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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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If
you
meet
a
gentleman
at
the
foot
of
a
flight
of
stairs,
do
not
go
up
before
him.
Stop,
bow,
and
motion
to
him
to
precede
you.
He
will
return
your
bow,
and
run
up,
leaving
you
to
follow
him.
Never
whisper,
or
make
any
confidential
communication
in
company.
Keep
private
remarks
for
private
occasions.
Accepting
presents
from
gentlemen
is
a
dangerous
thing.
It
is
better
to
avoid
any
such
obligations,
and,
if
you
make
it
a
rule
never
to
accept
such
presents,
you
will
avoid
hurting
any
one's
feelings,
and
save
yourself
from
all
further
perplexity.
In
meeting
your
elderly
friends
in
the
street,
look
at
them
long
enough
to
give
them
an
opportunity
of
recognizing
you;
and
if
they
do
so,
return
their
salutations
respectfully,
not
with
the
familiar
nod
you
would
give
to
one
of
your
own
age.
Never
remain
seated,
whilst
a
person
older
than
yourself
is
standing
before
you,
talking
to
you.
Never
lounge
on
a
sofa,
while
there
are
those
in
the
room,
whose
years
give
them
a
better
claim
to
this
sort
of
indulgence.
Never
tease
a
person
to
do
what
she
has
once
declined.
Never
refuse
a
request
or
invitation
in
order
to
be
urged,
and
accept
afterwards.
Comply
at
once.
If
the
request
is
sincere,
you
will
thus
afford
gratification;
if
not,
the
individual
making
it
deserves
to
be
punished
for
insincerity,
by
being
taken
at
her
word.
It
is
not
polite
when
asked
what
part
of
a
dish
you
will
have,
to
say,
"Any
part--it
is
quite
indifferent
to
me;"
it
is
hard
enough
to
carve
for
one's
friends,
without
choosing
for
them.
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