The New American Etiquette

900 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; Use the Index; Greetings; Introductions; Adieus and Au Revoirs; Names; Titles; In Public; At the Opera, Theater, and Public Amusements; In Restaurants; In Church; Babyhood to Schoolbooks; Through the Grades; The 'Teen Age; At College; A Manual for Debutantes; The New American Way; "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"; "With All My Worldly Goods..."; Problems of Divorce; Conversation; The Letter; Cards; Invitations and Their Acknowledgment; Announcements; Visits or Intrusions; "Dinner is Served"; Parties; Balls, Dances, and Receptions; Lunches and Teas; Breakfasts, Suppers, and Buffets; House and Week-End Parties; Entertaining Out-of-Doors; Professional and Business Etiquette; Your Club is a Judge of You; At the Seat of Government; Precedence; Naval and Military Etiquette; Travel Etiquette; Gifts; The Body; Clothes and Adornments; Eating and Table Manners; Chewing Gum and Smoking; Cultivating Charm and Poise; Home, Sweet Home; The Servant Problem; Tipping and Other Money Problems; The Etiquette of Sports; On the Highway; The Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio; Sensible Use of Wines and Liquors; Miscellaneous Matters of Importance; Funerals and Mourning; Index.