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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
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Florence Hartley
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CHAPTER
XX.
PLACES
OF
AMUSEMENT
172
CHAPTER
XXI.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
178
CHAPTER
XXII.
SERVANTS
232
CHAPTER
XXIII.
ON
A
YOUNG
LADY'S
CONDUCT
WHEN
CONTEMPLATING
MARRIAGE
244
CHAPTER
XXIV.
BRIDAL
ETIQUETTE
259
CHAPTER
XXV.
HINTS
ON
HEALTH
264
CHAPTER
XXVI.
MISCELLANEOUS
283
RECEIPTS.
FOR
THE
COMPLEXION,
&c.
303
LADIES'
BOOK
OF
ETIQUETTE.
CHAPTER
I.
CONVERSATION.
The
art
of
conversation
consists
in
the
exercise
of
two
fine
qualities.
You
must
originate,
and
you
must
sympathize;
you
must
possess
at
the
same
time
the
habit
of
communicating
and
of
listening
attentively.
The
union
is
rare
but
irresistible.
None
but
an
excessively
ill-bred
person
will
allow
her
attention
to
wander
from
the
person
with
whom
she
is
conversing;
and
especially
she
will
never,
while
seeming
to
be
entirely
attentive
to
her
companion,
answer
a
remark
or
question
made
to
another
person,
in
another
group.
Unless
the
conversation
be
general
among
a
party
of
friends,
confine
your
remarks
and
attention
entirely
to
the
person
with
whom
you
are
conversing.
Steele
says,
"I
would
establish
but
one
great
general
rule
in
conversation,
which
is
this--that
people
should
not
talk
to
please
themselves,
but
those
who
hear
them.
This
would
make
them
consider
whether
what
they
speak
be
worth
hearing;
whether
there
be
either
wit
or
sense
in
what
they
are
about
to
say;
and
whether
it
be
adapted
to
the
time
when,
the
place
where,
and
the
person
to
whom,
it
is
spoken."
Be
careful
in
conversation
to
avoid
topics
which
may
be
supposed
to
have
any
direct
reference
to
events
or
circumstances
which
may
be
painful
for
your
companion
to
hear
discussed;
you
may
unintentionally
start
a
subject
which
annoys
or
troubles
the
friend
with
whom
you
may
be
conversing;
in
that
case,
do
not
stop
abruptly,
when
you
perceive
that
it
causes
pain,
and,
above
all,
do
not
make
the
matter
worse
by
apologizing;
turn
to
another
subject
as
soon
as
possible,
and
pay
no
attention
to
the
agitation
your
unfortunate
remark
may
have
excited.
Many
persons
will,
for
the
sake
of
appearing
witty
or
smart,
wound
the
feelings
of
another
deeply;
avoid
this;
it
is
not
only
ill-bred,
but
cruel.
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