The Project Gutenberg EBook of Etiquette, by Emily Post This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoeve r. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Etiquette Author: Emily Post Release Date: December 10, 2004 [EBook #14314] [Last updated March 5, 2011] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ETIQUETTE *** Produced by Rick Niles, "Costello and Abbott" and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "THE RADIANCE OF A TRULY HAPPY BRIDE IS SO BEAUTIFYING THAT EVEN A PLAIN GIRL IS MADE PRETTY, AND A PRETTY ONE , DIVINE." [PAGE 373.] 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 WITHPRIVATEPHOTOGRAPHSANDFACSIMILESOFSOCIALFORMS Funk & Wagnalls Company New Y ork And Londo n 1922 Copyright, 1922, By Funk & Wagnalls Company [Printed in the United States of America] First Edition published in July 1922 Second Edition published in September, 1922 Copyright Under the Articles of the Copyright Convention of the Pan-American Republics and the United States, 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 Page INTRODUCTION ix I. WHATIS BESTSOCIETY? 1 II. INTRODUCTIONS 4 III. GREETINGS 18 IV . SALUTATIONSOF COURTESY 22 V. ON THESTREETANDI N PUBLIC 28 VI. AT PUBLIC GATHERINGS 35 VII. CONVERSATION 48 VIII. WORDS, PHRASESANDPRONUNCIATION 58 IX. ONE'S POSITION INTHECOMMUNITY 65 X. CARDS ANDVISITS 73 XI. INVITATIONS, A CCEPTANCES ANDREGRETS 98 XII. THEWELL -APPOINTED HOUSE 131 XIII. TEASANDOTHERAFTERNOON PARTIES 165 XIV. FORMAL DINNERS 177 XV . DINNER-GIVINGWITHLIMITED EQUIPMENT 231 XVI. LUNCHEONS, BREAKFASTSANDSUPPERS 238 XVII. BALLSANDDANCES 250 XVIII. THEDÉBUTANTE 276 XIX. THECHAPERON ANDOTHER CONVENTIONS 288 XX. ENGAGEMENTS 299 XXI. FIRST PREPARATIONS BEFORE A WEDDING 312 XXII. THEDAYOF THEWEDDING 345 XXIII. CHRISTENINGS 380 XXIV. FUNERALS 387 XXV. THECOUNTRY HOUSE ANDITSHOSPITALITY 410 XXVI. THEHOUSE PARTY IN CAMP 440 XXVII. NOTES ANDSHORTERLETTERS 448 XXVIII. LONGER LETTERS 491 XXIX. THEFUNDAMENTALS OF GOODBEHAVIOR 506 XXX. CLUBS ANDCLUBETIQUETTE 511 XXXI. GAMES ANDSPORTS 524 XXXII. ETIQUETTEIN BUSINESSANDPOLITICS 530 XXXIII. DRESS 540 XXXIV. THECLOTHES OF A GENTLEMAN 562 XXXV. THEKINDERGARTEN OF ETIQUETTE 571 XXXVI. EVERY-DAYMANNERS ATHOME 587 XXXVII. TRAVELINGAT HOMEANDABROAD 593 XXXVIII. THEGROWTH OF GOODTASTE INAMERICA 617 PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS A B RIDE'S BOUQUET Frontispiece A G EMOF A H OUSE facing page 131 THEPERSONALITY OF A H OUSE facing page 132 TOC converted by Web2PDFConvert.com
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