to eat, 573.

Personal letters, 455.

Persons of rank. See: Rank, persons of.

Pew cards, 102-103, 356.

Photographs of engaged couples in newspapers, 304.

Picnics, 34, 124, 128.

Pits, management of, at table, 584.

Place cards, 128, 210.

Plates, 200, 202-204, 242.

Politeness to servants, 153-154.

Political clubs, 517.

Politics, etiquette of, 530-539.

Position in the community, 410;
chapter on, 65-72.

Precedence, 40, 204-205, 214-215, 360-361.

Presentation at court, 609-610.

"Present," when used in introductions, 4.

President of the United States,
close of letter to, 456, 487, 490;
as a guest, 214, 430;
how to address, 486;
introduction of and to, 4, 5, 487.

Priest, 488-489.

Private affairs, conversation about, 592.

Private car, guests on, 439.

Private secretary, 139.

Pronunciation, 62-64.

Public places, 96, 307,
chapter on, 28-34.

Punctuality, 46, 219-220.

Pusher, nursery, 571.573.

Rabbi, 488-489.

Rank, persons of,
how to announce as guests, 214-215;
how to address, 486, 488;
how to introduce, 487, 489;
close of letter to, 487-489.

Reading at table, 591.

Ready-to-wear clothes, 557, 562.

Receptions, 10, 119, 165, 168.

Recommendation, letters of, 479-481.

Referring to husband or wife in conversation, 54.

Regard for others, rules of, 34.

Registering at a hotel, 346, 596-597.

Rehearsal of a wedding, 338-342.

Restaurants,
clothes in, 556, 569;
dinner in before the theater, 38;
engaged couples in, 310;
headdress in, 546;
payment in, 32;
rising in to greet a lady, 23;
young girl in, 293.

Riding clothes, 550-552.

Rings, 544, 567;
engagement, 302-303, 311;
wedding, 343, 346, 359.

Rising,
to a lady, 22-23;
to relatives, 587;
from table, 577.

Royalty,
how to address, 610;
letters to, 490;
presentation to, 4, 609-610.

Salutations, 461;
chapter on, 22-27.

Seating,
at an afternoon tea, 168, 170;
at a ball supper, 256;
in drawing-room, 94-95;
at a formal dinner, 162, 178-179, 196, 210-212;
at a funeral in church, 409;
at an informal dinner, 229;
in an opera box,