the theater, 40-41;
      in vehicles, 30-31;
      of children at table, 575.

    Second marriage, 107-108, 375-376.

    Secretary, 138-140, 178.

    Self-introduction, 12, 602.

    Senator, 5, 214, 486-487.

    Servants, 135-138, 141-164;
      attitude to, 438-439, 510;
      at formal dinner, 184;
      in country house, 420-421, 425-427.

    Service,
      in country house guest room, 425-427;
      in the well-appointed house, 135-164;
      dinner, 200-209, 236-237.

    Serving table, 206-207.

    Serving tea, 168-171, 173-174.

    Setting the table, 194-200, 591.

    Shaking hands, 20-21;
      at an afternoon tea, 167;
      at a formal dinner, 215;
      on a visit, 93;
      at a wedding, 362-363;
      when introduced, 7-8, 9, 12.

    Shirt, 143, 334, 568.

    Shirt studs, 144, 152, 567.

    Shirt waist, 151, 549, 556.

    Shoes, 333, 549, 555, 558, 564, 566, 568.

    Shops, etiquette in, 33.

    Sickness.  See:  Invalids.

    Signature of a letter, 458-459.

    Silk hat, 564, 566.

    Silver, 198-199.

    Sitting up with the deceased, 393.

    Sitting down at the table, 577.

    Skirt, 151, 548, 549, 552, 556, 558.

    Slang, 62.

    Sleeping arrangements in country house, 413.

    Slippers, 549, 555.

    Smart society, 2.

    Smoking, 22, 28, 47, 209, 223-224, 530, 594.

    Social letters, 455-456, 461-463.

    Social position.  See:  Position in the community.

    Society, best,
      chapter on, 1-3;
      definition of, 3;
      smart, 2.