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 on the envelop is:  The Most
       Reverend, His Grace the Archbishop of Kent.

Archbishop of Roman Catholic church—­how addressed.
       An official or social letter begins: 
       Most Reverend and Dear Sir, and ends:  I
       have the honor to remain your humble servant.

       The address on the envelope is:  The Most
       Reverend John J. Wilson, Archbishop of Kent.

Artichokes are eaten with the fingers, taking off leaf
       by leaf and dipping into the sauce.  The
       solid portion is broken up and eaten with a
       fork.

Asparagus.  The stalks may be taken between the
       finger and the thumb, if they are not too
       long, or the green end may be cut off and
       eaten with a fork, scraping off with the
       knife what is desired from the remaining
       part.

AT HOMES.

  Afternoon at homes.  The days for receiving
       are engraved in the lower left hand
       corner of the card, with hours specified if one
       wishes.

No changes should be made in these hours by the hostess unless for exceptional reasons, and she should always be present at the time set.

       Unless very intimate, the call should be
       made only on the specified days.

  Bachelors.  It is not customary for a bachelor
       to use “At Home” cards as a woman does,
       nor to invite his friends by writing a date
       and Music at four on his calling-cards in
       place of an invitation.

  Dress.  In the afternoon the caller should wear
       afternoon dress, and in the evening evening
       dress.

  Acknowledging invitations.  Invitations to
       an ordinary at home need no acknowledgment.

  Invitations.  Cards for an “At Home” are engraved
       with the hour for beginning the
       entertainment—­as, Chocolate at 4.30 o’clock. 
       The invitations to a formal “At Home”
       should be sent in two envelopes, but to an
       ordinary “At Home” in one envelope.  For
       informal affairs the hour may be written on
       an ordinary “At Home” card.

Bachelors’ dinners.  They follow the usual custom
       of formal dinners, and may be as elaborate as
       desired.  Women may be invited.  Such
       dinners are often given for men only.

  Calls.  Women do not call upon a bachelor
       after attending a dinner given by him.

  Chaperone.  If women are present, a married
       woman as chaperone is indispensable, and
       her husband must also be invited.  The host
       should call upon the chaperone and personally
       request the favor.

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