rward attentiveness is the attitude of most profit and
enjoyment in society. One learns then what other people are thinking
about, and becomes more and more active mentally. Such an attitude
establishes the confidence of others in one's sincerity and
intelligence.

Inquisitiveness is fatal to real charm. No one cares to talk twice
with a person who, no matter what his wit or ability to entertain, has
betrayed one into divulging facts or making remarks which he regrets.

Upon the street a gentleman always takes the outside of the walk, when
with a lady, the custom having come down from the days when dangers
beset the path, and the man had to be at the point of vantage for the
protection of the woman.

When a married woman and an unmarried girl are walking together, the
married woman takes the outside of the walk.

In passing single file other people or some obstacle, the gentleman
always steps back and allows the lady to precede him. If, however, the
way is crowded or there is necessity that she should be protected, he
goes first.

In entering a hotel dining-room the lady always goes first.

A lady never takes a gentleman's arm unless she is blind, infirm, or
crippled, or in a turbulent crowd.

The considerate person will not enter even a public hotel late at
night, much less a home, his own or any other, in a noisy, careless
fashion. Those who are asleep deserve as great consideration as if
they were awake, and more also.

The modern courtesy of letting each one pay for himself in a car, a
train, a restaurant, or a theatre, is a much more rational one than
the older form of permitting one to act as host, as if he were in his
own house. A gentleman might offer to pay for others, if he wished to,
but he should not insist upon paying; nor should any one carelessly or
designedly permit his expenses to be paid by another, unless he
himself expects to offer equal hospitality at another time.

In entering a carriage or automobile, one should step promptly,
without either loitering or haste. If one is to sit facing the horses
or the front of the automobile, and there is but one step to take, one
puts the left foot on it. If there are two steps, the right foot
should take the first, the left the second. If one is to face in the
opposite direction from what the vehicle is going, one should use the
right foot first in case of the one step, and the left foot first in
case of the two.

When two ladies who are guest and