{illustration caption =
A jolly crowd is boarding the 4:56 for a house-party in the
suburbs. The gentleman at the right, having been educated abroad,
has never learned to play the ukelele, the banjo, the jew's harp
or the saxophone, and is, with the best intentions in the world,
attempting to contribute his share to the gaiety of the coming
evenings by bringing along his player-piano. Would you--be
honest!--have recognized his action as a serious social blunder
without having referred to PERFECT BEHAVIOR?}


{illustration caption =
The young mother in the picture is traveling from one point to
another in a Pullman. In the effort to commit as great a nuisance
as possible, she has provided her child with a banana and a hard
boiled egg. Not having dipped into the chapter on travel in
PERFECT BEHAVIOR, she is ignorant of the fact that a peach would
have produced quite as much mess and far more permanent stains
and a folding cup for the water cooler would have spread the
disturbance over a wider area.}



CARDS AND FLOWERS

The next day, however, you should send flowers, enclosing another
of your cards. It might be well to write some message on the card
recalling the events of the preceding evening--nothing intimate,
but simply a reminder of your first meeting and a suggestion that