CHAPTER NINE: THE ETIQUETTE OF DINNERS AND BALLS
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FORMAL DINNERS IN AMERICA
EATING is an extremely old custom and has been practiced by the better classes of society almost without interruption from earliest times. And "society," like the potentate of the parable whose touch transformed every object into gold, has embellished and adorned the all-too-common habit of eating, until there has been evolved throughout the ages that most charming and exquisite product of human culture—the formal dinner party. The gentleman of today who delightedly dons his dress suit and escorts into a ten-course dinner some lady mountain climber or other celebrity, is probably little aware of what he owes to his forefathers for having so painstakingly devised for him such a pleasant method of spending his time.
But "before one runs, one must learn to
CHAPTER NINE: THE ETIQUETTE OF DINNERS AND BALLS
Perfect Behavior | ||