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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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Do
not
leave
the
room
during
the
evening.
To
see
a
hostess
fidgeting,
constantly
going
in
and
out,
argues
ill
for
her
tact
in
arranging
the
house
for
company.
With
well-trained
waiters,
you
need
give
yourself
no
uneasiness
about
the
arrangements
outside
of
the
parlors.
The
perfection
of
good
breeding
in
a
hostess,
is
perfect
ease
of
manner;
for
the
time
she
should
appear
to
have
no
thought
or
care
beyond
the
pleasure
of
her
guests.
Have
a
waiter
in
the
hall
to
open
the
front
door,
and
another
at
the
head
of
the
first
flight
of
stairs,
to
point
out
to
the
ladies
and
gentlemen
their
respective
dressing-rooms.
Never
try
to
outshine
your
guests
in
dress.
It
is
vulgar
in
the
extreme.
A
hostess
should
be
dressed
as
simply
as
is
consistent
with
the
occasion,
wearing,
if
she
will,
the
richest
fabrics,
exquisitely
made,
but
avoiding
any
display
of
jewels
or
gay
colors,
such
as
will
be,
probably,
more
conspicuous
than
those
worn
by
her
guests.
Remember,
from
the
moment
your
first
guest
enters
the
parlor,
you
must
forget
yourself
entirely
to
make
the
evening
pleasant
for
others.
Your
duties
will
call
you
from
one
group
to
another,
and
require
constant
watchfulness
that
no
one
guest
is
slighted.
Be
careful
that
none
of
the
company
are
left
to
mope
alone
from
being
unacquainted
with
other
guests.
Introduce
gentlemen
to
ladies,
and
gentlemen
to
gentlemen,
ladies
to
ladies.
It
requires
much
skill
and
tact
to
make
a
party
for
conversation
only,
go
off
pleasantly.
You
must
invite
only
such
guests
as
will
mutually
please,
and
you
must
be
careful
about
introductions.
If
you
have
a
literary
lion
upon
your
list,
it
is
well
to
invite
other
lions
to
meet
him
or
her,
that
the
attention
may
not
be
constantly
concentrated
upon
one
person.
Where
you
see
a
couple
conversing
slowly
and
wearily,
stir
them
up
with
a
few
sprightly
words,
and
introduce
a
new
person,
either
to
make
a
trio,
or,
as
a
substitute
in
the
duet,
carrying
off
the
other
one
of
the
couple
to
find
a
more
congenial
companion
elsewhere.
Never
interrupt
an
earnest
or
apparently
interesting
conversation.
Neither
party
will
thank
you,
even
if
you
propose
the
most
delightful
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