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,j-IOW TO BEHAVE
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SOCIETY
A Hand-Book of Etiquette
FOR
Ladies and Gentlemen
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Hints on Correct Dress and Behavior at
Wedbings, Balls, Dinners, Morning
Calls, Visits, &c.
AND FOR
NOTES OF INVITATION AND REPLY
NEW YORK
DICK & FITZGERALD
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PREFACE.
Etiquette may be defined as the minor moral-
ity of life. Its laws, like all other social laws, are
the accumulated results of the wisdom and ex¬
perience of many generations. They form a
code with which every educated person is bound
to be acquainted; and the object of this little
work is to place that code before the reader in
as succinct, as agreeable, and as explanatory a
light as the subject admits of. We hope and
believe that it will be found in all respects a
trusty and pleasant guide.
We beg permission to make one remark before
proceeding to the business of the book; that is,
that the laws of Etiquette must not be supposed
to apply only to intercourse with the world. In
no place do they bear such sweet and gratifying
results as in the home circle. Stripped of their
mere formality, tempered with love, and fostered
by all kindly impulses, they there improve the
character as well as the manners, and bear their
choicest fruits. Genuine politeness is not like a
ball-dress, ordy to be worn when circumstances
of ceremony demand it. It is a garment which
• should never be laid a§idef and which ought
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never to be felt as an incumbrance. It should
be natural and unconscious as the very play of
the lungs, or the beating of the heart. We feel
that we cannot impress this truth too strongly
upon those to whom this little manual is
especially addressed. Much of their own hap¬
piness in life, and much of the happiness of
those whose lives they share, depends upon
their observance of its precepts in the domestic
circle.
The Author.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Introductory ...... 7
CHAPTER II.
Visiting—Morning Calls—Cards . . 10
CHAPTER III.
Conversation . . . . 13
CHAPTER IV.
Notes of Invitation, Etc. . . .16
CHAPTER V.
Promenade, The 19
CHAPTER VI.
Dinner-Table, The . . . 25
CHAPTER VII.
Ball-Room Etiquette . . . .34
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CONTENTS.
PAGE.
CHAPTER VIII.
Visits—Breakfast—Luncheon, Etc. . 41
CHAPTER IX.
Riding and Driving 43
CHAPTER X.
General Hints 45
CHAPTER XI.
Engagements and Weddings . . .49
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CHAPTER I.
INTROD UC TION.
To introduce persons who are mutually un¬
known is to undertake a serious responsibility,
and to certify to each the respectability of the
other. Never undertake this responsibility with¬
out in the first place asking yourself whether
the persons are likely to be agreeable to each
other; nor, in the second place, without ascer-
taining whether it will be acceptable to both
parties to become acquainted.
Always introduce the gentleman to the lady
—never the lady to the gentleman. The chival-
ry of etiquette assumes that the lady is invaria¬
bly the superior in right of her sex, and that the
gentleman is honored in the introduction. This
rule is to be observed even when the social rank
of the gentleman is higher than that of the lady.
Where the sexes are the same, always present
the inferior to the superior.
Never present a gentleman to a lady without
first asking her permission to do so.
When you are introduced to a gentleman,
never offer your hand. When introduced, per¬
sons limit their recognition of each other to a
bow. Ladies never shake hands with gentle-
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men unless under circumstances of great in-
timacy.
Never introduce morning visitors who happen
to encounter each other in your parlor
unless they are persons whom you have already
obtained permisson to make known to each
other. Visitors thus casually meeting in the
house of a friend should converse with ease and
freedom, as if they were acquainted. That they
are both friends of the hostess is sufficient guar¬
antee of their respectability. To be silent and
stiff on such an occasion would show much
ignorance and ill-breeding.
Persons who have met at the house of a mu¬
tual friend without being introduced, should not
bow if they afterward meet elsewhere. A bow
implies acquaintance, and persons who have not
been introduced are not acquainted.
If you are walking with one friend, and pres¬
ently meet with, or are joined by a third, do not
commit the too frequent error of introducing
them to each other. You have even less right to
do so than if they encountered each other at
your house during a morning call.
There are some exceptions to the etiquette of
introductions. At a ball, or evening party where
there is dancing, the mistress of the house may
introduce any gentleman to any lady without
first asking the lady’s permission. But she
should first ascertain whether the lady is willing
to dance; and this out of consideration for the
gentleman, who may otherwise be refused. No
man likes to be refused the hand of a lady,
though it be only for a quadrille.
A sister may present her brother, or a mother
her son, without any kind of preliminary; but
only when there is no inferiority on the part of
her own family to that of the acquaintance.
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Friends may introduce friends at the house of
a mutual acquaintance; but, as a rule, it is bet¬
ter to be introduced by the mistress of the house.
Such an introduction carries more authori^y
with it.
Introductions at evening parties are now al¬
most wholly dispensed with. Persons who meet
at a friend's house are ostensibly upon an
equality, and pay a bad compliment to the host
by appearing suspicious and formal. Some old-
fashioned hosts yet persevere in introduc-
ing each new comer to all the assembled
guests. It is a custom that cannot be too soon
abolished, and one that places the last unfort¬
unate visitor in a singularly awkward position.
All that she can do is to make a semicircular
courtesy, like a concert singer before an audi¬
ence, and bear the general gaze with as much
composure as possible.
An introduction given at a ball for the mere
purpose of conducting a lady through a dance,
does not give the gentleman any right to bow to
her on a future occasion. If he commits this
error, she may remember that she is not bound
to see, or return, his salutation.
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CHAPTER II.
VISITING MORNING CALLS CARDS.
A morning visit should be paid between the
hours of two and four p. m., in winter, and two
and five in summer. By observing this rule you
avoid intruding before the luncheon is removed,
and leave in sufficient time to allow the lady of
the house an hour or two of leisure for her
dinner toilette.
Be careful always to avoid luncheon hours
when you pay morning visits. Some ladies dine
at half-past one, and are consequently unpre¬
pared for the early reception of visitors. When
you have once ascertained this to be the case,
be careful never again to intrude at the same
hour.
A good memory for these trifles is one of the
marks of good breeding.
Visits of ceremony should be short. If even
the conversation should have become animated,
beware of letting your call exceed half-an-hour’s
length. It is always better to let your friends
regret than desire your withdrawal.
On returning visits of ceremony you may,
without impoliteness, leave your card at the
door without going in. Do not fail, however,
"to inquire if the family be well.
Should there be daughters or sisters residing
with the lady upon whom you call, you may
turn down a corner of your card, to signify that
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the visit is paid to all. It is in better taste,
however, to leave cards for each.
Unless when returning thanks for “ kind in-
quiries,” or announcing your arrival in, or
departure from, town, it is not considered
respectful to send round cards by a servant.
Leave-taking cards have P. P. C. (;tour prendre
congd) written in the corner.
It is the fashion for unmarried ladies to affix
“ Miss ” to their visiting cards.
Visits of condolence are paid within the week
after the event which occasions them. Personal
visits of this kind are made by relations and
very intimate friends only. Acquaintances
should leave cards with narrow mourning
borders.
On the first occasion when you are received
by the family after the death of one of its mem-
bers, it is etiquette to wear slight mourning.
Umbrellas should invariably be left in the
hall.
If other visitors are announced, and you have
already remained as long as courtesy requires,
wait till they are seated, and then rise from your
chair, take leave of your hostess, and bow
politely to the newly-arrived guests. You will,
perhaps, be urged to remain, but, having once
risen, it is best to go. There is always a certain
air of gaucherie in resuming your seat and repeat-
ing the ceremony of leave-taking.
If you have occasion to look at your watch
during a call, ask permission to do so, and
apologize for it on the plea of other appoint-
ments.
In receiving morning visitors, it is not neces¬
sary that the lady should lay aside the employ¬
ment in which she may be engaged, particularly
if it consists of light or ornamental needle-work.
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Politeness, however, requires that music, draw*
ing, or any occupation which would completely
engross the attention, be at once abandoned.
You need not advance to receive visitors when
announced, unless they are persons to whom
you are desirous of testifying particular atten¬
tion. It is sufficient if a lady rises to receive
her visitors, moves forward a single step to
shake hands with them, and remains standing
till they are seated.
When your visitors rise to take leave you
should rise also, and remain standing till they
have quite left the room. Do not accompany
them to the door, but be careful to ring in good
time, that the servant may be ready in the hall
to let them out.
A lady should dress well, but not too richly,
when she pays a morning visit. If she has a
carriage at command, she may dress more
elegantly than if she were on foot.
When a gentleman makes a morning call, he
should never leave his hat or riding whip in the
hall, but should take both into the room. To
do otherwise would be to make himself too
much at home. The hat, however, must never
be laid on a table, piano, or any article of fur¬
niture; it should be held gracefully in the hand.
If you are compelled to lay it aside, put it on
the floor.
I The visiting cards of gentlemen are half the
[size of those used by ladies.
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CHAPTER III.
CONVERSATION.
There is no conversation so graceful, so varied,
so sparkling, as that of an intellectual and culti¬
vated woman. Excellence in this particular is,
indeed, one of the attributes of the sex, and
should be cultivated by every lady who
aspires to please in general society.
In order to talk well, three conditions are
indispensible, namely—tact, a good memory, and
and a fair education.
Remember that people take more interest in
their own affairs than in anything else which
you can name. If you wish your conversation
to be thoroughly agreeable, lead a mother to
talk of her children, a young lady of her last
ball, an author of his forthcoming book, or an
artist of his exhibition picture. Having fur¬
nished the topic you need only listen; and you
are sure to be thought not only agreeable, but
thoroughly sensible and well-informed.
Be careful, however, on the other hand, not
always to make a point of talking to persons
upon general matters relating to their profes¬
sion. To show an interest in their immediate
concerns is flattering; but to converse with them
too much about their own arts looks as if you
thought them ignorant of other topics.
Remember in conversation that a voice
“ gentle and low” is, above all other extraneous
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acquirements, “ an excellent thing in woman.”
There is a certain distinct but subdued tone of
voice which is peculiar to only well-bred per-
sons. A loud voice is both disagreeable and
vulgar. It is better to err by the use of too low
than too loud a tone.
Remember that all “ slang” is vulgar. It has
become of late unfortunately prevalent, and we
know many ladies who pride themselves on the
saucy chic with which they adopt certain
slang words, and other cant phrases of the
day. Such habits cannot be too severely repre-
hended. They lower the tone of society and the
standard of thought. It is a great mistake to
suppose that slang is in any way a substitute
for wit.
