Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises by Donald Ogden Stewart
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Amusing Experiences with a Quart of Gin Planning a Dry Raid on a
Masquerade Ball A Word About Correct Costumes--A California Motion Picture Actress's Bad Taste--Good Form for Dry Agents During a Raid-What the New York Clubman Said About Mr. Volstead. VI. A CHAPTER FOR SCHOOLGIRLS Selecting a Proper School--Account of an Interesting Trip Down the Eric Canal with Miss Spence--Correct Equipment for the Schoolgirl --En Route--ln New York--A journey Around the City--Description of the Visit of Ed. Pinaud to the Aquarium in 1858--The First Days in the New School--"After Lights" in a Dormitory--An "Old Schoolgirl's" Confessions--Becoming Acclimatized--A Visitor from Princeton-Strange Pets. VI. THE ETIQUETTE OF GAMES AND SPORTS Golf as a Pastime--What Henry Ward Beecher Said When He Broke His Niblic--An Afternoon at the Old Farm with the Dice--"Shoot you for your ear trumpet, grandfather!"--Correct Behavior on a Picnic--A Swedish Nobleman's Curious Method of Eating Potato Chips--Boxing in American Society--A Good Joke on an Amateur Boxer--"He didn't know it was Jack Dempsey!"--Bridge Whist--Formal and Informal Drinking--A jolly Hallowe'en Party -- Invitations -- Receiving the Guests--How to Mystify--Games. VIII. CORRESPONDENCE AND INVITATIONS Correspondence for Young Ladies--College Boys How to Order a Full Dress Suit by Mail --Letters to Parents--A Prominent Retired Bank President's Advice to Correspondents--Letters from Parents--Peculiarities of the Divorce Laws of New York--Letters |
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