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Perfect Behavior

  
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Contents
  
Illustrations

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CHAPTER ONE: THE ETIQUETTE OF COURTSHIP
  
A FEW WORDS ABOUT LOVE
  
CORRECT INTRODUCTIONS; HOW TO MAKE THEM
  
CARDS AND FLOWERS
  
FLOWERS AND THEIR MESSAGE IN COURTSHIP
  
RECEIVING AN INVITATION TO CALL
  
THE ETIQUETTE OF TELEPHONING
  
MAKING THE FIRST CALL
  
CONVERSATION AND SOME OF ITS USES
  
A PROPER CALL
  
THE PROPOSAL PROPER
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CHAPTER TWO: THE ETIQUETTE OF ENGAGEMENTS AND WEDDINGS
  
THE HISTORIC ASPECT
  
ANNOUNCING THE ENGAGEMENT
  
THE BRIDE-TO-BE
  
THE ENGAGEMENT LUNCHEON
  
SELECTING THE BRIDAL PARTY
  
INVITATIONS AND WEDDING PRESENTS
  
DUTIES OF THE BEST MAN
  
THE BRIDE'S TEA
  
THE MAID OF HONOR
  
THE BACHELOR DINNER AND AFTER
  
THE REHEARSAL
  
THE BRIDAL DINNER
  
A CHURCH WEDDING
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CHAPTER THREE: THE ETIQUETTE OF TRAVEL
  
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HINTS FOR THE CORRECT PEDESTRIAN
  
TRAVELLING BY RAIL
  
GOOD FORM ON A STREET CAR
  
IN THE SUBWAY
  
A HONEYMOON IN A SUBWAY
  
TRAVELLING UNDER STEAM
  
A CORRECT NIGHT IN A PULLMAN
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CHAPTER FOUR: AT THE CONCERT AND THE OPERA
  
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LISTENING TO A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
  
CORRECT BEHAVIOR AT A PIANO RECITAL
  
IN A BOX AT THE OPERA
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CHAPTER FIVE: ETIQUETTE FOR DRY AGENTS
  
SOME BROADER ASPECTS OF PROHIBITION
  
THE COLLEGE GRADUATE AS DRY AGENT
  
PLANNING A DRY RAID ON A MASQUERADE BALL
  
A WORD ABOUT CORRECT COSTUMES
  
GOOD FORM FOR DRY AGENTS DURING A RAID
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CHAPTER SIX: A CHAPTER FOR SCHOOLGIRLS
  
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SELECTING A PROPER SCHOOL
  
CORRECT EQUIPMENT FOR THE SCHOOLGIRL
  
EN ROUTE
  
A JOURNEY AROUND NEW YORK
  
THE FIRST DAYS IN THE NEW SCHOOL
  
BECOMING ACCLIMATIZED
  
A VISITOR FROM PRINCETON
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CHAPTER SEVEN: THE ETIQUETTE OF GAMES AND SPORTS
  
GOLF AS A PASTIME
  
AN AFTERNOON AT THE OLD FARM WITH THE DICE
  
CORRECT BEHAVIOR ON A PICNIC
  
BOXING IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
  
BRIDGE WHIST
  
FORMAL AND INFORMAL DRINKING
  
A JOLLY HALLOWE'EN PARTY
  
INVITATIONS
  
RECEIVING THE GUESTS
  
HOW TO MYSTIFY
  
GAMES
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CHAPTER EIGHT: CORRESPONDENCE AND INVITATIONS
  
CORRESPONDENCE
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CORRESPONDENCE FOR YOUNG LADIES
  
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An Incorrect Letter from a Débutante to a Taxidermist Thanking Him for Having Stuffed Her Pet Alice
  
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A Correct Letter from a Débutante to a Taxidermist Thanking Him for Having Stuffed Her Pet Alice
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COLLEGE BOYS
  
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An Incorrect Letter from a Princeton Student to a Yale Student Congratulating the Latter on His Football Victory
  
A Correct Letter from a Princeton Student to a Yale Student Congratulating the Latter on His Football Victory
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LETTERS TO PARENTS
  
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A Correct Letter from a Young Lady in Boarding School to Her Parents
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LETTERS FROM PARENTS
  
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A Correct Letter from a Mother to Her Son Congratulating Him on His Election to the Presidency of the United States
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LETTERS TO PROSPECTIVE FATHERS-IN-LAW
  
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A Correct Letter to a Prospective Father-in-Law Who Is a Business Man
  
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A Correct Letter to a Prospective Father-in-Law Who Is in the Advertising Business
  
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A Correct Letter to a Prospective Father-in-Law Who Is Employed in a Credit Department
  
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LOVE LETTERS
  
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A Correct Letter from a Young Man Traveling in Europe to His Fiancée
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CORRESPONDENCE OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS
  
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A Correct "Public Letter" from a Congressman
  
A Correct Private Letter of a Congressman
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LETTERS TO NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC.
  
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A Correct Letter from an Elderly Gentleman to the Editor of a Newspaper or Magazine
  
A Correct Letter from an Indignant Father to an Editor of Low Ideals
  
A Letter from a Member of the Lower Classes. Particular pains should be taken in answering such letters as it should always be our aim to lend a hand to those aspiring toward better things.
  
A Correct Letter to the Lost and Found Department of a Periodical, inquiring for a Missing Relative. This should be referred to the persons mentioned in the letter who will probably take prompt and vigorous action.
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LETTERS TO STRANGERS
  
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A CORRECT LETTER TO A FRENCH VISITOR
  
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A CORRECT LETTER TO A BEARDED LADY
  
INVITATIONS
  
ACCEPTANCES AND REGRETS
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CHAPTER NINE: THE ETIQUETTE OF DINNERS AND BALLS
  
FORMAL DINNERS IN AMERICA
  
TABLE MANNERS FOR CHILDREN
  
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF ETIQUETTE
  
ETIQUETTE IN THE SCHOOL
  
CONVERSATION AT DINNER
  
STEWART'S LIGHTNING CALCULATOR OF DINNER TABLE CONVERSATION
  
BALLS AND DANCES
  
MIXED DANCING
  
HINTS FOR STAGS

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CONVERSATION AT DINNER

GRADUALLY, however, conversation—real conversation—is coming into its own as the favorite pastime of dinner guests, and the young man or lady who can keep the conversational "ball" rolling is coming more and more into demand. Good conversationalists are, I fear, born and not made—but by study and practise any ambitious young man can probably acquire the technique, and, with time, mould himself into the kind of person upon whom hostesses depend for the success of their party. As an aid in this direction I have prepared the following chart which I would advise all my readers to cut out and paste in some convenient place so that at their next dinner party it can be readily consulted.

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