dy will avoid familiarity in her deportment towards gentlemen.
A young lady should not permit her gentlemen friends to address her by her
home name, and the reverse is true. Use the title Miss and Mr.
respectively.

23. Ladies should be frank and cordial towards their lady friends, but
never gushing.

24. Should you meet a friend twice or oftener, at short intervals, it is
polite to bow slightly each time after the first.

25. A lady on meeting a gentleman with whom she has slight acquaintance
will make a medium bow--neither too decided nor too slight or stiff.

26. For a gentleman to take a young lady's arm, is to intimate that she is
feeble, and young ladies resent the mode.

27. If a young lady desires to visit any public place where she expects to
meet a gentleman acquaintance, she should have a chaperon to accompany her,
a person of mature years when possible, and never a giddy girl.

28. A lady should not ask a gentleman to walk with her.

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A COMPLETE ETIQUETTE IN A FEW PRACTICAL RULES.

_1. If you desire to be respected, keep clean. The finest attire and
decorations will add nothing to the appearance or beauty of an untidy
person._

_2. Clean clothing, clean skin, clean hands, including the nails, and
clean, white teeth, are a requisite passport for good society._

_3. A bad breath should be carefully remedied, whether it proceeds from the
stomach or from decayed teeth._

_4. To pick the nose, finger about the ears, or scratch the head or any
other part of the person, in company, is decidedly vulgar._

_5. When you call at any private residence, do not neglect to clean your
shoes thoroughly._

_6. A gentleman should always remove his hat in the presence of ladies,
except out of doors, and then he should lift or touch his hat in
salutation. On meeting a lady a well-bred gentleman will always lift his
hat._

_7. An invitation to a lecture, concert, or other entertainment, may be
either verbal or written, but should always be made at least twenty-four
hours before the time._ {53}

_8. On entering a hall or church the gentleman should precede the lady in
walking up the aisle, or walk by her side, if the aisle is broad enough._

_9. A gentleman should always precede a lady upstairs, and follow her
downstairs._

_10. Visitors should always observe the customs of the church with
reference to standing, sitting, or kneeling during t