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.

       LL.D. and all professional titles are placed
       after the name.  Political and judicial titles
       are always omitted.

Physicians may use Dr. before or M.D. after their names.  On cards intended for social use, office hours and other professional matters are omitted.

  Women’s cards.  The same principles govern
       the titles on women’s cards, with the addition
       that women should never use titles of their
       husbands.

Toothpicks should not be used in public.  If necessity
       requires it, raise the napkin over the
       mouth, with the hand behind it, using the
       toothpick as quickly as possible.

Town, returning to-women.  Cards of the entire
       family should be sent by mail to all acquaintances
       when returning after a prolonged
       absence.

When using cards, if out of town, the place of a woman’s permanent residence can be written on the card thus:  New YorkPhiladelphia.

Travelersvisiting-cards.  A woman visiting a place
       for a length of time should mail to her friends
       a visiting-card containing her temporary address.

       A man in a similar situation should call
       upon his friends, and if he does not find
       them at home should leave his card.

TRAVELING.

  Men with women.  When traveling with a
       woman, a man should see to the checking
       and care of her baggage.

  Men.  As it is exceedingly trying and difficult
       for a woman to stand in a railroad train while
       it is in motion, it is the height of good manners
       for a man to offer her his seat and to
       insist on her taking it.

  Expenses.  On a short boat or railroad trip a
       man should pay the expenses of a woman
       who accompanies him by his invitation.  But
       on a long trip she should insist on paying
       her share, and he should accept her decision. 
       Of course, he is at liberty, however, to pay
       all the expenses of slight entertainments-as,
       fruit, magazines, etc.

       He should see to the care of her baggage
       and all other details.

  Parlor-car.  When traveling a long distance
       accompanied by a woman, a man should secure
       seats in the parlor-car.

While it is admissible to offer assistance to a woman traveling in a parlor-car without an escort, it should be done in the most polite and delicate manner, and be perfectly agreeable to her.

  Women.  If a woman arrives at a strange place,
       especially a large city, and no one meets her,
       she should ask the station porter to attend to
       her baggage and all such details, and, if
       traveling farther, to see to her ticket and to
       find for her the right train.

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