s palace.

Rules of Etiquette.

The following rules, published some time ago as a receipt for that
beauty of expression so much more lasting and attractive than mere
beauty of feature, were written originally for the guidance of woman,
but they are equally applicable to the needs of man.

"1. Learn to govern yourself and to be gentle and patient.

"2. Guard your temper, especially in seasons of ill-health,
irritation, and trouble, and soften it by a sense of your own
shortcomings and errors.

"3. Never speak or act in anger.

"4. Remember that, valuable as is the gift of speech, silence is often
more valuable.

"5. Do not expect too much from others, but forbear and forgive, as
you desire forbearance and forgiveness yourself.

"6. Never retort a sharp or angry word. It is the second word that
makes the quarrel.

"7. Beware of the first disagreement.

"8. Learn to speak in a gentle tone of voice.

"9. Learn to say kind and pleasant things when opportunity offers.

"10. Study the characters of those with whom you come in contact, and
sympathize with them in all their troubles, however small.

"11. Do not neglect little things if they can affect the comfort of
others in the smallest degree.

"12. Avoid moods, and pets, and fits of sulkiness.

"13. Learn to deny yourself and prefer others.

"14. Beware of meddlers and tale-bearers.

"15. Never charge a bad motive, if a good one is conceivable."

Courtesy, charity and love are one, and, when all good deeds are done
the warning comes: "If ye have not charity" all is naught. Therefore:

"A sweet, attractive kind of grace,
A full assurance given by looks,
Continual comfort in a face,
The lineaments of gospel-books."

Do ye all things courteously, founding precept and practice upon that
old rule, the Golden Rule, which is the Alpha and the Omega of all
good manners and the very Essence of all Etiquette.

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INTRODUCTIONS AND SALUTATIONS

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Indiscriminate introductions are always in bad taste, yet, since the
sweetest of our friendships are wont to reach us through the medium of
a formal presentation, it is well that we understand how, when and
where these introductions should properly take place.

As a rule, introductions, to be agreeable, should be desired before
being given; and since we are, or should be, in a measure, the
endorsers of those whom we present to our friends, a due degree o