Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises by Donald Ogden Stewart
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II. THE ETIQUETTE OF ENGAGEMENTS AND WEDDINGS
The Historic Aspect--Announcing the Engagement--A Breton Fisher Girl's Experience with a Traveling Salesman--The Bride-to-Be--The Engagement Luncheon--Selecting the Bridal Party--Invitations and Wedding Presents--A Good Joke on the Groom--"Madam, those are my trousers"--Duties of the Best Man--A Demented Taxidermist's Strange Gift -- The Bride's Tea--The Maid of Honor--What Aunt Edna Saw on the Club Porch-The Bachelor Dinner and After-Some Practical Uses for Bi-Carbonate of Soda--The Rehearsal --The Bridal Dinner--A Church Wedding. III. THE ETIQUETTE OF TRAVEL Hints for the Correct Pedestrianism--Description of a Walk around Philadelphia with a Pueblo Indian in 1837--Travelling by Rail-- Good Form on a Street Car--In the Subway--Fun with an Old Gentleman's Whiskers--A Honeymoon in a Subway--Travelling under Steam-A Correct Night in a Pullman-What Burton Holmes Found in His Lower Berth. IV. AT THE CONCERT AND THE OPERA Listening to a Symphony Orchestra--Curious Effect of Debussy's "Apres-midi d'un Faune" and four gin fizzes on Uncle Frederick--"No, fool like an old fool"--Correct Behavior at a Piano Recital--Choosing One's Nearest Exit--In a Box at the Opera--What a Kansas City Society Leader Did with Her Old Victrola Records. V. ETIQUETTE FOR DRY AGENTS Some Broader Aspects of Prohibition--Interesting Effect of Whisky on Goldfish--The College Graduate as Dry Agent--Aunt Emily's |
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