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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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You
must
also
be
perfectly
good-natured
and
self-sacrificing;
ready
to
play
the
smallest
parts
with
the
same
interest
you
would
throw
into
the
principal
ones.
Try
to
throw
out
all
the
good
points
in
the
parts
taken
by
the
other
members
of
the
company.
If
you
play
an
insignificant
part,
play
it
well,
with
all
the
grace
you
can,
make
the
most
of
it,
but
do
not
try
to
raise
it
to
the
first
place.
Yield
gracefully
the
prominent
position
to
those
who
claim
it
in
the
plot
of
the
play,
and
never
try
by
conspicuous
dress
or
by
play,
to
go
beyond
the
position
set
down
for
you.
Another
delightful
accomplishment,
and
one
which
will
aid
you
if
you
are
studying
drawing
and
painting,
is
that
of
arranging
tableaux
vivants.
Mrs.
Severn
gives
the
following
hints
upon
this
subject:
"Perhaps
there
is
no
intellectual
amusement
in
fashionable
life,
the
nature
of
which
is
so
little
understood,
as
the
tableau
vivant;
it
being
generally
considered
as
only
a
vehicle
for
display,
whereas
its
real
purpose
is
to
arrange
scientifically
a
combination
of
natural
objects,
so
as
to
make
a
good
picture
according
to
the
rules
of
art.
"A
tableau
vivant
is
literally
what
its
name
imports--a
living
picture
composed
of
living
persons;
and,
when
skilfully
arranged
and
seen
at
a
proper
distance,
it
produces
all
the
effect
of
a
real
picture.
It
is
said,
that
the
first
living
picture
was
contrived
by
a
profligate
young
German
nobleman,
who
having,
during
the
absence
of
his
father,
sold
one
of
the
celebrated
pictures
belonging
to
the
old
castle,
which
was
an
heir-loom,
to
conceal
the
deficiency,
placed
some
of
his
companions
behind
the
frame,
so
as
to
imitate
the
missing
picture,
and
to
deceive
his
father,
who
passed
through
the
room
without
being
conscious
of
his
loss.
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