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    True Politeness (Handbook of Etiquette for Ladies)
    True Politeness (Handbook of Etiquette for Ladies)
    True Politeness (Handbook of Etiquette for Ladies)
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    True Politeness (Handbook of Etiquette for Ladies)

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    True Politeness: A Hand-book of Etiquette for Ladies is a guidebook, which gives insights on topics such as social conversation, fashionable dressing, proper dinner environment, etc. This book depicts the proper behavior patterns of middle and upper class women in Victorian-America.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateNov 13, 2022
    ISBN8596547402589
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      True Politeness (Handbook of Etiquette for Ladies)

      EAN 8596547402589

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      TRUE POLITENESS FOR LADIES.

      INTRODUCTIONS.

      I.

      II.

      III.

      IV.

      V.

      VI.

      VII.

      VIII.

      IX.

      X.

      XI.

      XII.

      XIII.

      XIV.

      XV.

      XVI.

      RECOGNITIONS AND SALUTATIONS.

      XVII.

      XVIII.

      XIX.

      XX.

      XXI.

      XXII.

      XXIII.

      XXIV.

      XXV.

      DRESS AND FASHION.

      XXVI.

      XXVII.

      XXVIII.

      XXIX.

      XXX.

      XXXI.

      XXXII.

      XXXIII.

      XXXIV.

      XXXV.

      XXXVI.

      XXXVII.

      XXXVIII.

      XXXIX.

      XL.

      XLI.

      CONVERSATION,—TATTLING.

      XLII.

      XLIII.

      XLIV.

      XLV.

      XLVI.

      XLVII.

      XLVIII.

      XLIX.

      L.

      LI.

      LII.

      LIII.

      LIV.

      LV.

      LVI.

      LVII.

      LVIII.

      LIX.

      LX.

      LXI.

      LXII.

      LXIII.

      LXIV.

      VISITS.

      LXV.

      LXVI.

      LXVII.

      LXVIII.

      LXIX.

      LXX.

      LXXI.

      LXXII.

      LXXIII.

      LXXIV.

      LXXV.

      LXXVI.

      LXXVII.

      LXXVIII.

      LXXIX.

      LXXX.

      RECEIVING VISITS.

      LXXXI.

      LXXXII.

      LXXXIII.

      LXXXIV.

      LXXXV.

      LXXXVI.

      LXXXVII.

      LXXXVIII.

      LXXXIX.

      THE BALL-ROOM.

      XC.

      XCI.

      XCII.

      XCIII.

      XCIV.

      XCV.

      XCVI.

      XCVII.

      XCVIII.

      XCIX.

      C.

      CI.

      CII.

      CIII.

      CIV.

      CV.

      CVI.

      CVII.

      CVIII.

      CIX.

      CX.

      CXI.

      CXII.

      MUSIC.

      CXIII.

      CXIV.

      CXV.

      CXVI.

      CXVII.

      CXVIII.

      CXIX.

      CXX.

      THE DINNER-TABLE.

      CXXI.

      CXXII.

      CXXIII.

      CXXIV.

      CXXV.

      CXXVI.

      CXXVII.

      CXXVIII.

      CXXIX.

      CXXX.

      CXXXI.

      CXXXII.

      CXXXIII.

      CXXXIV.

      CXXXV.

      CXXXVI.

      CXXXVII.

      CXXXVIII.

      CXXXIX.

      CXL.

      CXLI.

      CXLII.

      CXLIII.

      CXLIV.

      CXLV.

      CXLVI.

      CXLVII.

      CXLVIII.

      CXLIX.

      CL.

      CLI.

      CLII.

      CLIII.

      COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.

      CLIV.

      CLV.

      CLVI.

      CLVII.

      CLVIII.

      SERVANTS.

      CLVIX.

      CLX.

      CLXI.

      CLXII.

      LETTERS AND NOTES.

      CLXIII.

      CLXIV.

      CLXV.

      CLXVI.

      CLXVII.

      CLXVIII.

      CLXIX.

      CLXX.

      FUNERALS.

      CLXXI.

      CLXXII.

      CLXXIII.

      CARDS.

      CLXXIV.

      CLXXV.

      CLXXVI.

      CLXXVII.

      PRESENTS.

      CLXXVIII.

      CLXXIX.

      CLXXX.

      CLXXXI.

      GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

      CLXXXII.

      CLXXXIII.

      CLXXXIV.

      CLXXXV.

      CLXXXVI.

      CLXXXVII.

      CLXXXVIII.

      CLXXXIX.

      TRUE POLITENESS

      FOR

      LADIES.

      Table of Contents

      INTRODUCTIONS.

      Table of Contents

      I.

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      Never

      introduce persons to each other without a knowledge that it will be agreeable to both parties; this may sometimes be ascertained without a formal question: very great intimacy with and knowledge of each party may be a sufficient assurance that the introduction will be agreeable.

      II.

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      The inferior should always be introduced to the superior—ladies take precedence of gentlemen; you will present the gentleman to the lady, not the lady to the gentleman.

      III.

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      An introduction at a ball for the purpose of dancing does not compel you to recognise the person in the street or in any public place; and except under very peculiar circumstances such intimacies had better cease with the ball.

      IV.

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      When introducing one to another,

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