Decorum: A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society (Part Two)

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Description

This volume is intended, "To impart that information by which anyone may be enabled to acquire gentlemanly ease, or graceful ladylike deportment, so that their presence will be sought for, and they will not only learn that great art of being thoroughly at home in all societies, but will have that rarer gift of making every one around them feel easy, contented and happy." This second part of the book includes chapters about courtship and marriage, home life etiquette, table etiquette, miscellaneous etiquette rules, Washington etiquette, business, anniversaries, funerals, dress, the toilette, and recipes for toilette (for removing freckles, or to prevent hair turning gray, etc.).

Publication Date

1877

Publisher

J. A. Ruth & Co.

City

Chicago, IL

Keywords

etiquette handbook, high society, clothing, courtship, marriage, marriage etiquette, domestic life, anniversaries, funerals, etiquette for social events

Rights

No Copyright - United States

Subject

Etiquette--United States; Table etiquette; Courtship; Marriage; Clothing and dress

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Decorum: A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society (Part Two)" (1877). Mother Home & Heaven. 76.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/motherhomeheaven/76