Long arguments in general company, however
entertaining to the disputants, are tiresome to
the last degree to all others. You should always
endeavor to prevent the conversation from dwell¬
ing too long upon one topic.
Religion is a topic which should never be
introduced in society. It is the one subject on
which persons are most likely to differ, and least
able to preserve temper.
"Never interrupt a person who is speaking. It
has been aptly said that “ if you interrupt a
speaker in the middle of his sentence, you act
almost as rudely as if, when walking with a
companion, you were to thrust yourself before
him, and stop his progress.”
To listen well is almost as great an art as
to talk well. It is not enough only to listen.
You must endeavor to seem interested in the
conversation of others.
It is considered extremely ill-bred when two
persons whisper in society, or converse in a
language with which ail present §re not farolUifc
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If you have private matters to discuss, you
should appoint a proper time and place to do
so, without paying others the ill compliment of
excluding them from your conversation.
Do not be always witty, even though you
should be so happily gifted as to need the
caution. To outshine others on every occasion
is the surest road to unpopularity.
Always look, but never stare, at those with
whom you converse.
In order to meet the general needs of conver¬
sation in society, it is necessary that a lady
should be acquainted with the current news
and historical events of at least the last few
years.
Never talk upon subjects of which you know
nothing, unless it be for the purpose of acquiring
information. Many young ladies imagine that
because they play a little, sing a little, draw
a little, and frequent exhibitions and operas,
they are qualified judges of art. No mistake is
more egregious or universal.
Those who introduce anecdotes into their
conversation are warned that these should invari¬
ably be “ short, witty, eloquent, new, and not
far-fetched.”
Scandal is the least excusable of all conver¬
sational vulgarities.
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CHAPTER IV.
NOTES OF INVITATION, ETC.
Notes of invitation and acceptance are written
in the third person and the simplest style. The
old-fashioned preliminary of “ presenting com-
pliments ” is discontinued by the most elegant
letter writters.
All notes of invitation are now issued in the
name of the mistress of the house only, as fol¬
io ws:
“Mrs. Norman requests the honor of Mr. and
Mrs. George Jones' company at an evening party, on
Monday, 14th of June."
Others prefer the subjoined form, which is
purchaseable ready printed upon either cards or
note paper, with blanks for names or dates:
“Mrs. Norman,
“At home,
“Monday evening, June the l^th instant."
An “ At home ” is, however, considered some¬
what less stately than an evening party, and
partakes more of the character of a conversazione.
The reply to a note of invitation should be
couched as follows:
“Mr. Berkeley has much pleasure in accepting
Mrs. Norman's polite invitation for Monday evening,
June the \\th instant."
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Never “ avail ” yourself of an invitation.
Above all, never speak or write of an invitation
as “ an invite.” It is neither good breeding nor
good English.
Notes of invitation and reply should be writ¬
ten on small paper of the best quality, and en-
closed in envelopes to correspond.
Note paper of the most dainty and fastidious
kind may be used by a lady with propriety and
elegance, but only when she is writing to her
friends and equals. Business letters or letters
to her tradespeople should be written on plain
paper, and enclosed either in an adhesive enve¬
lope, or sealed with red wax.
Never omit the address and date from any
letter, whether of business or friendship.
Letters in the first person addressed to
strangers should begin with “ Sir,” or “ Madam,”
and end with, “ I have the honor to be your
very obedient servant.” Some object to this
form of words from a mistaken sense of pride;
but it is merely a form, and, rightly apprehend-
ed, evinces a “ proud humility,” which implies
more condescension than a less formal phrase.
At the end of your letter, at some little dis¬
tance below your signature, and in the left
corner of your paper, write the name of the per¬
son to whom your letter is addressed; as “ Ed¬
ward Monroe, Esquire.”
It is more polite to write Esquire at full
length than to curtail it to Esq.
In writing to persons much your superior or
inferior, use as few words as possible. In the
former case, to take up much of a great man’s
time is to take a liberty; in the latter, to be
diffuse is to be too familiar. It is only in
familiar correspondence that long letters are
permissible.
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In writing a business letter begin:
“ Mr. Jones:—Sir”
A letter thus begun may, with propriety, be
ended with:
“ Yours truly.”
Letters to persons whom you meet frequently
in society, without having arrived at intimacy,
may commence with “ Dear Madam,” and end
with “ I am, dear Madam, your very truly.”
Letters commencing “ My dear Madam,” ad-
dressed to persons whom you appreciate, and
with whom you are on friendly terms, may end
with “ I am, my dear Madam, yours very faith¬
fully,” or “ yours very sincerely.”
To be prompt in replying to a letter is to be
polite.
Lady correspondents are too apt to over-
emphasize in their letter writing, and in general
evince a sad disregard of the laws of punctua¬
tion. We would respectfully suggest that a
comma is not designed to answer every purpose,
and that the underlining of every second or third
word adds nothing to the eloquence or clearness
of a letter, however certain it may be to pro-
voke an unflattering smile upon the lips of the
reader.
All letters must be prepaid.
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CHAPTER V.
THE PROMENADE.
In England, a lady may accept the arm of a
gentleman with whom she is walking in the
afternoon, even though he be only an acquaint¬
ance. This is not the case in America. Here
a lady can take the arm of no gentleman who is
not either her husband, lover or near relative.
If a lady has been making purchases during
her walk, she may permit the gentleman who
accompanies her to carry any small parcel that
she may have in her own hand; but she should
not burden him with more than one under any
^circumstances whatever.
Two ladies may without any impropriety take
each one arm of single cavalier; but one lady
cannot, with either grace or the sanction of cus¬
tom, take the arms of two gentlemen at the
same time.
When a lady is walking with a gentleman in a
park, or public garden, or through the room s of
an exhibition, and becomes fatigued, it is the
gentleman’s duty to find her a seat. If, how¬
ever, as is very frequently the case, he is him¬
self obliged to remain standing, the lady should
make a point of rising as soon as she is suf¬
ficiently rested, and not abuse either the patience
or politeness of her companion.
! It is the place of the lady to bow first, if she
meets a gentleman of her acquaintance.
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When you meet friends or acquaintances in
the streets, the exhibitions, or any public places,
be careful not to pronounce their names so loud¬
ly as to attract the attention of bystanders.
Never call across the street, or attempt to carry
on a dialogue in a public vehicle, unless your in¬
terlocutor occupies the seat beside your own.
X A well-bred man must entertain no respect
for the brim of his hat. “A bow,” says La
Fontaine, “ is a note drawn at sight.” You are
bound to acknowledge it immediately, and to
the full amount. The two most elegant men of
their day, Charles the Second and George the
Fourth, never failed to take off their hats to the
meanest of their subjects. Always bear this ex¬
ample in mind; and remember that to nod, or
merely to touch the brim of the hat, is far from
courteous. True politeness demands that the
hat should be quite lifted from the head.
On meeting friends with whom you are likely
to shake hands, remove your hat with the left
hand in order to leave the right hand free.
If you meet a lady in the street whom you
are sufficiently intimate to address, do not stop
her, but turn round and walk beside her in
whichever direction she is going. When you
have said all that you wish to say, you can take
your leave.
If you meet a lady with whom you are not
particularly well acquainted, wait for her recog¬
nition before you venture to bow to her.
In bowing to a lady whom you are not going
to address, lift your hat with that hand which is
furthest from her. For instance, if you pass
her on the right side, use your left hand: if on
the left, use your right.
If you are on horseback and wish to converse
with a lady who is on foot, you must dismount
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and lead your horse, so as not to give her the
fatigue of looking up to your level. Neither
should you subject her to the impropriety of
carrying on a conversation in a tone necessarily
louder than is sanctioned in public by the laws
of good breeding.
In walking with a lady take charge of any
small parcel, parasol, or book with which she
may be encumbered.
If you so far forget what is elegant as to
smoke in the street, at least never omit to fling
away your cigar if you speak to a lady.
An evening party begins about nine o'clock
p. m., and ends about midnight, or somewhat
later. Good breeding neither demands that you
should present yourself at the commencement,
nor remain till the close of the evening. You
come and go as may be most convenient to you,
and by these means are at liberty, during the
height of the season when evening parties are
numerous, to present yourself at two or three
houses during a single evening.
Pay your respects to the hostess before you
even seem to see any other of your friends who
may be in the room. At very large and fash¬
ionable receptions, she is generally to be found
near the door. Should you, however, find your
self separated by a dense crowd of guests, you
are at liberty to recognize those who are near
you, and those whom you encounter as you
make your way slowly through the throng.
General salutations of the company are now
wholly disused. In society a lady only recog-
nizes her own friends and acquaintances.
If you are at the house of a new acquaintance
and find yourself among entire strangers, re¬
member that by so meeting under one roof you
are all in a certain sense made known to one
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another, and should, therefore, converse freely,
as equals, To shrink away to a side-table and
affect to be absorbed in some album or i 11 u s -
trated work; or, if you find one unlucky ac¬
quaintance in the room, to fasten upon her like
a drowning man clinging to a spar, are gauch-
eries which no shyness can excuse.
If you possess any musical accomplishments,
dp not wait to be pressed and entreated by your
hostess, but comply immediately when she pays
you the compliment of inviting you to play or
sing. Remember, however, that only the lady
of the house has the right to ask you. If others
do so, you can put them off in some polite way,
but must not comply till the hostess herself in-
vites you.
Be scrupulous to observe silence when any of
the company are playing or singing. Remem¬
ber that they are doing this for the amusement
of the rest, and that to talk at such a time is as
ill-bred as if you were to turn your back upon a
person who was talking to you, and begin a con¬
versation with some one else.
If you are yourself the performer, bear in
mind that in music, as in speech, “ brevity is the
soul of wit.” Two verses of a song, or four
pages of a piece, are at all times enough to give
pleasure. If your audience desire more, they
will ask for more; and it is infinitely more flat¬
tering to be encored than to receive the thanks
of your hearers, not so much in gratitude for
what you have given them, but in relief that you
have left off.
Impromptu charades are frequently organized
at friendly parties. Unless you have really some
talent for acting and some readiness of speech,
you should remember that you only put others
out and expose your own inability by taking
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part in these entertainments. Of course, if your
help is really needed, and you would disoblige
by refusing, you must do your best, and by do¬
ing it as quietly and coolly as possible, avoid
being awkward or ridiculous.
Even though you may take no pleasure in
cards, some knowledge of the etiquette and
rules belonging to the games most in vogue is
necessary to you in society. If a fourth hand is
wanted at a rubber, or if the rest of the com-
pany sit down to a round game, you would be
deemed guilty of an impoliteness if you refused
to join.
