Silk weddings.  This is the name of the forty-fifth
       wedding anniversary, and is now seldom observed. 
       If it is, any article of silk would be
       appropriate as a gift, and congratulations
       may be extended in accepting or declining
       the invitations.  The invitations may have
       the words:  No presents received.  An entertainment
       usually follows.

Silver weddings.  After twenty-five years of married
       life, the silver wedding may be celebrated. 
       On the invitations sent out may be
       engraved the words:  No presents received.

Congratulations may be extended in accepting or declining the invitation.  Any article of silver is appropriate as a gift.  An entertainment follows.

At a silver wedding the invitations may be appropriately engraved in a silver-gray color, and the decorations are usually of the same color.

Slippers-throwing at weddings.  The throwing of
       slippers after the bridal couple on their leaving
       the house for their wedding trip is in
       poor taste.

Smoking.  At a dinner when the women rise, the
       men also rise and remain standing until the
       former leave the room, when cigars and coffee
       are served.  Sometimes the men accompany
       the women to the drawing-room, bow, and
       then return to the dining-room for the coffee
       and cigars, where they remain about half an
       hour.

Smoking in restaurants is a general custom, but the rules of the house govern it.  Theatres provide rooms for it, hence it should be limited to them.

       There should be no smoking at afternoon
       entertainments, unless the men are requested
       to do so by the host and hostess.

At balls a room for smoking is generally provided.  Smoking is not in good taste if a man is going to dance, as the odor of tobacco clings to the clothing.  There should be no smoking in the dressing-rooms.

Smoking a pipe in the street is becoming more common.  It is poor taste, however, on a fashionable street.  At best, any smoking in the street is bad form.

Expectorating on the pavement is a most reprehensible habit.  If it must be done, a man should step to the curb and expectorate in the street.

  Dances.  Smoking should not be allowed in the
       dressing-room, but a special room should be
       provided.  Men who dance should not smoke
       until leaving the house.

  In presence of women.  Smoking in the
       street while walking with a woman should
       never be indulged in, although she seemingly
       is agreeable to it.  If a man is smoking, and
       he stops to speak to a woman, he should
       throw away his cigar or cigarette.