35-36;
at a wedding in church, 354-357;
in a steamer dining-salon, 599-600;
at the theater, 40-41;
in vehicles, 30-31;
of children at table, 575.

Second marriage, 107-108, 375-376.

Secretary, 138-140, 178.

Self-introduction, 12, 602.

Senator, 5, 214, 486-487.

Servants, 135-138, 141-164;
attitude to, 438-439, 510;
at formal dinner, 184;
in country house, 420-421, 425-427.

Service,
in country house guest room, 425-427;
in the well-appointed house, 135-164;
dinner, 200-209, 236-237.

Serving table, 206-207.

Serving tea, 168-171, 173-174.

Setting the table, 194-200, 591.

Shaking hands, 20-21;
at an afternoon tea, 167;
at a formal dinner, 215;
on a visit, 93;
at a wedding, 362-363;
when introduced, 7-8, 9, 12.

Shirt, 143, 334, 568.

Shirt studs, 144, 152, 567.

Shirt waist, 151, 549, 556.

Shoes, 333, 549, 555, 558, 564, 566, 568.

Shops, etiquette in, 33.

Sickness. See: Invalids.

Signature of a letter, 458-459.

Silk hat, 564, 566.

Silver, 198-199.

Sitting up with the deceased, 393.

Sitting down at the table, 577.

Skirt, 151, 548, 549, 552, 556, 558.

Slang, 62.

Sleeping arrangements in country house, 413.

Slippers, 549, 555.

Smart society, 2.

Smoking, 22, 28, 47, 209, 223-224, 530, 594.

Social letters, 455-456, 461-463.

Social position. See: Position in the community.

Society, best,
chapter on, 1-3;
definition of, 3;
smart, 2.

Speech, 64.

Speaking to a lady, 22-23.

Spoon, 197;
Use of, 571, 573.

Sports clothes, 548.

Sports clubs, 517.

Stag dinner, 230.

Stand-up luncheons, 248, 249.

Steamer etiquette, 598-603.

Stores, etiquette in, 27, 33.

Story telling, 50.

Strangers,
cards left with, 83;
invitations for, 117, 254;
social position of, 67-70;
visits, 70-71, 83, 90;
at afternoon tea, 170.

Street, chapter on the, 28-34.

Street car etiquette, 23-24.

Street clothes, 548.

Subscription dances, 272-275.

Summer dress, 549, 556.

Sunburn, dress for women who mind, 549-550.

Superscription in letters, 459, 460.

Supper, 249;
at a ball, 255-257;
at a cabaret,