Married people should not play at the same
table, unless where the party is so small that it
cannot be avoided. This rule supposes nothing
so disgraceful to any married couple as dishon¬
est collusion; but persons who play regularly to¬
gether cannot fail to know so much of each
other’s mode of acting, under given circum-
stances, that the chances no longer remain per¬
fectly even in favor of their adversaries.
No well-bred person ever loses temper at the
card-table. You have no right to sit down to
the game unless you can bear a long run of ill-
luck with perfect composure, and are prepared
cheerfully to pass over any blunders that your
partner may chance to make.
If you are an indifferent player, make a point
of saying so before you join a party at whist.
If the others are fine players they will be in¬
finitely more obliged to you for declining than
accepting their invitation. In any case you
have no right to spoil their pleasure by your
bad play.
Never let even politeness induce you to play
for very high stakes. Etiquette is the minor
morality of life; but it never should be allowed
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to outweigh the higher code of right and wrong.
Young ladies may decline to play at cards
without being deemed guilty of impoliteness.
No very young lady should appear at an
evening party without an escort.
In retiring from a crowded party it is un¬
necessary that you should seek out the hostess
for the purpose of bidding her a formal good
night. By doing this you would, perhaps,
remind others that it was getting late, and
cause the party to break up. If you meet the
lady of the house on your way to the drawing¬
room door, take your leave of her as unobtru¬
sively as possible, and slip away without
attracting the attention of her other guests.
At an evening party, do not remain too long
in one spot. To be afraid to move from one
drawing-room to another is the sure sign of a
neophite in society.
If you have occasion to use your handker¬
chief, do so as noiselessly as possible. To blow
your nose as if it were a trombone, or to turn
your head aside when using your handkerchief,
are vulgarities scrupulously to be avoided.
> Never stand upon the hearth-rug with your
back to the fire, either in a friend’s house or
your own. We have seen even well-bred
men at evening parties commit this selfish and
vulgar solecism.
Never offer any one the chair from which
you have just risen, unless there be no other
disengaged.
If when supper is announced no lady has been
especially placed under your care by the hostess,
offer your arm to whichever lady you may have
last conversed with.
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CHAPTER VI.
THE DINNER -T ABLE.
To be acquainted with every detail of the
etiquette is of
the highest importance to every lady.
Ease, savoir-faire, and good breeding are no¬
where more indispensable than at the dinner-
table, and the absence of them is nowhere more
apparent. How to eat soup and what to do
with a cherry-stone are weggbty consideration s
when tatf^as tlJe maex'of:social status; and it
is not too much to say, that a young woman
who elected to take claret with her fish, or eat
peas with her knife, would justly risk the
punishment of being banished from good
society.
An invitation to dine should be replied to
immediately, and unequivocally accepted or
declined. Once accepted, nothing but an event
of the last importance should cause you to fail
in your engagement.
To be exactly punctual is the strictest polite¬
ness on these occasions. If you are too early,
you are in the way; if too late, you spoil the
dinner, annoy the hostess, and are hated by the
rest of the guests. Some authorities are even
of opinion that in the question of a dinner-party
“ never” is better than “ late;” and one author
has gone so far as to say, “ if you do not reach
the house till dinner is served, you had better
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retire, and send an apology, and not interrupt
the harmony of the courses by awkward excuses
and cold acceptance/’
When the party is assembled, the mistress or
master of the house will point out to each gentle^
man the lady whom he is to conduct to table.
The guests then go down according to precedence
of rank. This order of precedence must be
arranged by the host or hostess, as the guests
are probably unacquainted, and cannot know
each other’s social rank.
The lady who is the greatest stranger should
be taken down by the master of the house, and
the gentleman who is the greatest stranger
should conduct the hostess. Married ladies
take precedence of single ladies, elder ladies of
younger ones, and so forth.
When dinner is announced. the host, .offers,.his
arm to the lady of most distinction, j n v i t e s. th§
r^st^ttrTolTow by a few words or a bow> and
J5ad^’"ff%_ >yay, Tlie lady of the house should
Iheh tSllQW with, tffejge n 11 em an who is most
titled to that honor, and the visitors follow in ^
the" ordix^that has Been previously arranged.,
The lady of the house frequently remains, how¬
ever, till the last, that she may see her guests go
down in their prescribed order; but the plan is
not a convenient one. It is much better that
the hostess should be in her place as the guests
enter the dining-room, in order that she may
indicate their seats to them as they enter, and
not find them all crowded together in uneer-
tainty when she arrives.
The number of guests at a dinner-party
should always be determined by the size of the
table. When the party is too small, conversa¬
tion flags, and a general air of desolation per-
vades the table. When they are too many, every
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one is inconvenienced. A space of two feet
should be alio we d to each person. It is well to
arrange a party in such wise that the number of
ladies and gentlemen is equal.
The lady of the house takes the head of the
table. The gentleman who led her down to
dinner occupies the seat on her right hand, and
the gentleman next in order of precedence, that
on her left. The master of the house takes the
foot of the table. The lady whom he escorted
sits on his right hand, and the lady next in order
of precedence on his left.
As soon as you are seated at table, remove
your gloves, place your table-napkin across your
knees, and remove the roll which you find prob¬
ably within it to the left side of your plate.
The soup should be placed on the table first.
Some old-fashioned persons still place soup and
fish together; but “ it is a custom more honored
in the breach than the observance.” Still more
old-fashioned, and in still worse taste, is it to
ask your guests if they will take “ soup or fish.”
They are as much separate courses as the fish
and the meat; and all experienced diners take
both. In any case, it is inhospitable to appear
to force a choice upon a visitor, when that vis¬
itor, in all probability, will prefer to take his
soup first and his fish afterward. All well-or¬
dered dinners begin with soup, whether in sum¬
mer or winter. The lady of the house should
help it, and send it round without asking each
individual in turn. It is as much an under¬
stood thing as the bread beside each plate, and
those who do not choose it are always at liberty
to leave it untasted.
In eating soup, remember always to take it
from the side of the spoon, and to make no sound
in doing so.
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If the servants do not go round with wine
the gentlemen should help the ladies and them¬
selves to sherry or sauterne immediately after
the soup.
_You-should never ask for a second supply of
either soup or fisk: it delays the next course,
ItncTkeeps the table waiting.
Never offer to “ assist ” your neighbors to this
or that dish. The word is inexpressibly vulgar
—all the more vulgar for its affectation of ele¬
gance. “ Shall I send you some mutton?” or
“ may I help you to grouse?” is better chosen
and better bred.
As a general rule, it is better not to ask your
guests if they will partake of the dishes; but to
send the plates round, and let them accept or
decline them as they please. At very large din-
ners it is sometimes customary to distribute little
lists of the order of the dishes at intervals along
the table. It must be confessed that this gives
somewhat the air of a dinner at a hotel; but it
has the advantage of enabling the visitors to se¬
lect their fare, and as “forwarned is forearmed,”
to keep a corner, as the children say, for their
favorite dishes.
As soon as you are helped, begin to eat, or, if
the viands are too hot for your palate, take up
your knife and fork and appear to begin. To
wait for others is now not only old-fashioned,
but ill-bred.
Never offer.Jja~pass.-Qn the plate to which you
have been helped. This is a still more vulgar
piece of politeness, and belongs to the manners
of a hundred years ago. The lady of the house
who sends your plate to you is the best judge of
precedence at her own table.
In helping soup, fish, or any other dish, re-
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member that to overfill a plate is as bad as to
supply it too scantily.
Silver fish-knives will now always be met with
at the best tables; but where there are none, a
piece of crust should be taken in the left hand,
and the fork in the right. There is no excep¬
tion to this rule in eating fish.
We presume it is scarcely necessary to remind
our fair reader that she is never, under any cir-
cumstances to convey her knife to her mouth.
Peas are eaten with the fork; tarts, curry, and
puddings of all kinds with the spoon.
Always help fish with a fish-knife, and tart
and puddings with a spoon, or, if necessary, a
spoon and fork.
In helping sauce, always pour it on the side
of the plate.
If the servants do not go round with the wine
(which is by far the best custom), the gentle¬
men at a dinner-table should take upon them¬
selves the office of helping those ladies who sit
near them. Young ladies seldom drink more
than three glasses of wine at dinner; but mar¬
ried ladies, professional ladies, and those accus¬
tomed to society and habits of affluence, will
habitually take five or even six, whether in their
own homes or at the tables of their friends.
The habit of taking wine with each other has
almost wholly gone out of fashion. A gentle
man may ask the lady whom he conducted down
to dinner; or he may ask the lady of the house
to take wine with him. But even these last
remnants of the old custom are fast falling into
disuse.
Unless you are a total abstainer, it is extreme¬
ly uncivil to decline taking wine if you are in-
vited to do so. In accepting, you have only to
pour a little fresh wine into your glass, look at
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the person who invited you, bow slightly, and
take a sip from the glass.
It is particularly ill-bred to empty your glass
on these occasions.
Certain wines are taken with certain dishes,
by old-established custom — as sherry, or
sauterne, with soup and fish; hock and claret
with roast meat; punch with turtle; champagne
with whitebait; port with venison; port, or
burgundy, with game; sparkling wines between
the roast and the confectionery; madeira with
sw^eets; port with cheese; and for dessert, port,
tokay, madeira, sherry and claret. Red wines
should never be iced, even in summer. Claret
and burgundy should always be slightly warmed;
claret-cup and champagne-cup should, of course,
be iced.
Never speak while you have anything in your
mouth.
Be careful never to taste soups or puddings
till you are sure they are sufficiently cool; as,
by disregarding this caution, you may be com-
pelled to swallow what is dangerously hot, or
be driven to the unpardonable alternative of re-
turriing it to your plate.
When eating or drinking, avoid every kind of
audible testimony to the facts.
Finger-glasses, containing water slightly
warmed and perfumed, are placed to each per¬
son at dessert. In these you may dip the tips
of your fingers, wiping them afterward on your
table-napkin. If the finger-glass and doyley
are placed on your dessert-plate, you should im¬
mediately remove the doyley to the left of your
plate, and place the finger-glass upon it. By
these means you leave the right for the wine-
glasses.
Be careful to know the shapes of the various
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kinds of wine-glasses commonly in use, in
order that you may never put forward one for
another. High and narrow, and very broad
and shallow glasses, are used for champagne;
large, goblet-shaped glasses for burgundy and
claret; ordinary wine glasses for sherry and
madeira; green glasses for hock; and somewhat
large, bell-shaped glasses for port.
Port, sherry, and madeira are decanted.
