87. It is a breach of etiquette to pick the teeth or clean the
nails in company.
88. It is a breach of etiquette to speak much of your own
performances.
89. It is a gross breach of etiquette to pass between two persons
who are conversing together.
90. It is a breach of etiquette to pass _before_ anybody. If
actually necessary, it must be done with an apology.
91. It is a breach of etiquette to urge wine upon a guest who has
already declined to drink.
92. It is a breach of etiquette to write a letter of
congratulation upon mourning paper, even if it is habitually used.
93. It is a breach of etiquette to call a new acquaintance by the
Christian name, unless requested to do so.
94. If you write requesting an autograph, it is a breach of
etiquette to omit to enclose a postage-stamp for the reply.
95. Ladies should avoid the use of strong perfumes. They are
unpleasant to nauseating to some persons; and it is a breach of
etiquette to annoy other people.
96. It is a breach of etiquette to lend a borrowed book, unless
you have the special permission of the owner to do so.
97. It is a breach of etiquette, as well as a most dangerous
experiment, to recommend remedies to an invalid who is under the
care of a physician.
98. A lady commits a breach of etiquette that amounts to a gross
impropriety by calling upon a gentleman, excepting upon business,
at his place of business. Even relatives, unless in the immediate
family, cannot receive calls from ladies at home.
99. Gentlemen should never stand upon the hearthrug with their
backs to the fire, either in a friend's house or their own.
100. Forgetfulness is a breach of etiquette. It is impossible to
be polite without cultivating a good memory. The absent or self-
absorbed person who forgets the names of his next-door neighbors,
recalls unlucky topics, confuses the personal relationships of his
personal friends, speaks of the dead as if they were still living,
talks of peole in their hearing, and commits a hundred such
blunders without any malevolent intention, is sure to make enemies
for himself, and to wound the feelings of others. Carelessness,
carried to a certain pitch, becomes unchristian. "It is not well,"
says an old proverb, "to talk of the gallows to a man whose father
was hanged." Some persons are so notoriously absent or forgetful,
that their friends will say of them: "We must not tell B---; he is
certain to tread on somebody's corns. We must ask him some evening
when we are alone."