Here is
my card--and here is one for Mrs. Doe, your mother." At that you
should hand her two plain engraved calling cards, each containing
your name and address. If there are any other ladies in her
family--aunts, grandmothers, et cetera--it is correct to leave
cards for them also. Be sure that the cards are clean, as the
name on the calling card is generally sufficient for
identification purposes without the addition of the thumbprint.
When she has accepted your cards, she will give you one of hers,
after which it will be perfectly correct for you to assist her to
rise from the sidewalk. Do not, however, press your attentions
further upon her at this time, but after expressing the proper
regret over her misfortune it would be well to bow and retire.
{illustration caption =
Every one knows that table manners betray one's bringing-up
mercilessly. The young man in the picture has good reason to wish
a meteorite would fall on him. His perpendicularity has just been
restored by a deft upward movement of Aunt Harriet's shoulder,
upon which he had inadvertently rested his head during a quiet
snooze while Cousin Edna was making her little speech at the
Bridal Dinner. PERFECT BEHAVIOR would have Pasteurized him
against even Bridal Dinners.}
{illustration caption =
When a woman recognizes and nods to a man to whom she has been
formally introduced several times, or to whom she has been
married, is the man expected to accept the greeting and politely
lift his hat or should he lift both his hat and his toupee?
Street etiquette is disposed authoritatively and finally in
PERFECT BEHAVIOR.
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