Hocks and champagnes appear in their native
bottles. Claret and burgundy are handed
round in a claret jug.
The servants leave the room when the dessert
is on the table.
Coffee and liquors should be handed round
when the dessert has been about a quarter of
an hour on the table. After this, the ladies
generally retire.
The lady of the house should never send away
her plate, or appear to have done eating, till all
her guests have finished.
If you shouldunfortunatelv overturn or break
anything, do not apologize for it. You can
’f!l6wwy5uFregreriiryoui^ce, but it is not well-
bred to put it into words.
To abstain from taking the last piece on the
dish, or the last glass of wine in the decanter,
only because it is the last, is highly ill-bred. It
implies a fear on your part that the vacancy
cannot be supplied, and almost conveys an af¬
front to your host.
When the ladies leave the dining-room, the
gentlemen all rise in their places, and do not re¬
sume their seats till the last lady is gone.
Should you injure a lady’s dress, apologize
amply, and assist her, if possible, to remove all
traces of the damage.
In summing up the little duties and laws of
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the table, a popular author has said that—
“ The chief matter of consideration at the din-
ner-table—as, indeed, everywhere else in the life
of a gentleman—is to be perfectly composed
and at his ease, He speaks deliberately; he
performs the most important act of the day as
if he were performing the most ordinary. Yet
there is no appearance of trifling or want of
gravity in his manner, he maintains the dignity
which is so becoming on so vital an occasion.
He performs all the ceremonies, yet in the style
of one who performs no ceremonies at all. He
goes through all the complicated duties of the
scene as if he were ‘to the manner born.’ ”
Bear in mind that it is your duty to entertain
your friends in the best manner that your means
permit. This is the least you can do to recom¬
pense them for the expenditure of time and
money which they incur in accepting your
invitation.
Never reprove or give directions to your serv-
ants before guests. If a dish is not placed
precisely where you would have wished it to
stand, or the order of a course is reversed, let
the error pass unobserved by yourself, and you
may depend that it will be unnoticed by others.
If you are a mother, you will be wise never
to let your children make their appearance at
dessert when you entertain friends at dinner.
Children are out of place on these occasions.
Your guests only tolerate them through polite¬
ness; their presence interrupts the genial flow of
after-dinner conversation; and you may rely
upon it that, with the exception of yourself, and
perhaps your husband, there is not a person
at table who does not wish them in the nursery.
The duties of hostess at a dinner-party are not
onerous; but they demand tact and good breed'
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mg, grace of bearing, and self-possession in no
ordinary degree. She does not often carve.
She has no active duties to perform; but she
must neglect nothing, forget nothing, put all
her guests at their ease, encourage the timid,
draw out the silent, and pay every possible
attention to the requirements of each and all
around her. No accident must ruffle her temper.
No disappointment must embarrass her. She
must see her old china broken without a sigh,
and her best glass shattered with a smile. In
short, to quote the language of a clever contem¬
porary, she must have “ the genius of tact to
perceive, and the genius of finesse to execute;
ease and frankness of manner; a knowledge of
the world that nothing can surprise; a calmness
of temper that nothing can disturb; and a kind¬
ness of disposition that can never be exhausted."
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CHAPTER VII.
THE BALL-ROOM.
As the the number of guests at a dinner party
is regulated by the size of the table, so should
the number of invitations to a ball be limited by
the proportions of the ball-room. A prudent
hostess will always invite a few more guests
than she really desires to entertain, in the cer-
tainty that there will be some deserters when
the appointed evening comes round ; but she
will at the same time remember that to over¬
crowd her room is to spoil the pleasure of those
who love dancing, and that a party of this kind
when too numerously attended is as great a fail¬
ure as one at which too few are present.
A room which is nearly square, yet a little
longer than it is broad, will be found the most
favorable for a ball. It admits of two quadrille
parties, or two round dances, at the same time.
In a perfectly square room this arrangement is
not so practicable or pleasant. A very long and
narrow room is obviously of the worst shape for
the purpose of dancing, and is fit only for quad-
rilles and country dances.
The top of the ball-room is the part nearest
the orchestra. In a private room the top is
where it would be if the room were a dining¬
room. It is generally at the furthest point from
the door. Dancers should be careful to ascer¬
tain the top of the room before taking their
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pxaces, as the top coupdes always lead the dances.
A good floor is the last importance in a ball¬
room. In a private house, nothing can be bet¬
ter than a smooth, well-stretched holland, with
the carpet beneath.
Abundance of light and free ventilation are
indispensable to the spirits and comfort of the
dancers.
Invitations to a ball should be issued in the
name of the ladyof the house, and written or en¬
graved on small note paper of the best quality.
The paper may be gilt-edged, but not colored.
The sealing-wax used should be of some delicate
hue.
An invitation to a ball should be sent out at
least ten days before the evening appointed. A
fortnight, three weeks, and even a month may
be allowed in the way of notice.
Not more than two or three days should be
permitted to elapse before you reply to an in¬
vitation of this kind. The reply should always
be addressed to the lady of the house, and
should be couched in the same person as the in¬
vitation. The following are the forms generally
in use;
“ Mrs. Molyneux requests the honor of Mr. Ham¬
ilton's comp any at an evening party, on Monday,
March the 11 th instant.
“ Dancing will begin at nine oclock.
“ Thursday, March i s t."
“ Mr. Hamilton has much pleasure in accepting
Mrs. Molyneux’s polite invitation for Monday even¬
ing, March the 11 th instant.
“ Friday, March 2 d.
The old form of “ presenting compliments ” is
now out of fashion.
36 HOW TO BEHA VE IN SOCIETV.
The lady who gives a ball* should endeavor
to secure an equal number of dancers of both
sexes. Many private parties are spoiled by the
preponderance of young ladies, some of whom
never get partners at all, unless they dance with
each other.
A room should in all cases be provided for
the accommodation of the ladies. In this room
there ought to be several looking-glasses; at-
tendants to assist the fair visitors in the arrange¬
ment of their hair and dress; and some place in
which the cloaks and shawls can be laid in or¬
der, and found at a moment’s notice. It is well
to affix tickets to the cloaks, giving a duplicate
at the same time to each lady, as at the public
theaters and concert-rooms. Needles and thread
should also be at hand, to repair any little acci¬
dent incurred in dancing.
Another room should be devoted to refresh-
ments, and kept amply supplied with coffee, ices,
lemonade, wine and biscuits during the evening.
Where this can not be arranged, the refresh-
ments should be handed round between the
dances.
The question of supper is one which so en¬
tirely depends on the means of those who give a
ball or evening party, that very little can be said
upon it in a treatise of this description. Where
money is no object, it is, of course, always
preferable to have the whole supper, “ with all
appliances and means to boot,” sent in from
some first-rate house. It spares all trouble
whether to the entertainers or their servants,
and relieves the hostess of every anxiety. Where
circumstances render such a course imprudent,
*It will be understood that we use the word “ ball ” to
sign if y a private party where there is dancing, as well as a
public ball.
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we would only observe that a home-provided
supper, however simple, should be good of its
kind, and abundant in quantity. Dancers are
generally hungry people, and feel themselves
much aggrieved if the supply of sandwiches
proves unequal to the demand.
A ball generally begins about half-past nine
or ten o’clock.
To attempt to dance without a knowledge of
dancing is not only to make one’s self ridiculous,
but one’s partner also. No lady has a right to
place a partner in this absurd position.
Never forget a ball-room engagement. To do
so is to commit an unpardonable offense against
good breeding.
On entering the ball-room, the visitor should
at once seek the lady of the house, and pay her
respects to her. Having done this, she may ex¬
change salutations with such friends and ac-
quaintances as may be in the room.
No lady should accept an invitation to dance
from a gentleman to whom she has not been in-
troduced. In case any gentleman should com¬
mit the error of so inviting her, she should not
excuse herself on the plea of a previous engage¬
ment, or of fatigue, as to do so would imply
that she did not herself attach due importance
to the necessary ceremony of introduction. Her
best reply would be to the effect that she would
have much pleasure in accepting his invitation,
if he would procure an introduction to her.
This observation may be taken as applying only
to public balls. At a private party the host and
hostess are sufficient guarantees for the respect-
ability of their guests; and although a gentle¬
man would show a singular want of knowledge
of the laws of society in acting as we have sup¬
posed, the lady who should reply to him as if he
38 HOW TO BEN A VE IN SOCIET Y.
were merely an impertinent stranger in a public
assembly-room would be implying an affront to
her entertainer s. The mere fact of being as-
sembled together under the roof of a mutual
friend is in itself a kind of general introduction
of the guests to each other.
y An introduction given for the mere purpose
of enabling a lady and gentleman to go through
a dance together does not constitute an ac¬
quaintanceship. The lady is at liberty to pass
the gentleman in the park the next day without
recognition.
It is not necessary that a lady should be ac¬
quainted with the steps, in order to walk grace¬
fully and easily through a quadrille. An easy
carriage and a knowledge of the figure is all
that is requisite. A round dance, however,
should on no account be attempted without a
thorough knowledge of the steps, and some pre¬
vious practice.
No person who has not a good ear for time
and tune need hope to dance well.
No lady should accept refreshments from a
stranger at a public ball; for she would thereby
lay herself under a pecuniary obligation. For
these she must rely on her father, brothers, or
old friends.
> Good taste forbids that a lady should dance
too frequently with the same partner at either a
public or private ball. Engaged persons should
be careful not to commit this conspicuous
solecism.
> Engagements for one dance should not be
made while the present dance is yet in pro¬
gress.
Never attempt to take a place in a dance which
has been previously engaged.
Withdraw from a private ball-room as quietly
HOW TO BEHA VE IN SOCIETY. 39
as possible, so that your departure may not be
observed by others, and cause the party to break
up.
If you meet the lady of the house on your
way out, take your leave of her in such a man¬
ner that her other guests may not suppose you
are doing so; but do not seek her out for that
purpose.
Never be seen without gloves in a ball-room,
though it were for only a few moments. Ladies
who dance much and are particularly in
matters relating to the toilet, take a second
pair of gloves to replace the first when soiled. ,
A thoughtful hostess will never introduce a
bad dancer to a good one, because she has no
right to punish one friend in order to oblige.
another.
^ It is not customary for married persons to
dance together in society.
At the beginning and end of a quadrille the
gentleman bows to his partner, and bows again,
on handing her to a seat.
After dancing, the gentleman may offer to
conduct the lady to the refreshment-room.
