CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
Sending and Receiving Invitations1
II Cards and Calls14
III Letter-Writing27
IV Introductions38
After Six O’clock43
VI Functions52
VII The Home Wedding69
VIII The Church Wedding78
IX The Dinner Party88
The Education of a Young Girl111
XI The Débutante120
XII Men and Women125
XIII Coeducation Socially Considered136
XIV The Chaperon145
XV The Matter of Dress152
XVI Making and Receiving Gifts167
XVII Bachelor Hospitality175
XVIII The Visitor182
XIX The Visited195
XX Hospitality as a Duty203
XXI The House of Mourning208
XXII At Table216
XXIII In the Home227
XXIV In Public238
XXV Hotel and Boarding-House Life249
XXVI In the Restaurant259
XXVII When Traveling268
XXVIII In Sport280
XXIX Mrs. Newlyrich and Her Social Duties291
XXX Delicate Points for Our Girl306
XXXI Our Own and Other People’s Children315
XXXII Our Neighbors323
XXXIII Church and Parish329
XXXIV The Woman’s Club337
XXXV Charities, Public and Private347
XXXVI Courtesy from the Young to the Old355
XXXVII Mistress and Maid363
XXXVIII The Woman Without a Maid371
XXXIX Woman in Business Relations380
XL A Financial Study for Our Young Couple387
XLI More Talk About Allowances395
XLII A Few of the Little Things that Are Big Things   399
XLIII On Manner418
XLIV Self-Help and Observation426
  Index433