The experienced traveler never makes the mistake of wearing jewelry or loud clothing, choosing instead a becoming and quiet suit, for those wh...
Victorian Era Etiquette Articles
Etiquette Notes | May 1892
True courtesy implies a great many real virtues of self-restraint, gentle consideration and patience, even if it does not imply love...
Etiquette Notes – February 1893
It is never against any rule of etiquette to say or do a pleasant thing. Etiquette means simply organized usages to prevent unpleasant s...
A Barn Party
A pretty ceiling decoration may be made with brass chains, dried grasses, and well-formed glass lamp-chimneys. For the side walls use chrom...
Etiquette Notes – January 1893
The following notes on sealing wax will interest many readers who are, or may like to be, punctilious on that point: Sealing wax is fashion...
Etiquette in a Metropolis
There are certain formalities in regard to ceremonials that are not considered in villages and country places, but it is well for the count...
Etiquette Notes – December 1892
It is a very great mistake to think you may receive an invitation to an entertainment or a wedding, and take no notice of it because you are g...
The Etiquette of Invitations
December, 1892 The joint committee on ceremonies of the World's Columbian Exposition has very sensibly set a fashion, which if followed will ...
A Thanksgiving Dinner and How to Serve it
My loyalty to New England makes me feel that I do not want to vary from the old regulation menu for a Thanksgiving dinner, even if that were n...
Etiquette Notes – October 1892
It is both proper and polite to tell a lady or even a gentleman quietly if there is anything amiss about their dress. For example, if a g...
The Chaperone
The Ladies World – October, 1892 The duty of a chaperone is to prevent the possibility of gossip. The German equivalent for gossip, t...
Etiquette Notes – June 1892
For a five-o’clock tea-table to stand permanently in the drawing room or library, a pretty tea equipage is required, consisting of a ...
Clasped Hands And Character
The latest fad of Washington Society, one brought from Europe, is to discover character by the clasping of hands. The Washington Post thu...
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