Lab
Library
Journal
Shop
Sign in
to keep
Share image
1
309
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
81
The
severest
test
of
good
breeding
in
a
lady,
is
in
the
position
of
hostess,
receiving
dinner
guests.
Your
guests
may
arrive
all
at
once,
yet
you
must
make
each
one
feel
that
he
or
she
is
the
object
of
your
individual
attention,
and
none
must
be
hurt
by
neglect.
They
may
arrive
very
early,
yet
your
duty
is
to
make
the
time
fly
until
dinner
is
announced.
They
may
come
late,
and
risk
the
ruin
of
your
choicest
dishes,
yet
you
must
not,
upon
pain
of
a
breach
of
etiquette,
show
the
least
annoyance.
If
you
know
that
the
whole
kitchen
is
in
arms
at
the
delay,
you
must
conceal
the
anguish,
as
the
Spartan
boy
did
his
pangs,
to
turn
a
cheerful,
smiling
face
upon
the
tardy
guests.
When
dinner
is
announced,
you
will
lead
the
way
to
the
dining-room
upon
the
arm
of
one
of
your
gentlemen
guests,
having
paired
off
the
company
in
couples.
The
host
comes
in
last
with
a
lady
upon
his
arm.
You
may
indicate
to
each
couple,
as
they
enter
the
dining-room,
the
seats
they
are
to
occupy,
standing
until
all
are
seated,
or
you
may
allow
them
to
choose
their
own
places.
The
English
fashion
of
placing
a
card
upon
each
plate
with
the
name
of
the
person
to
take
that
seat
upon
it,
is
a
good
one.
It
enables
the
hostess
to
place
those
whom
she
is
certain
will
be
mutually
entertaining,
next
each
other.
Place
the
gentleman
who
escorts
you
from
the
parlor
at
your
right
hand.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
