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Excerpt from Social Usages at WashingtonThe etiquette of our Federal capital differs from that of other American Cities in some respects, as has been said, but resembles it in others. The old resi dents are familiar with the peculiar feat ures of Washington customs, although even the Cave dwellers, as they are called, do not all hold the same views on certain points. To new-comers and to the great army of transient visitors the whole subject i...

Good Form for All Occasions - A Manual of Manners, Dress and Entertainment for Both Men and Women is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition .Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists...

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Excerpt from Memories: Grave and GayIT has been a pleasure for me to recall, at the kind request of the Messrs. Harper Brothers, the memo ries of a lifetime, even though some sad thoughts have mingled with the happy ones. So many bright Shapes have risen out of the past at my bidding that the difficulty of selection has been great. Beloved faces seem to look out at me and say, Why did you leave me out? The ghosts of noble deeds, the memories o...

Excerpt from A Handbook of Hospitality for Town and CountryIn providing for her guests, nay, Often in securing these, the country hostess must fight a series of battles royal with this great centripetal force, which drags everything from her grasp.She will soon grow discouraged unless she remembers that there is another law which works in an Opposite direction. Just as the cities cannot exist by themselves, and must draw their supplies from th...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

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Excerpt from Social CustomsThus it will be seen that in treating of our etiquette one must necessarily avoid as far as possible ex cathedra or absolute statements, while one must also beware of confusing the reader by offering too many alternatives and showing too many possible paths. The writer has therefore striven to avoid dogmatism on the one hand and ambiguity on the other, giving decided opinions where it seemed best to do so, and in oth...

Excerpt from Good Form for All Occasions: A Manual of Manners Dress and Entertainment for Both Men and WomenEtiquette and Dress for the Week end Visitor.. Duties Of the Host. - The Neglectful and the Over zealous Hostess. - Bread-and-butter Letters.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotte...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Story of the Battle Hymn, of the RepublicLet the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel.So many years have elapsed since the evil monster of slavery was done to death that we sometimes forget its awful power in the middle of the last century. The fathers of the Republic believed that it would soon perish. They forbade its entrance into the Territories and were careful to make no mention of it in the Constitution....

Excerpt from Boys, Girls and MannersThus Mr. Spencer tells us that among the natives of Australia, Strangers meeting must remain some time silent: a mile from an encampment, approach has to be her alded by loud cooeys: a green bough is used as an emblem of peace, and brotherly feel ing is indicated by an exchange of names.This same idea about the green bough prevailed among the ancient Greeks. On the frieze of the Parthenon, some of the sculpt...

Excerpt from The Correct Thing in Good SocietyTo sign a letter to a superior, Yours respect fully, or Your obedient servant.To write Please address mrs. Or M J. T. Where it is desirable to let your correspondent know by what title to address you.To preface a business letter with the name and address of your correspondent.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbook...

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