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Title: Our society
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Ives, Alice Emma Beecher, Henry Ward, Mrs., 1813-1897 Williams, Cora May. (from old catalog) Foley, John Samuel, Bishop, 1833- (from old catalog) Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth, 1846-1918
Subjects: Etiquette Physical education and training
Publisher: Detroit, Mich., Darling brothers & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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nd the juste milieu (the golden mean); and, says LordChesterfield: UA mans good-breeding is the best securityagainst other peoples ill manners. Introducing a Gentleman to a Lady.— It is always best toobtain the consent of a lady before introducing to her a gentle-man, and no one should be introduced into the house of afriend, unless permission has first been granted. If a person asks you to introduce him tc another, and, above 5o OUR SOCIETY. all, if the former be a gentleman and the latter a lady, youshould ascertain if the introduction will be agreeable, and ifyou find that it is not, you should decline on the ground thatyou are not sufficiently intimate to take that liberty. The Form of Introduction.—The gentleman is presented tothe lady with some such words as these: Mrs. B, allow meto introduce Mr. A; or, Mrs. B, Mr. A wishes to be pre-sented to you. After both have bowed, Mr. A shouldacknowledge the honor in any polite remark which his good-breeding or gallantry may suggest.
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Between Ladies.— In introducing two ladies, the youngershould be presented to the elder, the inferior in social positionto the superior. In America, a ladys social rank is not altogether gauged byher husbands. Sometimes a Mrs. X, whose husband is in no IN TROD UCTIONS. tj1 way distinguished, or a Mrs. Y, who is a widow, or a Miss Z,who has never been married, may, by virtue of her elegantmanners or exceptional gifts and attainments, reign a societyqueen over the wife of Senator M or General Q. That societymay be justly called the most elegant and cultured, whichranks its members according to their minds, souls, and socialgraces, rather than the accident of wealth or birth. The Chaperon.— It is quite proper in a ballroom for achaperon to ask young men if they will be introduced to hercharge, and also if they wish to dance with her, as the younglady after the introduction naturally expects such an invita-tion, and its omission may appear an intentional slight. Ball-room introduction

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