American Etiquette and Rules of Politeness |
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance agreeable ammonia archery attar of roses avoid ball beauty blue bonnet borax bride brush callers camphor carriage castile soap ceremony CHAPTER chilblains church clean collar and cuffs color complimentary close conversation costume crape dance dinner dram dress duty engaged envelope escort etiquette eyes feelings flowers gentleman give gloves glycerine gold gold color guests hair hand honor host hostess introduction invitation lady's letter maize manners marriage MODEL morning morning call morning dress mourning nails ness never occasion orange ounce paper parents parties person pleasure politeness present receive reception remove respect Rose rose water rules salutation scarlet seat silk soap social society soft water speak spermaceti stranger street talk taste teeth things tion trimmed turpentine unless visitor vulgar walking wash wear wedding wish woman worn yellow young lady