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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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Little
culture,
unfortunately,
is
bestowed
upon
this
accomplishment,
which,
beyond
all
others,
promotes
the
happiness
of
home,
enlivens
society,
and
improves
the
minds
of
both
speaker
and
listener.
How
many
excellent
women
are
deficient
in
the
power
of
expressing
themselves
well,
or,
indeed,
of
expressing
themselves
at
all!
How
many
minds
"cream
and
mantle"
from
the
want
of
energy
to
pour
themselves
out
in
words!
On
the
other
hand,
how
some,
equally
well-intentioned,
drown
the
very
senses
in
their
torrent
of
remarks,
which
dashes,
like
a
water-fall,
into
a
sombre
pool
of
ennui
below!
One
lady
will
enter
society,
well-dressed,
well-looking,
polite;
she
does
not
intend
to
chill
it
by
her
presence;
yet
her
absence
is
found
a
relief.
She
takes
her
place
as
if
she
considered
it
sufficient
to
dress
and
look
well.
She
brings
no
stock
to
the
community
of
ideas.
Her
eyes
return
no
response
to
the
discourse
which
is
going
on.
When
you
have
once
glanced
at
her,
she
becomes
a
mere
expletive
in
the
company.
Another
one
will
be
found
a
talker.
She
is
like
a
canary
bird;
when
others
begin
to
speak,
she
hurries
in
her
remarks,
in
an
accompaniment.
Her
voice
must
be
uppermost;
conversation
becomes
a
contest
who
can
speak
the
most
rapidly.
The
timid
and
modest
retire
from
the
encounter--she
has
the
field
to
herself.
She
goes
on,
without
mercy;
the
voice
of
a
syren
would
fatigue,
if
heard
continually.
Others
revolt
at
the
injustice
of
the
monopoly,
and
the
words
fall
on
ears
that
would
be
deaf
if
they
could.
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