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Title: Etiquette

Author: Emily Post

Release Date: December 10, 2004 [EBook #14314]

Language: English

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=ETIQUETTE=

IN SOCIETY, IN BUSINESS, IN POLITICS
AND AT HOME

=BY EMILY POST=

(MRS. PRICE POST)

Author of "Purple and Fine Linen," "The Title Market," "Woven in the
Tapestry," "The Flight of a Moth," "Letters of a Worldly
Godmother," etc., etc.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PRIVATE PHOTOGRAPHS
AND FACSIMILES OF SOCIAL FORMS

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

=NEW YORK AND LONDON=

1922

By

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

[Printed in the United States of America]
First Edition published in July 1922
Second Edition published in September, 1922

August 11, 1910.

TO YOU MY FRIENDS
WHOSE IDENTITY IN THESE PAGES
IS VEILED IN FICTIONAL DISGUISE
IT IS BUT FITTING THAT
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

INTRODUCTION
I. WHAT IS BEST SOCIETY?
II. INTRODUCTIONS
III. GREETINGS
IV. SALUTATIONS OF COURTESY
V. ON THE STREET AND IN PUBLIC
VI. AT PUBLIC GATHERINGS
VII. CONVERSATION
VIII. WORDS, PHRASES AND PRONUNCIATION
IX. ONE'S POSITION IN THE COMMUNITY
X. CARDS AND VISITS
XI. INVITATIONS, ACCEPTANCES AND REGRETS
XII. THE WELL-APPOINTED HOUSE
XIII. TEAS AND OTHER AFTERNOON PARTIES
XIV. FORMAL DINNERS
XV. DINNER-GIVING WITH LIMITED EQUIPMENT
XVI. LUNCHEONS, BREAKFASTS AND SUPPERS
XVII. BALLS AND DANCES
XVIII. THE DEBUTANTE
XIX. THE CHAPERON AND OTHER CONVENTIONS
XX. ENGAGEMENTS
XXI. FIRST PREPARATIONS BEFORE A WEDDING