ions--Letters of Introduction--Speaking without an
Introduction--Salutations--Receptions--Visits and Calls--Table
Manners--Conversations--Chesterfield on Conversation--Music--
Letters and Notes--Up and Down Stairs--Which Goes First?--An
American Habit--Gloved or Ungloved?--Equality--False Shame--
Pulling out one's Watch--Husband and Wife--Bowing _vs._
Curtseying--Presents--Snobbery--Children 64

VII.--ETIQUETTE OF OCCASIONS.

Dinner Parties--Invitations--Dress--Punctuality--Going to the
Table--Arrangement of Guests--Duties of the Host--Duties of the
Guests--The "Grace"--Eating Soup--Fish--The Third Course--What
to do with your Knife and Fork--Declining Wine--Finger Glasses--
Carving--Evening Parties and their Observances--French Leave--
Sports and Games--Promiscuous Kissing--Dancing--Christmas--The
New Year--Thanksgiving--Birthdays--Excursions and Picnics--
Weddings--Funerals 83

VIII.--THE ETIQUETTE OF PLACES.

How to Behave on the Street--Stopping Business Men on the Street--
Walking with Ladies--Shopping--At Church--At Places of Amusement--
In a Picture Gallery--The Presence--Traveling--The Rush for
Places--The Rights of Fellow-Travelers--Giving up Seats to the
Ladies--A Hint to the Ladies on Politeness--Paying Fares 100

IX.--LOVE AND COURTSHIP.

Boyish Loves--The Proper Age to Marry--Waiting for a Fortune--
Importance of Understanding Physiological Laws--Earnestness and
Sincerity in Love--Particular Attentions--Presents--Confidants--
Declarations--Asking "Pa"--Refusals--Engagement--Breaking Off--
Marriage 110

X.--PARLIAMENTARY ETIQUETTE.

Courtesy in Debate--Origin of the Parliamentary Code--Rules of
Order--Motions--Speaking--Submitting a Question--Voting--A
Quorum The Democratic Principle--Privileged Questions--Order of
Business--Order of Debate 116

XI.--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.

Republican Distinctions--Natural Inequalities--American Toad
Eaters--General Lack of Reverence for Real Nobility--City and
Country--Imported Manners--Fictitious Titles--A Mirror for
Certain Men--Washington's Code of Manners--Our Social Uniform--A
Hint to the Ladies--An Obliging Disposition--Securing a
Home--Taste _vs._ Fashion--Spe