The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions by Walter Cox Green
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of her own, so that the invited ones may know
that she is acting as sponsor for the newcomer. INVITATIONS ANSWERED. Every invitation should be answered as soon as possible, and in the third person if the invitation was in the third person. The answer should be sent to the party requesting the pleasure, even if many names are on the invitation. When a subscriber to a subscription ball invites a friend who is a non-subscriber, she encloses her card in the envelope, and the invited friend sends the answer to the subscriber sending the invitation. INTRODUCTIONS. When a man is introduced to a woman at a ball, he should ask her for a dance. MEN AT. Courtesy toward his hostess and consideration for his friends demands that a man who can dance should do so. To accept an invitation to a ball and then refuse to dance shows that a man is lacking in good breeding. A man finding few friends at a ball should ask some friend, or the hostess, to introduce |
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