Should a lady decline your hand for a dance,
and afterward stand up with another partner,
you will do well to attribute her error to either
forgetfulness or ignorance of the laws of eti¬
quette. Politeness toward your host and
hostess demands that you should never make
any little personal grievance the ground of dis¬
comfort or disagreement.
A gentleman conducts his last partner to sup¬
per; waits upon her till she has had as much
refreshment as she desires, and then re-conducts
her to the ball-room.
v However much pleasure you may take in the
^society of any particular lady, etiquette forbids
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that you should dance with her too frequently.^
Engaged persons would do well to bear this
maxim in mind.
It is customary to call upon your entertainers
within a few days after the ball.
HOW TO BEtfAVu IN SOCIETY.
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CHAPTER VIII.
STAYING AT A FRIEND’S HOUSE BREAKFAST,
LUNCHEON, ETC.
A visitor is bound by the laws of social in¬
tercourse to conform in all respects to the habits
of the house. In order to do this effectually, she
should inquire, or cause her personal servant to
inquire what those habits are. To keep your
friend’s breakfast on the table till a late hour;
to delay the dinner by want of punctuality; to
accept other invitations, and treat his house as
if it were merely a hotel to be slept in; or to
keep the family up till unwonted hours, are alike
evidences of a want of good feeling and good
breeding.
At breakfast and lunch absolute punctuality
is not imperative, but a visitor should avoid be¬
ing always the last to appear at table.
If letters are delivered to you at breakfast or
luncheon, you may read them by asking per¬
mission from the lady who presides at the urn.
Always hold yourself at the disposal of those
in whose in whose house you are visiting. If
they propose to ride, drive, walk, or otherwise
occupy the day, you may take it for granted
that these plans are made with reference to
your enjoyment. You should, therefore, receive
them with cheerfulness, enter into them with
alacrity, and do your best to seem pleased, and
42 HOW TO BEHA VE IN SOCIETY.
be pleased, by the efforts which your friends
make to entertain you.
A guest should endeavor to amuse herself as
much as possible, and not be continually de¬
pendent on her hosts for entertainment. She
should remember that, however welcome she
may be, she is not always wanted.
To. those who receive “staying visitors,” as
they are called, should remember that the truest
hospitality is that which places the visitor most
at her ease, and affords her the greatest oppor-
tunity for enjoyment. They should also re¬
member that different persons have different
ideas on the subject of enjoyment, and that the
surest way of making a guest happy is to find
out what gives her pleasure; not to impose that
upon her which is pleasure to themselves.
A visitor should avoid giving unnecessary
trouble to the servants of the house, and should
be liberal to them on leaving.
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CHAPTER IX.
RIDING AND DRIVING.
In riding, as in walking, gentlemen give the
lady the wall.
If a gentleman assists a lady to mount, hold
your hand at a convenient distance from the
ground, that she may place her foot in it. As
she springs, you aid her by the impetus of your
hand. In doing this, it is always better to
agree upon a signal, that her spring and your
assistance may come at the same moment. For
this purpose there is no better form than the old
dueling one of ^ one, two, three”
When the lady is in the saddle, it is your place
to find the stirrup for her, and guide her left
foot to it. When this is done, she rises in her
seat and you assist her to draw her habit
straight.
Even when a groom is present, it is more
polite for the gentleman himself to perform this
office for his fair companion; as it would be
more polite for him to hand her a chair than to
have it handed by a servant.
If the lady be light, you must take care not
to give her too much impetus in mounting. We
have known a lady nearly thrown over her horse
by a misplaced zeal of this kind.
In riding with a lady, never permit her to pay
the toils.
If a gate has to be opened, we need hardly
44 HOW TO BEHA VE IN SOCIET Y.
observe that it is your place to hold it open till
the lady has passed through.
In driving, a gentleman places himself with
his back to the horses, and leaves the best seat
for the ladies.
If you are alone in a carriage with a lady,
never sit beside her, unless you are her husband,
father, son, or brother. Even though you be
her affianced lover, you should still observe this
rule of etiquette. To do otherwise, would be to
assume the unceremonious air of a husband.
When the carriage stops, the gentleman
should alight first, in order to assist the lady.
To get in and out of a carriage gracefully is a
simple but important accomplishment. If there
is but one step, and you are going to take your
seat facing the horses, put your left foot on the
step, and enter the carriage with your right, in
such a manner as to drop at once into your seat.
If you are about to sit with your back to the
horses, reverse the process. As you step into
the carriage, be careful to keep your back to¬
wards the seat you are about to occupy, so as to
avoid the awkwardness of turning when you
are once in.
A gentleman cannot be too careful to avoid
stepping on lad'es’ dresses when he gets in or
out of a carriage. He should also beware of
shutting them in with the door.
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CHAPTER X.
GENERAL HI NT S.
Never speak of absent persons by only their
Christian or surnames; but always as Mr. or
Mrs. . Above all, never name anybody by
the first letter of his name. Married people are
sometimes guilty of this flagrant offense against
taste.
v No lady should permit any gentleman who is
liot a near relative, or very old friend of her
family, to defray the cost of her entrance fee to
any theater or exhibition, or to pay for. her re-
freshments or vehicles when she happens to be
out under his protection.
If a person of greater age or higher rank than
yourself desires you to step first into a carriage,
or through a door, it is more polite to bow and
obey than to decline.
Compliance with, and deference to the wishes
of others is the finest breeding.
When you cannot agree with the propositions
advanced in general conversation, be silent. If
pressed for your opinion, give it with modesty.
Never defend your own views too warmly.
When you find others remain unconvinced, drop
the subject, or lead to some other topic.
Look at those who address you.
Never boast of your birth, your money, your
grand friends, or anything that is yours. If you
have traveled, do not introduce that information
46 HOW TO BEHA VE IN SOCIETV.
into your conversation at every opportunity.
Any one can travel with money and leisure.
The real distinction is to come home with en¬
larged views, improved tastes, and a mind free
from prejudice.
If you present a book to a friend, do not write
his or her name in it, unless requested. You
have no right to presume that it will be rendered
any the more valuable for that addition; and
you ought not to conclude beforehand that your
gift will be accepted.
Never undervalue the gift which you are
yourself offering; you have no business to offer
it if it is valueless. Neither say that you do not
want it yourself, or that you should throw it
away if it were not accepted, etc., etc. Such
apologies would be insults if true, and mean
nothing if false.
No compliment that bears insincerity on the
face of it is a compliment at all.
Unmarried ladies may not accept presents
from gentlemen who are neither related nor en¬
gaged to them. Presents made by a married
lady to a gentleman can only be offered in the
joint names of her husband and herself.
Married ladies may occasionally accept pres¬
ents from gentlemen who visit frequently at
their houses, and who desire to show their sense
of the hospitality which they receive there.
There is an art and propriety in the giving of
presents which it requires a natural delicacy of
disposition rightly to apprehend. You must not
give too rich a gift, nor too poor a gift. You
must not give to one much wealthier than your¬
self; and you must beware how you give to one
much poorer, lest you offend her pride. You
must never make a present with any expectation
of a return; and you must not be too eager to
HOW TO B EH A VE IN SOCIET Y.
47
make a return yourself, when you accept one. A
gift must not be ostentatious, but it should be
worth offering. On the other hand, mere cost¬
liness does not constitute the soul of a present.
A gift should be precious for something better
than its price. It may have been brought by the
giver from some far or famous place; it may be
unique in its workmanship; it may be valuable
only from association with some great man or
strange event. Autographic papers, foreign
curiosities, and the like, are elegant gifts. An
author may offer his book, or a painter a sketch,
with grace and propriety. Offerings of flowers
and game are unexceptionable, and maybe made
even to those whose position is superior to that
of the giver.
Never refuse a present unless under very ex¬
ceptional circumstances. However humble the
giver, and however poor the gift, you should ap-
preciate the good will and intention, and accept
it with kindness and thanks. Never say “ I fear
I rob you/’ or “ I am really ashamed to take it,”
etc., etc. Such deprecatory phrases imply that
you think the bestower of the gift cannot spare
or afford it.
Acknowledge the receipt of a present without
delay.
Converse with a foreigner in his own language.
If not competent to do so, apologize, and beg
permission to speak English.
X Members of one family should not converse
/ together in society.
In entering a morning exhibition, or public
room, where ladies are present, the gentleman
should lift his hat.
In going up-stairs the gentleman should pre-
cede the lady; in going down, he should follow
her.
liv tr TO BE HA VE IN SOCIETY.
If you accompany ladies to a theater or con-
cert-room, precede them to clear the way and
secure their seats.
If when you are walking with a lady in any
crowded thoroughfare you are obliged to pro¬
ceed singly, always precede her.
Always give the ladies the wall; by doing so
you interpose your own person between her and
the passers-by, and assign her the cleanest part
of the pavement.
At public balls, theaters, etc., a gentleman
should never permit the lady to pay for re-
freshments, vehicles, and so forth. If she insists
on repaying him afterward, he must, of course,
defer to her wishes.
* If you are smoking and meet a lady to whom
you wish to speak, immediately throw away
your cigar.
> Do not smoke shortly before entering the
presence of ladies.
A young man who visits frequently at the
house of a married friend may be permitted to
show his sense of the kindness which he receives
by the gift of a Christmas or New Year’s vol¬
ume to the wife or daughter of his entertainer.
HO W TO B EH A VE IN SOCIET Y.
49
CHAPTER IV.
ENGAGEMENTS AND WEDD1NGS.
The gentleman presents the lady with a ring
as soon as they are engaged. Almost any style
of ring may properly be used as the symbol of
betrothal, but those who wish to conform to the
ordinary usage, select either pearls or diamonds.
If the person can say with Lothair that “there is
a reserve about pearls that I like, something soft
and dim,,, he chooses a single-stone pearl ring; if
he looks beyond that, a solitaire diamond, al¬
though three-stone rings are very often used. A
tasteful ring is one set with a pearl in the center,
and a small diamond on either side. The setting
should be of a very simple style, but good. A
newer style for an engagement ring is a ruby
and a diamond, or a sapphire and a diamond, set
at right angles or diagonally. The Germans
have a poetic formality about an engagement
ring, which is likely to become a general custom.
A plain gold circlet, inscribed within with the
date and some such tender sentiment as “This
and the giver are thine forever,” is given at the
time of betrothal, and the same ring is used to
complete the marriage ceremony; the groom re-
moving it at the altar and passing it to the clergy¬
man. As soon after the service as is convenient,
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HOW TO BEHA VE IN SOCIETY.
a jeweled ring is added to guard the one which
is honored as the wedding ring.
