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.
When a woman asks a man or a male relative to drive with her, she does not call for him, but meets him at her door.  Even if a groom is present, he should help her to mount to her seat, and at the proper time descend before her and help her to alight.

Duchess—­how addressed. An official letter begins: 
       Madam, may it please Your Grace, and ends: 
       I have the honor to remain your Grace’s obedient
       servant.

       A social letter begins:  My Dear Duchess of
       Kent, and ends:  Believe me, dear Duchess,
       yours very truly.

       The address on the envelope is:  To Her
       Grace, The Duchess of Kent.

Duchess, dowager—­how addressed. An official
       letter begins:  May it please your Grace, and
       ends:  I have the honor to remain your Grace’s
       obedient servant.

       A social letter begins:  My dear Duchess
       Of Kent, and ends:  Believe me, dear Duchess,
       yours very truly.

       The address on the envelope is:  To Her
       Grace, The Dowager Duchess of Kent, or, To
       Her Grace, Minnie, Duchess of Kent.

Duke—­how addressed. An official letter begins: 
       My Lord Duke, may it please your grace, and
       ends:  I have the honor to be your grace’s most
       obedient servant.

       A social letter begins:  My dear Duke of
       Kent, and ends:  believe me, dear Duke, your
       Grace’s very faithfully.

       The address on the envelope is:  To His
       Grace, The Duke of Kent.

  Daughter of.  See Daughter of Duke.

  Wife of younger son of.  See Wife of
       Younger Son of Duke.

  Younger son of.  See Son (Younger) of Duke.

Earl—­how addressed. An official letter begins: 
       My Lord, and ends:  I have the honor to be
       your lordship’s obedient servant.

       The address on the envelope is:  To the
       Right Honorable The Earl Of Kent.

       A social letter begins:  Dear Lord Kent,
       and ends:  Believe me my dear Lord Kent,
       very sincerely yours.

       The address on the envelope is:  To the
       Earl of Kent

  Daughter of.  See Daughter of Earl.

  Wife of younger son.  See Wife of Younger
       Son of Earl.

  Younger son of.  See Son (Younger) of Earl.

Eggs are usually broken into a glass and eaten with
       a spoon.

Elevator.  Men should remove their hats when
       riding in an elevator with women, although
       it is held by some that an elevator is as much
       a public conveyance as a car, and this act of
       courtesy as unnecessary in the one place as
       in the other.  Women enter and leave before
       men.

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