left protects her skirts from
any possible mud or dust on the wheel. As he leaves her he closes the
door, and, if it be a private conveyance, gives directions to the
driver. He lifts his hat in bidding her good-by. Even when there is a
footman, a second man, or an attendant, it should be esteemed a favor to
give this assistance.

In entering shops, theaters, or other buildings, where there are
swinging doors, the escort goes ahead and holds one of them ajar,
passing in last. A woman always precedes a man, except in one or two
special cases. A man precedes a woman walking down the aisle of a
theater, and it is better form that he should take the inside seat,
especially if there is a man occupying the place next to the vacant
one. A man precedes a woman up a narrow staircase in a public building,
but in a private house, in ascending or descending a stairway, he should
always allow the woman to precede him. In entering a theater box a man
follows the usher, preceding the woman down the theater corridor to the
door of the box. He then holds this open, and the women precede him, he
following them. In a church, in going down a narrow aisle, the woman
precedes the man.

The lift or elevator, as well as the corridors and lobbies of a public
building, the office of a hotel, and the vestibule of a theater, are
public highways. In these places a man keeps on his hat, his deportment
being the same as he would observe in the street. But when the lift or
elevator is fitted up as a drawing room, such as is used in hotels and
other semi-public buildings, a man removes his hat when the other sex is
of the number of its passengers.

When escorting a woman to a house where she is to make a visit, always
mount the stoop or steps with her, ring the bell, and remain there until
the servant comes to the door. Then, if you are not going in, take off
your hat and leave her. Restaurants, the dining rooms of hotels, roof
gardens, and places of amusement in the open air, where refreshments are
served, are semi-public.

A man always rises from the table at which he is sitting when a woman
bows to him and immediately returns the salutation. Should the place be
in the open, he doffs his hat, which under such circumstances he is
obliged to wear. When he is in a party and a lady and her escort chance
to stop at his table to exchange greetings with his friends, he should
rise and remain standing during the conversation. If a man is introduced
to h