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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
116
ELLA
CLAIRE.
If
you
use
a
quotation,
never
omit
to
put
it
in
quotation
marks,
otherwise
your
correspondent
may,
however
unjustly,
accuse
you
of
a
desire
to
pass
off
the
idea
and
words
of
another,
for
your
own.
Avoid
postscripts.
Above
all,
never
send
an
inquiry
or
compliment
in
a
postscript.
To
write
a
long
letter,
upon
various
subjects,
and
in
the
postscript
desire
to
be
remembered
to
your
friend's
family,
or
inquire
for
their
welfare,
instead
of
a
compliment,
becomes
insulting.
It
is
better,
if
you
have
not
time
to
write
again
and
place
such
inquiries
above
your
signature,
to
omit
them
entirely.
Nobody
likes
to
see
their
name
mentioned
as
an
afterthought.
Punctuate
your
letters
carefully.
The
want
of
a
mark
of
punctuation,
or
the
incorrect
placing
of
it,
will
make
the
most
woful
confusion.
I
give
an
instance
of
the
utter
absurdity
produced
by
the
alteration
of
punctuation
marks,
turning
a
sensible
paragraph
to
the
most
arrant
nonsense:
"Caesar
entered;
on
his
head
his
helmet;
on
his
feet
armed
sandals;
upon
his
brow
there
was
a
cloud;
in
his
right
hand
his
faithful
sword;
in
his
eye
an
angry
glare;
saying
nothing,
he
sat
down."
By
using
precisely
the
same
words,
merely
altering
the
position
of
the
punctuation
marks,
we
have--
"Caesar
entered
on
his
head;
his
helmet
on
his
feet;
armed
sandals
upon
his
brow;
there
was
a
cloud
in
his
right
hand;
his
faithful
sword
in
his
eye;
an
angry
glare
saying
nothing;
he
sat
down."
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