The Etiquette of To-day

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	The Rewards of Etiquette	1
II.	Personality	6
III.	Family Etiquette	20
	Obligations of the Married	20
	General Rules of Conduct	26
	Table Etiquette	33
	Anniversaries	40
	The Giving of Presents	41
	Intimate Friends	42
	Illness in the Home	44
	Courtesy to Servants	45
IV.	Conversation and Correspondence	48
	The Art of Conversation	48
	Correspondence	52
	Paper	55
	Ink	58
	Handwriting	58
	Sealing, Stamping, and Directing of Envelopes	59
	Salutation, Conclusion, and Signature of Letters	66
	Letters of Introduction	70
	Letters of Recommendation	73
	Third-person Letters	74
	Informal Invitations and Announcements	74
	Letters of Condolence	75
	Answering Letters	76
V.	Casual Meetings and Calls	78
	Greetings and Recognitions	78
	Introductions	84
	Calls	90
	Social Calls of Men	92
	First Calls	94
VI.	The Personal Card and the Engraved Invitation	96
	Form of Card	96
	Inscription	97
	Titles	100
	Use	102
	The Engraved Invitation	"The secret of success in society is a certain heartiness and sympathy. A man who is not happy in the company cannot find any word in his memory that will fit the occasion. All his information is a little impertinent. A man who is happy there finds in every turn of the conversation equally lucky occasions for the introduction of that which he has to say. The favorites of society, and what it calls whole souls, are able men, and of more spirit than wit, who have no uncomfortable egoism, but who exactly fill the hour and the company, contented and contenting, at a marriage or a funeral, a ball or a jury, a water party or a shooting match." Emerson. Clyx.com