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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
80
Coffee
follows
the
dessert,
and
when
this
enters,
if
your
guests
are
gentlemen
only,
your
duty
is
at
an
end.
You
may
then
rise,
leave
the
room,
and
need
not
re-appear.
If
you
have
lady
guests,
you
give
the
signal
for
rising
after
coffee,
and
lead
the
way
to
the
parlor,
where,
in
a
few
moments,
the
gentlemen
will
again
join
you.
Suppose
your
guests
invited,
servants
instructed,
every
arrangement
made,
and
the
important
day
arrived.
The
next
point
to
consider
is
the
reception
of
your
guests.
Be
dressed
in
good
season,
as
many
seem
to
consider
an
invitation
to
dinner
as
one
to
pass
the
day,
and
come
early.
Take
a
position
in
your
drawing-room,
where
each
guest
will
find
you
easily,
and
remain
near
it,
until
every
guest
has
arrived.
As
each
one
enters,
advance
to
meet
him,
and
extend
your
hand.
Have
plenty
of
chairs
ready
in
the
drawing-room,
as
an
invitation
to
dinner
by
no
means
argues
a
"stand
up"
party.
As
you
have
already
arranged
every
detail,
your
duty
as
hostess
consists
in
receiving
your
guests
gracefully,
conversing
and
looking
as
charmingly
as
possible.
Flowers
in
the
drawing-room
are
as
great
a
proof
of
taste
as
in
the
dining
room.
As
the
time
just
before
dinner
is
very
apt
to
be
tiresome,
you
should
bring
forward
all
the
armor
against
stupidity
that
you
possess.
Display
upon
tables
arranged
conveniently
about
the
room,
curiosities,
handsome
books,
photographs,
engravings,
stereoscopes,
medallions,
any
works
of
art
you
may
own,
and
have
the
ottomans,
sofas,
and
chairs
so
placed
that
your
guests
can
move
easily
about
the
room,
or
rooms.
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