Maud C. Cooke

Social Etiquette, or Manners and Customs of Polite Society by the Well-Known and Popular Author Maud C. Cooke

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The fourth finger on the left hand, counting from the thumb, is the finger upon which the engagement and wedding rings are worn.

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An introduction to a lady in the ball-room presupposes that the gentleman will dance with her or walk with her through one dance.

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The belt is, on a perfect figure, an interruption to harmonious lines that could well be dispensed with.

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Oysters are in place when the guests enter the room, and the servant sometimes passes brown bread to eat with them.

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Do not think to cure chapped lips by anointing them after being out in the air. The time for treatment is before the mischief is done.

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Do learn to respect women. Never speak slightingly of their worth, nor trifle with their name.

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In a small apartment, where the radiator is an objection, place before the unsightly heater a screen of not too high dimensions.

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The habit of indulging in cutting or harsh remarks is one to be guarded against.

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The breakfast party includes both gentlemen and ladies while, as a rule, the luncheon is an entertainment given to ladies.

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Educate yourself, as a wife, to keep up with the times sufficiently to be at least a companionable conversationalist.

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Don't write a letter in a towering passion; you would not care to have it confront you in some cooler moment.

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A painfully tight shoe not only injures the health, comfort and complexion of the wearer, but it is ruinous to all grace of carriage.

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A gentleman with no thought of marriage is in honor bound to make his attentions to ladies as general as possible.

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Gentleman's evening dress consists of black trousers, a low-cut black or white vest, dress or "swallow-tail" coat, and white necktie.

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It is proper to help all the ladies before any gentleman is helped, no matter how distinguished a person he may be.

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First Calls of the season necessitate the leaving of cards. Let them be left quietly in the hall.

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Politeness of the parents one towards another is the first step toward training children in the acquirement of good manners.

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The behavior of servants depends very greatly upon the behavior of their employers towards them.

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To seek to draw attention to yourself at a place of amusement is simply vulgar.

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Do ye all things courteously, founding precept and practice upon that old rule, the Golden Rule, which is the very Essence of all Etiquette.