There is no prescribed form for the announce¬
ment of an engagement, although a writer on
the social etiquette of New York says: “The socie-
ty newspapers are expected to gazette the engage¬
ment very soon after it is made known to kins-
people and intimate friends. Acquaintances are
thus informed of the new relation, and the proper
felicitation are expressed in the usual manner.
The propriety of adopting this method of com¬
munication with society at large is approved by
our highest authorities in polite affairs.”
This sounds very well, but the young lady of
delicate sentiments would shrink from this meth¬
od of communication, and prefer to make known
the engagement to friends alone, in some pleas¬
ant manner. A dinner-party may be given by
the family of the bride-elect; just before rising
from the feast, the host announces the engage¬
ment, when a general outburst of good fealings
and congratulation follows, or the engagament
may be made known by note from the mother
of the bride-elect or by the lady herself to inti¬
mate friends. Notes and calls of congratulation
immediately follow. If the families of the be¬
trothed have been previously strangers, it is for
the gentleman’s family to call first. It is very civil
and proper for friends who entertain generously
to show the engaged couple some attention in
the shape of a dinner or a dancing-party given
especially for then. The young lady does not
make ceremonious calls after the announcement
of her engagement, which is usually made but a
HO W TO B EH A VE IN SOCIET Y.
51
short time before the date fixed for her mar¬
riage.
It is the exclusive privilege of the mother to
name the wedding day for her daughter.
It is strictly demanded by etiquette that the
bride-elect leave her visiting card in person at
the doors of her friend’s residence a few days be¬
fore sending out her wedding invitation, but she
does not enter, except it be to visit an invalid or
an aged friend. These ceremonious calls before
marriage must not be omitted.
After the invitations are issued, the young lady
does not appear in public. Her wedding cards
are sent out at least two weeks before the cere-
mony is to take place. Invitations to friends
residing at a distance are forwarded somewhat
earlier.
The invitations are not answered save by a card
enclosed in an envelope and sent by mail, unless
the ceremony occur in the morning and the guests
are requested to attend the breakfast, then the
answer should be explicit as for a dinner. It
must be a very urgent reason, indeed, that leads
one to decline an invitation to a wedding, the
summons being considered but a shade less im¬
portant in England than one from royalty itself.
The invitations are issued in the name of the
bride’s parents, parent, or nearest relative. If the
bride stand in the relationship of granddaughter,
niece, cousin, or simple friend to the persons or
person issuing the invitation, this is noted in *he
formula in place of the word “ daughter.” A
wedding invitation, as well as all others, should
be engraved in script, Fashion having long ago
52 ITOW TO BEHAV E IN SOCIET V.
decreed that Old English and German text,
although perfectly harmless and respectable, have
no longer any claims worthy of recognition by an
aristocratic world.
The invitation is engraved on one sheet of
paper, which must be of creamy daintiness, and
shaped so as to fold once. If cipher, monogram
or crest is used upon the paper, it should not be
in color for weddings; the center of the top of the
page is the place for it. The fashionable world,
at present, often has the cipher or monogram
upon the envelope, omitting it from the note, but
if it appear on the note, it must also be used on
the envelope; the quality and tint of the invita-
tions, envelopes and reception cards enclosed,
should be the same, and not each possess a hue
of its own.
The following is the proper formula:
Mr. and Mrs. JO ie dr ic h Knickerbocker
request your presence
at the marriage of their daughter,
Caroline Matilda,
to
Mr. W outer Van Twiller,
on Wednesday, October seventeenth,
at three o'clock.
Grace Church,
Broadway and Tenth Street
HOW TO BEHAVE IN SOCIETY.
53
If you are bidden to the reception, a card enclos-
ed conveys the intelligence. This card should
be square, the size of the invitation note paper
once folded.
Mr. and Mrs. Diedrich Knickerbocker
At Home,
Wednesday, October seventeenth,
from half fast three until six d clock.
32 West 191 st Street.
Another less elaborate style is the following:
Reception
from half past three until six d clock,
32 West 191 st Street.
Generally, only half an hour intervenes between
the ceremony and the reception.
The admission card (to the church), a less
romantic than practical affair, can happily be
dispensed with in a rural town, but it is an abso-
ute necessity in cities, where the church would
otherwise be filled with sight-seeing strangers.
The card of admission should be long and
narrow, and engraved with either of the two
following forms:
Grace Church.
or,
Ceremony at three d clock.
Grace Church.
Please present this to the usher.
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HOW TO BE IIA VE IM SOCIET M
One or more of these cards is enclosed. They
are intended for distribution to personal friends
of the invited, and also for the use of servants
who may accompany guests to the church.
These cards, with the note of invitation and the
reception card, are enclosed in the same envel¬
ope, superscribed with the name only of the person
invited, then put in another envelope, on which
is written the full name and address, and sent by
mail.
For weddings at home, the form of invitation
is the same as for one at church, with the single
exception of the street and number being sub-
stituted for the name of the church.
A church wedding is a beautiful affair, and also
a complicated one, as the almost countless details
testify. The bridesmaids, from two to eight in
number, are chosen from among the intimate
friends of the young lady about to be married.
The bride’s sisters and those of the bridegroom,
when it is possible, are usually invited to act as
witnesses of the marriage, for that is the theoreti¬
cal use of bridesmaids. The dresses for the
occasion are given to them by the bride, if their
circumstances are such as to make it necessary,
but not otherwise. When the bride is young, the
maids should be young, but it is not wise for a
single woman of uncertain age to surround her¬
self with blooming girls.
Upon her wedding day, it is customary for the
young lady to present some souvenir of the occa¬
sion to each of her bridesmaids; the gift may be
either a ring, or bracelet, or a fan, but it need
not be costly. The bouquets of the maids and
MOW TO BE H A VE IN SOCIETY. 55
the boutonnieres of the ushers are also the gift of
the bride.
A scarf-pin of unique or quaint device, or some
other article, useful as well as ornamental, is
given to each of the ushers, by the bridegroom,
as a slight acknowledgment of their services.
The groom chooses the ushers from his circle
of relatives and friends; he also selects a single
friend, whom he calls by the English title his
“ best man,” and to him is intrusted the arrange-
ments of the various social and business formali-
ties of the wedding.
No one ever loses interest in the “ divinity
which doth hedge” a bride, and the typical
marriage toilet is always expected to be one of
irreproachable taste and elegance. During the
last two years a great effort has been made by
leading modistes to break in upon the “regulation”
character of wedding dresses and to some extent
the attempt has been successful. The orange
blossoms, formally an inseparable part of the
bridal gear, are no longer considered an absolute
necessity, although most brides prefer them for
the wreath; and combine them with white heath
and lilies of the valley; the bouquet, which seems
rather an awkward addition, should be of the
same kind of flowers as those used for wreath, or
white lilies and roses may be used. Persian lilies,
jasmines, snow-drops, water-lilies, and even white
hyacinths are used to decorate bridal toilettes,
although the latter is considered an unlucky
flower not to be worn defiantly before the fates.
As to fabrics, cream white satin is the invariable
choice of brides who respect tradition, and have
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IIOIV TO p EH A VE IN SOCIET V.
rare laces worn by ancestral dames. Brides
adhere to white suede gloves of extravagant
length for the wedding occasion. When a col¬
ored costume is worn, the gloves are of some
harmonious shade, or she can if she choses, go to
the altar with uncovered hand:—fashion favors
this, although it is entirely a matter of taste.
No jewelry of any description should be worn
for when a young lady goes up to the altar, she
is, as the French say, encore jeune Jille. If, how
ever, the groom’s wedding gift be something in
diamonds, the bride cannot very well do other-
wise than wear the ornament, which may possibly
be a crescent for the neck and diamond stars to
fasten the veil. When there is any display of
jewels, the marriage veil of simple tulle isscorn-
ed, and for it is substituted one of rich point de
Venise lace.
The dresses of bridesmaids are not as elaborate
as that of the bride. They may be white or of
delicate colors, and are made with trains.
Fans and baskets of flowers are preferred to
bouquets for bridesmaids. When a bouquet is
carried, it is attached to a chatelaine or bridle of
satin ribbon at the left side. Veils may or may
not be worn, but if used they must be shorter
than that of the bride. It is not uncommon at
present for the ladies of bridal parties to copy an
historical picture by their garments and coiffures.
If the wedding is by day, the bridegroom and
ushers wear full morning dress, which consists of
a frock coat of dark cloth, vest of the same, tight
trousers and a light necktie; white neckties are
not worn with frock coats. If the wedding is in
I/O IV TO BEHA VE IN SOCIETY.
57
the evening, full dress is demanded of the groom,
and of all the gentlemen in attendance. The
groom must wear gloves of some light shade:
The ushers wear gloves of some delicate color.
All the gentlemen wear favors, except the groom.
He always wears only a flower. Favors should
be made of white ribbon and silver leaves.
For the occasion the church is decorated with
rare plants and flowers.
A large canopy of flowers may occupy the
space between the pews and the chancel steps,
and a bell of white flowers be suspended above
the chancel. Within this bell a peal of silver
sounding metallic bells may be secreted, and as
the bridal party approach the altar, silken cords
held by some little maiden setthe peals in mo¬
tion, simultaneously with the organ notes. The
kneeling stool covered with white should be
looked at and properly adjusted by one of the
ushers, who has been selected to act as master of
the ceremonies. He is early at the church and
having been made acquainted with the number
of guests expected to be present he places the
ribbon or arch of flowers far enough back from
the altar to give ample room for every invited
guest, or either for the relatives of the bridal
pair, other guests occupying the lower part of
the church. If any friends are in mourning they
usually enter the church quietly and hide them¬
selves in some obscure nook. No one should at¬
tend a wedding reception in a mourning dress,
which gives place to gray or lavender with a
flower on the corsage, otherwise the person had
better stop at home and not cast a shade of
58 HOW TO BE HAVE IX SOCIET X
gloom over the festival. The ushers stand by
the inner entrance to the church, to be in readi¬
ness to escort ladies to their proper seats. If a
lady be accompanied by a gentleman he follows
her to her seat. The usher offers a lady his right
arm, and if unacquainted with her, asks if she is
a friend of the bride or groom, thebride’s friends
being seated upon the left of the main aisle, and
the groom’s upon the right. After the service the
ushers act as cavaliers of the bridesmaids, at the
reception. The organist should be early in his
place as he is expected to play during the arrival
of the audience. The bridesmaids and other
members of the family set off first in carriages.
The bride, who meets the groom at the altar for
the first time that day, goes last with her mother
and father.
