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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
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Florence Hartley
11
In
conversing
with
professional
gentlemen,
never
question
them
upon
matters
connected
with
their
employment.
An
author
may
communicate,
voluntarily,
information
interesting
to
you,
upon
the
subject
of
his
works,
but
any
questions
from
you
would
be
extremely
rude.
If
you
meet
a
physician
who
is
attending
a
friend,
you
may
enquire
for
their
progress,
but
do
not
expect
him
to
give
you
a
detailed
account
of
the
disease
and
his
manner
of
treating
it.
The
same
rule
applies
to
questioning
lawyers
about
their
clients,
artists
on
their
paintings,
merchants
or
mechanics
of
their
several
branches
of
business.
Professional
or
business
men,
when
with
ladies,
generally
wish
for
miscellaneous
subjects
of
conversation,
and,
as
their
visits
are
for
recreation,
they
will
feel
excessively
annoyed
if
obliged
to
"talk
shop."
Still
many
men
can
converse
on
no
other
subject
than
their
every
day
employment.
In
this
case
listen
politely,
and
show
your
interest.
You
will
probably
gain
useful
information
in
such
conversation.
Never
question
the
veracity
of
any
statement
made
in
general
conversation.
If
you
are
certain
a
statement
is
false,
and
it
is
injurious
to
another
person,
who
may
be
absent,
you
may
quietly
and
courteously
inform
the
speaker
that
he
is
mistaken,
but
if
the
falsehood
is
of
no
consequence,
let
it
pass.
If
a
statement
appears
monstrous,
but
you
do
not
know
that
it
is
false,
listen,
but
do
not
question
its
veracity.
It
may
be
true,
though
it
strikes
you
as
improbable.
Never
attempt
to
disparage
an
absent
friend.
It
is
the
height
of
meanness.
If
others
admire
her,
and
you
do
not,
let
them
have
their
opinion
in
peace;
you
will
probably
fail
if
you
try
to
lower
her
in
their
esteem,
and
gain
for
yourself
the
character
of
an
ill-natured,
envious
person.
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