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Title: American etiquette and rules of politeness
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Houghton, Walter R. (Walter Raleigh), 1845-1929
Subjects: Etiquette
Publisher: New York : Standard Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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OF COLOES IN DRESS. 289 Red, gold color, black and white. Seal brown, gold and cardinal. Sapphire and bronze. Sapphire and old gold. Sapphire and cardinal. Sapphire and light blue. Sapphire and light pink. Sapphire and corn. Sapphire and garnet. Sapphire and mulberry. Shaded blue and black. Scarlet and blue. Scarlet and slate color. Scarlet and orange. Scarlet, blue and white. Scarlet, blue and yellow. Scarlet, black and white. Scarlet, blue, black and yellow. Shaded blue, shaded garnet and shaded gold. Shaded blue and black. White and cherry. White and crimson. White and brown. White and pink. White and scarlet. White and gold color; poor. Yellow and black. Yellow and brown. Yellow and red. Yellow and chestnut or chocolate. Yellow and white; poor. Yellow and purple; agreeable. Yellow and violet. Yellow and lilac; weak. 19 290 AMEEICAJST ETIQUETTE. Yellow and blue; cold.Yellow and crimson.Yellow, purple and crimson.Yellow, purple, scarlet and blue.Yellow, pink, maroon and light blue.
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CHAPTER XXIX. LETTER WRITING. ^^ETTEE writing, practicallyconsidered, is the most im-portant of all kinds ofcomposition. It is indis-pensable in business, formuch of business must bedone by correspondence.A person who is able towrite well is more likelyto be called to a desira-ble situation than hewho is deficient in theart. By letter writing,much can be done tomaintain and strengthenour social ties. In receiv-ing letters from absent friends,there is a pleasure that no onewould wish to forego. The cul-ture of a person is plainly indicatedby his letters; uand it is as great aviolation of propriety to send an awk-ward and badly written letter, as it is to appear in thecompany of refined people, with swaggering gait, (291)

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