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The book of good manners; a guide to polite usage for all social functions (cover)
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| Title | The book of good manners; a guide to polite usage for all social functions (cover) |
| Author | Diescher, Victor H. |
| Publisher | Social Culture Publications
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| Publisher Location | United States--New York--New York |
| Publication Date | 1923 |
| Notes | This book contains information and advice for almost all sort of social occasions, from dinners, to courtship, to how to behave at funerals. General advice for dining includes: The [olive] pits must be inconspicuously ejected into the left hand and placed quietly on the plate, that is, the pits must not be dropped so that they cause a patter or rattle on the plate... Meat, bird, and chicken bones may not be taken up in the fingers. The meat that cannot be separated from the bones must be sacrificed.... On the proper use of the fork: Burdens dripping with gravy or juice must not be lifted to the lips. Taking more than a mouthful is a grave offense, and heaping the fork full and taking half the contents into the mouth and holding the balance in mid-air is preposterous. On the pleasing house: The approach to the house is kept beautifully neat, sidewalk and path clean, steps scrubbed, brass polished. Its neat little bell is promptly answered. It is a sign of breeding to promptly answer the bell of a caller: the gentleman does not impose on the time and patience of others, be they whosoever or whatsoever they may. Besides, a feeling of welcome tingles through the veins of the caller who is promptly and courteously admitted, Thus, whether the door be attended by the man of the house himself, by a courteous, soft-toned little maid, or liveried butler, the impression of gentility is carried to the very doorstep. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Etiquette |
| Category | Manners and social etiquette
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0420 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. BJ1853.D5 1923 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | xx, 364 p., 20 x 13 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2009. |
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