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Good Manners for All Occasions: A Practical Manual (Classic Reprint)
Good Manners for All Occasions A Practical Manual - Classic Reprint Author:Margaret Elizabeth Munson Sangster A book is the better for a preface, just as a house is the finer for a porch. People sometimes tell me they omit reading an author's preface. How can they be so rude? The}' might as well omit a bow when introduced to a new acquaintance. I make a point of reading the prefaces written by other people, and, Gentle Reader, I am sure you will read mi... more »ne. This book is a plain-spoken treatise or talk on the ways in vogue in good society, the society to which you and I belong. It is a friendly book, and it will fit into any hour of leisure a busy woman may happen to have. A busy man may find something in it for him, too, if he take the trouble to look. Like little Jack Horner, you may put in your thumb and pull out a plum anywhere in this particular pie. Some books are offended if you do not approach them with grave looks, and give them your close attention. They turn a cold shoulder on you if you
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I; A BIT OF TALl< ADOIJT POLITEXEss-M'anner and manners-Table; manners-'fable etiquette-Manners may cbaIlg'CI'AGB:; Tbe bas~ of good form-A cornplait;lt bo~ • • • • • • I; CHAPTER 11; CHILDREN AND MANN1i:llS-Little courtesies-Children and hired; help-The children and the school-The children's moneyThe; old and Ute young-Children and guests-Good manners; in tbe church-Somc othor hint~ ([; CHAPTER III; GOOD MA!'lNKRS WHEN TRAVRLlllOC-Getting ready for the roadAnticipate,; do not forebode-On packing a trunk-Wbat to; do in °a sleever-Traveling by sea-A few useful don'tsStandard; time-Who pays a lady's fare?-About seats in; cars-A minor inllictiou-Stopping at a hotel-Hotel etiquette; for women-:some rules'onhe road • 23; CHAPTER IV; GOOD MAN~FRS IN CORREsrONOENCE-The typewriter-A good; letter-Fonns of salutation and conclu~lon-The signature-When; in mourning-Sealing, stamping, and directing letters-; Letters of introduction-Invitations and announcoments-; Letter~ of condolence-Acknowledging letters of« less