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presented to Mrs. Worldly, Mrs. Worldly says "How do you do?" If the Ambassador of France is presented to

you know that she, or he, also has heard much of you, you may say when you are introduced to her: "I am very glad to meet you," or "I am delighted to meet you at last!" Do not u

table work for instance, you would say: "It is

meet you," or "Delighted to meet you." Or, i

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quite; for besides saying "How do you do?" you can say "Good

the tone in which it is said. To shout "Hullow!" is vulgar, but "Hello, Mary" or "How 'do John," each spoken in an ordinary tone of voice, sound much t

French, or are speaking to a French person. Never interlard your conversation with foreign words or phrases when you

ry! When did you get back?" or "What is the news with you?" or "What have you been doing lately?" The weather, too, fills in with equal faithfulness. "Isn't it a heavenly

ood-by. I am very glad to have met you." To one who has been especially interesting, or who is somewh

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ngs people do speak to friends sitting near them, but in a low tone of

you a seat in her pew, you should, on leaving, turn to her and say: "Thank you." But you do not greet anyone until you are out on the church steps, when

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men who are introduced to them; but they usually shake hands with other ladies, if they are standing

out first removing his right glove. But at the opera, or at a

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ed, or a miniature boiled pudding? It is equally annoying to have one's hand clutched aloft in grotesque affectation and shaken violently sideways, as though it were bei

s relaxes her arm and fingers, as it is customary for him to lift her hand to his lips. But by a relaxed hand is not meant a wet rag; a hand should have life even though it be passive. A woman should always allow a man who is only an acquaintance to shake her hand; she

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away from home, if she is a hostess to whose house they have often gone. It is not at all necessary for either young women or young

exaction of polite behavior. If a young man is talking with some one when an older lady enters the room, he bows formally from where he is, as it would be rude to leave a young girl stand

eness to an acquaintance who is a stranger there; to speak to an in