he always possible chance of an accident.

Although great latitude is now allowed to young ladies with regard to
riding alone, many parents still prefer that their daughters should be
attended by their grooms.

Two ladies frequently ride together, unaccompanied by a gentleman and
unattended by a groom.

CHAPTER XXXIII

BOWING

As regards the recognition of friends or acquaintances, it is the
privilege of a lady to take the initiative, by being the first to bow. A
gentleman should not raise his hat to a lady until she has accorded him
this mark of recognition, although the act of bowing is a simultaneous
action on the part of both lady and gentleman, as a lady would hardly
bestow a bow upon a gentleman not prepared to return it.

The bow between intimate acquaintances takes the character, when given
by a lady, of a familiar nod in place of a stiff bow.

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=When a gentleman returns the bow= of a lady he should do so by
distinctly taking his hat off and as quickly replacing it, not merely
raising it slightly, as formerly, and if he is an intimate acquaintance
or friend, he should act in a similar manner.

In France and on the Continent generally, the rule of bowing is
reversed, and the gentleman is the first to bow to the lady, instead
of the lady to the gentleman.

Between ladies but slightly acquainted, the one of highest rank should
be the first to bow to the other; between ladies of equal rank it is
immaterial which of the two bows first.

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=A lady should not bow= to persons only known to her by sight, although
she may frequently have seen them in the company of her friends.

A lady should bow to a gentleman, either a friend or acquaintance,
even when he is walking with either a lady or gentleman, with whom
she is unacquainted.

Gentlemen do not raise their hats in recognition of each other, but
simply nod, when not walking with ladies, save when a vast difference
exists in rank or age.

When a gentleman meets another--a friend of his--walking with a lady or
ladies, with whom he himself is unacquainted, he should raise his hat
and look straight before him, not at the lady or ladies.

A lady should not bow to another who, being a stranger to her, has
addressed a few remarks to her at an afternoon party, as the fact of
meeting at the house of a mutual friend does not constitute an
acquaintanceship, and does not a