The groom with the best man, ought to be
waiting in the church. When the bride and her
attendants have arranged themselves in the vesti¬
bule, the groom with the best man comes from
the vestry and watches for the coming of his
bride, the organ meanwhile playing some melody
chosen by the bride. The ushers, who usually
equal the bridesmaids in number, walk in pairs in
advance of the ladies, and arrange themselves at
the right of the two awaiting gentlemen.
Sometimes the bridesmaids, noiselessly and
demurely, precede the bride, or they may follow
her and always stand at her left; if they enter in
advance, two or four little boys, young brothers
or relatives of the bride, dressed as pages, bear
her train, or carry baskets of flowers which they
scatter in her path as she leaves the church. If
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HOW TO BEHA VE I M SOCIETY. 59
the maids follow the bride, she is sometimes
preceded by two or four little girls, who strew
her path to the altar with flowers. Sometimes
garlands of flowers, that have been somewhere
hidden, are suddenly stretched across the aisle at
brief intervals by little maidens who stand on
the seats at the ends of the pews and lift their
pretty arms high in the air to swing their roses
over the pathway of the bridal party as it passes
down the aisle. The bride is supported by her
father or by the person who represents him and
is to give her away. The groom comes forward a
few steps to meet her, takes her hand and places
her at the altar to his left. The father waits at
her left, and a step or two back of her; he gives
her away by bowing when the question is asked,
which is a much simpler form than stepping
forward and placing his daughterl hand in that
of the clergyman. The service then begins. As
at present, all churches use the ring, the bride
removes the glove from her left hand and gives
it to a bridesmaid to hold, and sometimes to keep
as a good omen. While the bride and groom are
making the responses, the organist plays softly,
and after the blessing the clergyman congratu-
lates the husband and wife, who are the first to
leave the church, the bride taking the groom’s
right arm; the bridesmaids follow, each escorted
by an usher, and just behind the bridal company
are the father and mother of the bride. Two of
the ushers usually hurry from the vestibule to
the residence of the bride to be in readiness to
receive the newly wedded. It is now the cus¬
tom to have a highly illuminated parchment
60 HOW TO BEHA VE IN SOCIETY.
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two or three witnesses, the best man, the father
and mother, and so on, being the attesting parties.
The bridal party, with half the maids at the
right of the lady, and half at the left of the
groom—the first bridesmaid retaining the place
of honor—arrange themselves for the usual con-
gratulations; the parents of the bride stand at a
little distance upon her right, and those of the
groom at his left. As the guests arrive, the ushers
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them to the married pair. The gentlemen attend-
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ed with the lady he is escorting, he inquires her
name on the way, presenting her and the gentle¬
man to the bride and groom and then to the
parents. The bride should always be addressed
first and receive the good wishes of her friends,
and the groom the congratulations.
If ladies are present without gentlemen, an
usher attends each to the supper-room or provides
an escort.
If it be a morning wedding and breakfast is
served, the host sits at one end of the table and
the hostess at the other, he with the bride at his
right, she with the groom at her right hand. If
healths are drunk, the father proposes the health
of the bride and groom, the bride bows, smiles,
and raises the glass to her lips, while the groom
is expected to reply.
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A Household Fairy> How she got him and kept him 1 1
A KiSS in the Dark) Kissing on the sly and the results 2 3
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Money Makes the Man, Love triumphs over Avarice. 4 3
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Popping the Question, Everyone at cross-purposes 2 4
Ten Nights in a Barroom, A great temperance drama 7 4
That Rascal Pat, His troubles under two masters 3 2
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Who is Who? All tangled up at cross-purposes 3 2
Won by Strategy, a farce full of absurdities 8 1
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GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS,
Dick’s Parlor ExMbitions, and How to Make them Sue-
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Popular Ballads illustrated by appro*
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Dick’s One Hundred Amusements for Evening Parties,
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BOOKS ON CARD G AMES.
Blackbridge’s Complete Poker Player. A Practical Guide-
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LOVE, COURTSHIP AND MATRIMONY,
The Art and Etiquette of
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How to cure bashfulness,
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How to write a love-letter,
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Making Love* A Manual of
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How to Win and How to Woo. Containing Rules for the
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The Language Of Flowers, a complete diction ary of the
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Dictionary of Love. Containing a Definition of all the terms
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Poet’s Companion. A Dictionary of all Allowable Rhymes
in the English Language. This gives the Perfect, the imperfect and Allow¬
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word can be mated. It is invaluable to any one who desires to court the
Muses, and is used by some of the best writers in the country 25 cts.
Green’s 100 Tricks With Cards, ByJ. H. Green, reformed
Gambler. This is a book of 96 pages, and exposes and explains all the
mysteries of the Gambling Table. It is interesting not only to those who
play, but to those who do not. Old Players will get some new ideas
from this curious book. Paper 30 cts.
The Wizard of the North’s Hand-Book of Natural Magic.
Being a series of Tricks of Deception, arranged for Amateurs. By Pro¬
fessor J. H. Anpejrson. Paper 25 cts.
FORTUNE TELLERS AND DREAM BOOKS
Madame Le Normand’s Fortune Teller. A party of ladies
and gentlemen may amuse themselves for honrs with this curious book.
It tells fortunes by “The Chart of Fate ” (a large lithograpic chart), and
gives 624 answers to questions on every imaginable subject that may hap¬
pen in the future. It explains a variety of ways for telling fortunes by
Cards and Dice; gives a list of 79 curious old superstitious and omens,
and 187 weather omens, and winds up with the celebrated Oraculum of
Napoleon. Boards 40 cts.
Le Normand’s Fortune Telling Cards. These cards are the
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that of others. They foreshadow good and bad fortunes, fidelity and
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with English and German explanations. All in a neat box 50 cts.
Fontaine’s Golden Wheel Dream-Book and Fortune Teller,
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the lucky numbers they signify. It explains how to tell Fortunes with
Cards, Dice, Dominoes, Coffee Grounds, etc., and the Golden Wheel, of
which a large Colored Lithographic Engraving is folded and bound in
with the book. It shows how to foretell future events by the Lines on
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of the Head, and gives lucky and unlucky days. Boards 40 cts.
Pettengill’s Perfect Fortune Teller and Dream-Book- it is
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| treated of, are: Casting Nativities by the Stal s, Telling Fortunes by Lines
on the Hand, by Moles on the Body, by Turning Cards, by Questions of
Destiny, by Physical Appearances, by the Day of Birth, etc. A book of
144pages. Boards 40 cts.
Le Marchand’s Fortune Teller and Dreamer’s Dictionary,
Containing a complete Dictionary of Dreams, with a ciear interpretation
of each Dream. Also showing how to tell fortunes by the Lady’s Love
Oracle. How to foretell the Sex of Children. How to tell any Person’s
Age. To know who your future Husband will be, and how soon you will
be Married. How to tell Future events with Cards, Dice, Tea and Coffee
Grounds, Eggs, Apple Parings and the Lines of the Hand.
144 pages. Boards 40 cts.
The Egyptian Dream-Book and Fortune Teller. Contain-
ing an Alphabetical list of dreams, with their signification and their lucky
numbers. Illustrated with explanatory diagrams. Boards 40 cts.
The Independent Liquorist; or, The Art of Manufacturing
all kinds of Syrups, Bitters, Cordials, Champagnes, Wines, Lager
Beer, Ale, Porter, Beer, Punches, Tinctures, Extracts, Brandy, Gin,
Essences, Flavorings, Colorings, Sauces, Catsnps, Pickies, Preserves,
etc. By L. Monzert, Practical Liquorist and Chemist. Every Druggist,
Grocer, Eestaurant, Hotel-keeper, Farmer, Fruit Dealer, Wine Merchant,
should have a copy of this work. 12mo, cloth $3.00
The Bordeaux Wine and Liquor Dealer’s Guide- ^ A Treatise
on the Manufacture of French Wines and Liquors, with full directions to
the Liquor Dealer how to manage his Liquors, Wines, etc., etc. A book of
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FORTUNE TELLERS AND DREAM BOOKS.
The Gipsy Witches Dream Book and Fortune Teller. Con-
taining a complete list of Dreams with their signification ; the art of
foretelling future events by Cards, Dice, Dominoes, Tea and Coffee
grounds, etc. This comprehensive book also gives complete directions
for reading individual character by the form, hair and features ; also a
full explanation of signs and auguries, the signification of moles as they
occur on various parts of the body, aaad a full list of lucky days, weeks,
months, etc 25 cts.
Mother Shipton’s Fortune-Teller; or Future Fate Fore¬
told by the Planets. Being the 900 Answers of Pythagoras to the
Questions of Life’s Destiny. Derived from the Mystic Numbers and
Letters of the Planets. Containing the Emblematical and Mystical
Wheel of Fortune and Fate, colored. 115 pages, paper 30 cts.
Mother Shipton’s Oriental Dream Book. Being a reliable
interpretation of Dreams, Yisions, Apparitions, etc. Together with a
History of Remarkable Dreams, proven true as interpreted. Collected
and arranged from the most celebrated masters. Paper 30 cts.
The Everlasting Fortune-Teller and Magnetic Dream-
Book. Containing the Science of Foretelling Events by the Signs of the
Zodiac; Lists of Lucky and Unlucky Days; List of Fortunate Hours;
the Science of Foretelling Events by Cards, Dice, Dominoes, etc ; the
Science of Foretelling anything in the Future by Dreams; and also con¬
taining Napoleon’s Oraculum ; or, The Book of Fate 30 cts.
Mother Carey’s Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller. Contain-
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Dictionary; the Science of Palmistry, or telling Fortunes by the Lines of
the Hand; how to tell a Person’s Character by a list of Lucky and Un¬
lucky days and hours ; how to tell with Cards which of Three Ladies
has the best Husband. Mathematical Tables for telling any Person’s
Age 15 cts.
Aristotle’s Book of Fate and Dictionary of Dreams. Con¬
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Men and Women; one hundred and eighty-seven Weather Omens ; Hy-
men’s Lottery and Aristotle’s Oraculum or Book of Fate 15 cts.
The Hindoo Fortune-Teller and Oracle of Destiny. Con¬
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of Fortune Telling with Dice, together with Sixty-seven Good and Bad
Omens, with their interpretation 15 cts.
The Combination Fortune-Teller and Dictionary of
Dreams. A comprehensive Encyclopedia explaining all the different
methods extant by which good and evil events are foretold, containing
430 pages and illustrated with numerous engravings and two large
colored lithographs. 16mo, cloth $1.25
The Ladies’ Love Oracle; or, Counselor to the Fair Sex. A
Complete Fortune-Teller and Interpreter of all questions upon Love,
Courtship and Marriage 30 cts.
