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ions--Letters of Introduction--Speaking without an Introduction--Salutations--Receptions--Visits and Calls--Table Manners--Conversations--Chesterfield on Conversation--Music-- Letters and Notes--Up and Down Stairs--Which Goes First?--An American Habit--Gloved or Ungloved?--Equality--False Shame-- Pulling out one's Watch--Husband and Wife--Bowing _vs._ Curtseying--Presents--Snobbery--Children 64 VII.--ETIQUETTE OF OCCASIONS. Dinner Parties--Invitations--Dress--Punctuality--Going to the Table--Arrangement of Guests--Duties of the Host--Duties of the Guests--The "Grace"--Eating Soup--Fish--The Third Course--What to do with your Knife and Fork--Declining Wine--Finger Glasses-- Carving--Evening Parties and their Observances--French Leave-- Sports and Games--Promiscuous Kissing--Dancing--Christmas--The New Year--Thanksgiving--Birthdays--Excursions and Picnics-- Weddings--Funerals 83 VIII.--THE ETIQUETTE OF PLACES. How to Behave on the Street--Stopping Business Men on the Street-- Walking with Ladies--Shopping--At Church--At Places of Amusement-- In a Picture Gallery--The Presence--Traveling--The Rush for Places--The Rights of Fellow-Travelers--Giving up Seats to the Ladies--A Hint to the Ladies on Politeness--Paying Fares 100 IX.--LOVE AND COURTSHIP. Boyish Loves--The Proper Age to Marry--Waiting for a Fortune-- Importance of Understanding Physiological Laws--Earnestness and Sincerity in Love--Particular Attentions--Presents--Confidants-- Declarations--Asking "Pa"--Refusals--Engagement--Breaking Off-- Marriage 110 X.--PARLIAMENTARY ETIQUETTE. Courtesy in Debate--Origin of the Parliamentary Code--Rules of Order--Motions--Speaking--Submitting a Question--Voting--A Quorum The Democratic Principle--Privileged Questions--Order of Business--Order of Debate 116 XI.--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. Republican Distinctions--Natural Inequalities--American Toad Eaters--General Lack of Reverence for Real Nobility--City and Country--Imported Manners--Fictitious Titles--A Mirror for Certain Men--Washington's Code of Manners--Our Social Uniform--A Hint to the Ladies--An Obliging Disposition--Securing a Home--Taste _vs._ Fashion--Spe
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