Chapter I: Front Matter

MARION HARLAND’S COMPLETE ETIQUETTE

MARION HARLAND’S

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_A Young People’s Guide to Every Social Occasion_

BY
MARION HARLAND

AND

VIRGINIA VAN DE WATER

_REVISED AND ENLARGED_

INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT 1905, 1907, 1914
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I SENDING AND RECEIVING INVITATIONS 1
II CARDS AND CALLS 14
III LETTER-WRITING 27
IV INTRODUCTIONS 38
V AFTER SIX O’CLOCK 43
VI FUNCTIONS 52
VII THE HOME WEDDING 69
VIII THE CHURCH WEDDING 78
IX THE DINNER PARTY 88
X THE EDUCATION OF A YOUNG GIRL 111
XI THE DÉBUTANTE 120
XII MEN AND WOMEN 125
XIII COEDUCATION SOCIALLY CONSIDERED 136
XIV THE CHAPERON 145
XV THE MATTER OF DRESS 152
XVI MAKING AND RECEIVING GIFTS 167
XVII BACHELOR HOSPITALITY 175
XVIII THE VISITOR 182
XIX THE VISITED 195
XX HOSPITALITY AS A DUTY 203
XXI THE HOUSE OF MOURNING 208
XXII AT TABLE 216
XXIII IN THE HOME 227
XXIV IN PUBLIC 238
XXV HOTEL AND BOARDING-HOUSE LIFE 249
XXVI IN THE RESTAURANT 259
XXVII WHEN TRAVELING 268
XXVIII IN SPORT 280
XXIX MRS. NEWLYRICH AND HER SOCIAL DUTIES 291
XXX DELICATE POINTS FOR OUR GIRL 306
XXXI OUR OWN AND OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN 315
XXXII OUR NEIGHBORS 323
XXXIII CHURCH AND PARISH 329
XXXIV THE WOMAN’S CLUB 337
XXXV CHARITIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 347
XXXVI COURTESY FROM THE YOUNG TO THE OLD 355
XXXVII MISTRESS AND MAID 363
XXXVIII THE WOMAN WITHOUT A MAID 371
XXXIX WOMAN IN BUSINESS RELATIONS 380
XL A FINANCIAL STUDY FOR OUR YOUNG COUPLE 387
XLI MORE TALK ABOUT ALLOWANCES 395
XLII A FEW OF THE LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE BIG THINGS 399
XLIII ON MANNER 418
XLIV SELF-HELP AND OBSERVATION 426
INDEX 433

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