Napoleon’s Oraculum and Book of Fate. Containing the
famous Papers found in the Cabinet of Napoleon Bonaparte, and a
full exposition of Chiromancy or Palmistry 10 cts.
Chilton’s One Thousand Secrets and Wrinkles. Containing
1,000 useful hintsand receipts. No family should be without this little
storehouse of valuable information. Paper 30 cts.
BOXING AND WRESTLING.
How to Join a Circus* This contains all the information
necessary for those who desire to qualify themselves for the. Circus or
Gymnasium; with hints to Amateurs and advice to Professional per-
formers; affording thorough instruction in all branches of the business.
Illustrated. By the celebrated Tony Denier. By carefully following the
advice and instruction contained in this book, any person with a moder¬
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the admiration of all who behold them. 104 pages 25 cts.
Jerry Thomas’ Bar Tender’s Guide; or How to Mix all
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Containing clear and reliable directions for mixing allthebeverages. used
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the best receipts for preparing bottled Punch, bottled Cocktails, Punch
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16mo, cloth 75 cts.
Fancy Drinks and Popular Beverages. How to prepare
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variety. By “ The Only William.” Including the latest recipes for mak¬
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Bound in cloth $ 1.00
Dick’s Art Of Wrestling, a New Hand-Book of thorough in¬
struction in Wrestling, with the accepted Rules to be observed in the
different methods of wrestling generally adopted at the present time.
Fully illustrated by well-designed engravings, exhibiting all the aggres¬
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Price’s Science of Self-Defense. Illustrated with Engravings.
This book was written by Ned Price, the celebrated boxer, and is the best
work that was ever written upon the subject of Sparring and Wrestling.
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well illustrated with engravings. Boards .75 cts.
Ned Donnelly’s Art of Boxing. A thorough Manual of Spar¬
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various Blows, Stops and Guards ; by Ned Donnelly, Professor of Boxing
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The Art of Attack and Defence. A Manual of Fencing, Sword
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modern method of Fencing, the mode of attack with sword against sword
or bayonet, and with bayonet against sword or bayonet. Bv Major W J
Elliott. Profusely illustrated 25 cts*.
Boxing' Made Easy; or, The Complete Manual of Self-De-
fehse. Clearly explained and Illustrated in a Series of Easy Less on s with
gome important Bints to Wrestler®. j 5 <.(8,
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dick’s Theatrical Make-Up Book. Containing a complete
description of the face-paints, face-creams and other cosmetics for
making-up the face, neck, hands, &c., and their application in the most
approved manner; with detailed methods for improving or altering the
appearance of each separate feature in accordance with the character
assumed, and illustrated instructions for making-up for youth, middle-age
and old-age, and for the proper measurements of the head for wigs.
Including also a comprehensive list of fancy, national and historical parts
with the characteristic make-up for their representation 25 cts«
Gypsy Witehes Fortune Cards. A special pack of fifty-
two cards, extensively used by Professional Fortune-tellers, which fulfill
all the conditions of a regular pack of playing-cards ; but, by their
grotesquely suggestive designs, they introduce a degree of cabalistic
mystery eminently calculated to arrest the attention and impress the
minds of the uninitiated.. $ 1 .OO
(These cards are prepared specially for the Profession, and are not
accompanied by any specific directions. But, for the enlightenment of the
inquisitive a book containing general directions will be sent with the
cards for 15 cents additional).
Diyiners Fortune-Telling- Cards. A set of fifty-four cards
embodying the fifty-two cards of a regular pack, and two in addition
representing respectively the gentleman or lady desiring to penetrate the
mysteries of the future. The cards are profusely illustrated by colored
designs, all of which are fraught with portentous meaning dependent upon
their relative position. These cards are the most complete and thorough
ever made, and if used according to the little book of instructions which
accompany them, are unfailing in their results. $1 .OO
(The book of instructions can be furnished either in English or in
German, and it should be specified which is desired when ordering).
The American Boy’s Own Book of Sports and Games.
Expressly designed to amuse and instruct American boys in all seasons,
both in and out-doors; illustrated by over 600 engravings. An elegant
gift for a boy, affording endless instruction and recreation.
12 mo., extra cloth binding $2.00
The Twelve Decisive Battles of the War. A history of
Eastern and Western Campaigns and their important bearings on the
result of the struggle for the Union, with seven portraits of the leading
Generals and nine maps of battle-fields. By William Swinton. This is a
thoroughly impartial narrative of the Twelve Battles, being based entirely
on the reports and private papers of the Generals commanding on both
sides $3.50
Dinner Napkins and How to Fold T«hem. Containing plain
directions for arranging and folding napkins for the dinner-table. By
Georgiana C. Clark. It teaches by illustrated designs, how to transform
a plain Napkin into an attractive and ornamental appendage to the dinner
table 25 cts.
The American Home Cook Book. Containing several hun¬
dred excellent recipes, based on many years’ experience of a thorough
Housewife. Illustrated with engravings, and written from actual experi¬
ence in cooking 50 cts.
Soyer’s Standard Cookery for the People. By Alexis Soyer.
The plain and familiar style adopted in describing the details of culinary
operations commends itself to all housekeepers who desire wholesome and
appetizing dishes for every day purposes 30 cts.
The American Housewife and Kitchen Directory. This
valuable book contains nearly four hundred recipes for cooking all sorts of
^ dishes most economically .. ,.,30 cts.
POPULAR HAND-BOOKS,
Dick’s Home Slade Candies; or, How to Make Candy in
the Kitchen • Containing complete Directions for makin g all the newest
and most delicious Cream Confections, with boiled syrup, or by the
French method without boiling : also the best receipts for all the favor¬
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Confectioner’s Hand-Book. Giving plain and practical direc-
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Comfits, Preserves, Sugar Boiling, Iced Liquors, Waters, Gum, Paste and
Candy Ornaments, Syrups, Marmalades, Essences, Fruit, Pastes, Ice
Creams, Icings, Meringues, Chocolates, etc,, etc. A complete Hand-Book
of the Confectioner’s Art. Price. 25 cts.
The Amateur Trapper and Trap-Maker’s Guide. A com¬
plete and carefully prepared treatise on the art of Trapping, Snaring and
Netting. This comprehensive work is embellished with fifty engraved
illustrations ; and these, together with the clear explanations which ac-
company them, will enable anybody of moderate comprehension to make
and set any of the traps described. It also gives the baits usually em¬
ployed by the most successful Hunters and Trappers, and exposes their
secret methods of attracting and catching animals, birds, etc., with
scarcely a possibility of failure. Large 16mo, paper 50 cts.
Boards 75 cts.
Rarey & Knowlson’s Complete Horse Tamer and Farrier.
A New and Improved Edition, containing: Mr. Rarey’s Whole Secret of
Subduing and Breaking Vicious Horses; His improved plan of Managing
Young Colts, and Breaking them to the Saddle, to Harness and the Sulky;
Rules for Selecting a Good Horse, and for Feeding Horses. Also the Com¬
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practice of the author, John C. Knowlson, during his life an English Far-
rierof high popularity ; containing the latest discoveries in the cure of
Spavin. Illustrated with descriptive engravings. Boards, cloth..50 cts.
Holberton’s Art of Angling; or, How and Where to Catch
Fish. A practical Hand-Book for learners in everything that pertains to
the art of fishing with Bod and Reel. By Wakeman Holberton, Fully
illustrated. It describes the special methods and appliances requisite to
catch each variety of the finny tribe, and the most favorable localities to
find them; with practical hints on camping out, necessary outfit, and the
best choice of apparatus and baits, etc. Cloth, flexible 50 cts.
The Amateur Printer; or, Type-Setting at Home. A thor¬
ough and complete instructor for the amateur in all the details of the
Printer’s Art, giving practical information in regard to type, ink, paper
and all the implements requisite, with illustrated directions for using
them in a proper manner. Paper 25 cts.
The Painter’s Hand-Book* A thorough Guide to all that
pertains to internal and external plain and tasteful House-painting. It
explains the nature of the pigments or materials in general use, the best
methods for their preparation and appliance,and the art of mixing colors
to produce any desired tint or shade; with valuable receipts, hints and
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Sent Po vagc-Paid at the Pi'ices Marked,
American F cyle, by 'Trumps ", the Standard Book on Gaines $i.
Durne’s Draughts-I iayers’ Guide j.
Dick's Gaines of Patience; or, Solitaire with Cards i.
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Dick’s Art of Gymnastics
Hoyle's Gaines, by “Trumps".
Gossip’s Chess-Player’s Text Book
Marache’s Manual of Chess
Diek’s Hand-Book of Cribbage
Modern Whist, by “ Trurnps " ...
Bick's Original Album Verses and Acrortics :.
Dick's Book of To ists, Speeekes and Responses
Barber’s American Book of deady-Made Speeebos
How to Conduct a DAiate
The Debater, Chair.nan’s Ass t ant, and Rules of Order-
Qgdea’s Model Speeches for aiiaejjool Occasitns
Ogaen s Skeleton Essays —
The Worcester Letter-Writer and Business E onus
Dick’s Common Sense Letter-Writer
North’s Book of Love Letter?
Dick’s Commercial Letter-W, i cr
Martine’s Sensible Letter-Wi Aer
Erost’S American Etiquette
Cruden’s Caihthenic Training and Musical Drill
Dick’s Paimistry Made Easy
Bay’? American Itcady-Reckoner
The American M"isewife, and Kitchen Directory
Th; Amateur T per and Trap-Maker’s Guide-
Dick's Quad »le Call-Booh and Ball-Room Prompter.
The Banjo a m Ho •v I/* Play It
The Young lego. Lor How to Write Short-Hand
Dick’s Festi ‘ Reciter • ••
Dick’s Dutch, Erenc .and Yankee Dialect Reoltations..• •
Kavanaugh’f. Ju.enJe Speaker, for little child i on
Bick'r Irish Dialect R. citations •
Kavr naugVs Sew Speeches for little children
Brudder Bo._ -s’ Stump Speeches and Burl;:quo Orations.
Diek’r Comic Dia:ogues
Holme*' Very Lit- .fc Bialogues
McBride’r ' o- :c Bialogues •
Burtou’s Amateur Actor -
Erost’s Dramatic Proverbsand Charades-
Fms”s Tableaus and Pbiuow Pantomime? —
Dick’s Parlor Exhibition
The Parlor Magi cian â– 
The Art and Etiquette i f Making Love
The Mishaps and Advent ires cf Obadiah Pi Aback
Dick's Log an d Lumber Measurer
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