wledge such courtesies.
Any aid given, or information furnished, should also call forth her
thanks.

A gentleman walking with a lady will salute with a bow any person they
may meet to whom she extends the same courtesy, even should the party
be quite unknown to him.

Where two gentlemen are walking together and they chance to meet a
lady with whom one is acquainted and the other not, both should bow,
the one because of his acquaintance and the other out of respect.

The Privilege of Recognition.

A gentleman should usually wait for a lady to recognize him first on
the street. This privilege of recognition is her prerogative.
Especially is this the case if he is simply the acquaintance of a
single evening's entertainment. Acquaintances of long standing,
however, do not wait for such formalities, usually speaking at about
the same moment.

When a gentleman and lady are walking together and another gentleman,
also a friend of the lady, should meet or overtake the couple, a bow
and smile and a word of greeting are all that can be permitted the
newcomer, when he should at once pass on. By doing otherwise he
affronts the lady's escort, and should she, by word or look, endeavor
to retain him at her side, she also sins against that conventional
code which argues that by her own consent she has granted her company,
for the time being, to her first escort.

As before said, introductions are not to be given in public places,
but should it happen that a lady walking with a gentleman meet another
lady, and either pause for a few words, or else walk on beside her for
a few steps, the gentleman, at her departure, should lift his hat
politely in farewell.

If a gentleman should stop a lady on the street for conversation, and
she should be desirous of discontinuing it, she should bow slightly,
whereupon the gentleman must instantly take his leave. If she should
walk on without breaking up the conversation, he is bound to accompany
her.

Absolute good form, however, demands that a gentleman, wishing to
converse with a lady on the street, should, instead of stopping her,
turn and walk with her for a short distance in the direction in which
she may be going. When the conversation is finished, he should lift
his hat, bow, wish her "Good morning" or "Good afternoon," as the case
may be, and retrace his footsteps in the direction in which he was
previously going.

Young ladies show the same deference in awaiting a bow from a wo