The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 295 pages of information about The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions.

The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 295 pages of information about The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions.

       The address is:  To the Countess of Kent.

Country calls.  The usual rule in calling is for the
       residents to call first upon the temporary
       cottage people, and between these latter the
       early comers call first upon those coming
       later.

       In the city there is no necessity for
       neighbors to call upon each other.

Crackers should be broken into small pieces and
       eaten with the fingers.

Crests.  If men and women wish, these may be
       stamped in the latest fashionable colors on
       their stationery.  It is not customary to use
       a crest and a stamped address on the same
       paper.

       The present fashion in crests is that they
       should be of small size.

       It is not usual to stamp the crest on the
       flap of the envelope.

       If sealing-wax is used, some dull color
       should be chosen.

       A person should avoid all individual
       eccentricities and oddities in stamping, such
       as facsimile autographs, etc.

Crystal weddings.  This anniversary comes after
       fifteen years of married life, and the
       invitations may bear the words:  No presents
       received, and on their acceptance or declination,
       congratulations may be extended.  An
       entertainment should be provided for.  Any
       article of crystal or glass is appropriate as a
       gift.

DANCES.

  Carriages.  A man should secure his carriage-check
       when leaving his carriage.  It is safer
       to take wraps and coats to the house in case
       of accidents.

       When taking a woman wearing evening
       dress to a ball or dance, a man should
       provide a carriage.

  Debutante.  See dances—­women—­debutante.

  Dress.  Evening dress is worn by men and
       women.

  Dinner invitations.  The hostess issues two
       sets of invitations—­one for those invited to
       both dinner and dance, and one for those
       invited to the dance only.

For the former, the hostess should use her usual engraved dinner cards, with the written words:  Dancing at eleven, and for the latter her usual engraved At Home cards, with the written words:  Dancing at eleven.
A less formal way is to use, instead of the At Home card, a Mr. and Mrs. card, or Mrs. And Miss card, with the following written in the lower left-hand corner:  Dancing at ten.  March the second.  R. S. V. P.

  Invitations.  These should be acknowledged
       by an acceptance, or declined, with a note of
       regret within one week.

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