Perfect Behavior
Perfect Behavior: A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in All Social Crises
作者：Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980; Barton, Ralph, 1891-1931 [Illustrator]
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共 115 题- Produced by Charles Keller, and David Widger
- Perfect Behavior
- Illustrated by Ralph Barton
- A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in all Social Crises
- Contents
- CONTENTS
- 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
- 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
- CHAPTER THREE: THE ETIQUETTE OF TRAVEL
- 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
- CHAPTER FOUR: AT THE CONCERT AND THE OPERA
- LISTENING TO A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- CORRECT BEHAVIOR AT A PIANO RECITAL
- IN A BOX AT THE OPERA
- 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
- CHAPTER SIX: A CHAPTER FOR SCHOOLGIRLS
- 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
- 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
- CHAPTER EIGHT: CORRESPONDENCE AND INVITATIONS
- CORRESPONDENCE
- CORRESPONDENCE FOR YOUNG LADIES
- COLLEGE BOYS
- LETTERS TO PARENTS
- LETTERS FROM PARENTS
- LETTERS TO PROSPECTIVE FATHERS-IN-LAW
- LOVE LETTERS
- CORRESPONDENCE OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS
- A Correct “Public Letter” from a Congressman
- A Correct Private Letter of a Congressman
- LETTERS TO NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC.
- LETTERS TO STRANGERS
- A CORRECT LETTER TO A FRENCH VISITOR
- A CORRECT LETTER TO A BEARDED LADY
- INVITATIONS
- ACCEPTANCES AND REGRETS
- 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
- I. _Cocktails._
- 2. Senator Volstead was born Sept. 4, 1869.
- II. _Oysters._
- 1. The average life of an oyster is 38 days, 11 hours.
- 2. Polygamy is practised among certain classes of oysters.
- 3. The first oyster was eaten by Ossip Gatch, a Pole (d. 1783).
- III. _Fish._
- 2. Gloucester (Mass.) smells badly in summer.
- 3. Gloucester (Mass.) smells badly in winter.
- IV. _Meat._
- She (he) replies: “No.” (“Yes.”)
- 3. A man died recently in Topeka, Kansas, weighing 312 pounds.
- 4. Many prominent people live on the North Side of Chicago.
- V. _Salad._
- 1. Richard Barthelmess is married.
- 2. B. V. D. stands for “Best Value Delivered.”
- 3. Amy Lowell is fond of cigars.
- 2. Dr. Sigmund Freud is now living in Vienna, Austria.
- 3. D. H. Lawrence has a black beard.
- BALLS AND DANCES
- MIXED DANCING
- HINTS FOR STAGS