s in the way of smoking.

A guest does not smoke in his host's house unless especially invited to do
so, by his host, not some younger member of the family or another visitor.

At a dinner party at which ladies are present, men do not smoke until the
ladies have left the dining-room.

It is a bad form to smoke when anyone is singing, unless in those
free-and-easy places of amusement where "everything goes."

About Expectoration.--No man should smoke, anywhere or at any time, who
cannot smoke without using a cuspidor. It is a practice so much worse than
smoking, so thoroughly abominable in itself, that no man with any claim to
good breeding or good manners permits himself to indulge in it.

In most homes, nowadays, men are permitted to smoke "all over the house."
It is better, wherever possible, to let the man have a "den" where he may
smoke with his friends. The practice of smoking in bedrooms is
reprehensible; the air one will breathe through the night should not be
vitiated.

BACHELOR HOSPITALITY.

"A bachelor's life is a splendid breakfast; a tolerably flat dinner;
and a most miserable supper."

Being a bachelor does not excuse a man from certain forms of hospitality.
Many "society men" live in apartments, at the present time, and may
entertain the ladies who have favored them with invitations; in fact, it
is expected that a man who has often been entertained will reciprocate in
some fashion.

If a bachelor's quarters are too restricted for any other form of
entertaining, he may give a theatre party, followed by a supper at some
cafe. Or he may do this without the theatre party. Of course, such an
entertainment is expensive, but he must remember that the ladies who have
entertained him have spent a good deal of money on their fetes.

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The Bachelor and the Chaperon.--The first thing the bachelor must do is
to secure a chaperon. She must be a married woman of unimpeachable
reputation. Having done this, he invites the other members of the party,
first submitting his list to her approval. The usual number is six, three
men and three women, or two men and four ladies. Two men may join forces
to entertain a quartet of ladies, or more, and thus halve the expense. The
carriage or taxicab is sent first to the residence of the chaperon; the
host accompanies it or may meet it there. The other ladies are called for,
the other men generally meet the carriages at the theatre. Th