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Etiquette Questions, Answers and Advice
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Etiquette in the Home, in Business, in Politics
and in Society
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Etiquette
, correspondence
,Wedding Planning,
party giving,
introductions , greetings , salutations , public , public gatherings, conversation , words , phrases , pronunciation, community, cards, visits , invitations , acceptances , regrets , teas , afternoon parties , dinners , luncheons , breakfasts , suppers , balls , dances , debutante , chaperon, engagements , weddings , christenings , funerals , hospitality , house party , notes , letters , good behavior , clubs , games , sports , greetings , dress , clothes , manners , traveling , good taste |
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Correspondence
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| Almost 100 years have
passed since Emily Post covered letter writing in her classic book Etiquette
. But in the spirit of that instruction, the Etiquette Lady has
put together a few pointers for modern correspondence etiquette that
can be used the next time you decide a hand-written letter is needed. |
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Wedding Planning
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Getting organized is key to the success of your wedding day. Create your own planning notebook with sections dedicated to each and every aspect of your wedding. Also, many wedding websites offer free wedding planning programs. You may be asked to fill out a short form asking your name, your fiancé's name, and your wedding date. Once you enter the information, these programs advise you on what you should be doing month to month before your wedding date to prepare for your main event. |
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Party Giving
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Introductions Etiquette
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| THE WORD “present” is preferable
on formal occasions to the word “introduce.” On informal occasions neither
word is expressed, though understood, as will be shown below. The correct
formal introduction is: “Mrs. Jones, may I present Mr. Smith?” or, “Mr. Distinguished, may I present Mr. Young?” The younger person is always presented to the older or more distinguished, but a gentleman is always presented to a lady, even though he is an old gentleman of great distinction and the lady a mere slip of a girl. |
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Cards
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| WHO was it that said—in the
Victorian era probably, and a man of course—“The only mechanical tool ever
needed by a woman is a hair-pin”? He might have added that with a hair-pin
and a visiting card, she is ready to meet most emergencies. |
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Debutante
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| The mere sending out of the mother’s visiting card
with the daughter’s name engraved below her own, announces to the world that
the daughter is eligible for invitations. |
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Christening Etiquette
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| A CHILD can, of course, be
christened without making a festivity of it at all—just as two people can
be married with none but the clergyman and two witnesses—but nearly every
mother takes this occasion to see her friends and show her baby to them. Invitations to a christening are never formal, because none but the family and a very few intimate friends are supposed to be asked. In this day invitations are nearly all sent over the telephone, except to those who are at a distance, or else friends are asked verbally when seen; but it is both correct and polite to write notes. |
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| AT no time does solemnity
so possess our souls as when we stand deserted at the brink of darkness into
which our loved one has gone. And the last place in the world where we would
look for comfort at such a time is in the seeming artificiality of etiquette
; yet it is in the moment of deepest sorrow that etiquette performs
its most vital and real service. |
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