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قراءة كتاب Beadle's Dime Book of Practical Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen Being a Guide to True Gentility and Good-Breeding, and a Complete Directory to the Usages and Observances of Society
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Beadle's Dime Book of Practical Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen Being a Guide to True Gentility and Good-Breeding, and a Complete Directory to the Usages and Observances of Society
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Forbidden in the House or in the Presence of Ladies—"Broken" garments—Neatness inseparable from True Gentility,
CONVERSATION AND PERSONAL ADDRESS:
The Various Talkers—How to Talk and When—The kind of Subjects proper to Introduce—Pedantry out of Place—Impropriety of Personalities—Good Talking and Good Manners always go Together,
WRITING OF LETTERS, ETC.:
How to Address, and kind of Paper to Use—Seals, Franks, Superscriptions, etc.—The Forms generally Used—On Style—The Proprieties of Language—Praise and Flattery out of Place—Models not always Available—Letters to Friends—A "Dime Letter Writer" in Press,
BALLS, EVENING-PARTIES, RECEPTIONS, ETC.:
Whole Etiquette and Observances of these Occasions, with Special Remarks to both Sexes upon Deportment, Proprieties, etc.—A Chapter for all Young Persons to Read,
THE CARD AND CHESS TABLE, ETC.:
Etiquette of Sociable Games—Chess and its Proprieties—Cheerfulness a Necessary Companion for all Players,
ENTERTAINMENTS, DINNER-PARTIES, ETC.:
The whole Etiquette of such Occasions, including General and Special Directions,
ETIQUETTE OF THE STREET:
Explicit Directions for Behavior on the Street—A True Gentleman known by his Demeanor—How to Treat Ladies,
THE POLITENESS OF BUSINESS:
How Proper Politeness is, in Employees and Employers—Rules which should Invariably Mark their Deportment,
ADVICE TO THE WORKING-MAN:
Politeness Essential to all—Boorishness Intolerable and Injurious—The true Relation between the various Workers in Society,
LOVE, COURTSHIP, AND MARRIAGE:
A Chapter by an Eminent Author—The Language of True Love and its Expression—The True Relations of the Sexes—Coquetry and Flirting a Mark of Baseness—Courtship—Its Modes of Procedure and its Proper Manifestation—Its Attendant Responsibilities—Marriage—The Solemn Character of the Occasion—Its Forms of Procedure, and Rites of the Ceremony—After-Marriage Customs and Observances,
RESPECT FOR RELIGION AND OLD AGE:
Remarks Designed for the Young of both Sexes, and Advice they will not Fail to Profit by,
SPECIAL WORD, FOR LADIES ONLY:
The Necessities of Particular Styles of Dress—Velvets, Muslins, Complexion, etc.—A fair Face should be Always in Smiles,
CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN:
The Great, Invariable Law of Compensations—The True Principles of Conduct, the and grand Secret of Success,
CULTIVATE A TASTE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL:
That "the Beautiful" is—Its great Utility in Modifying our Tastes and in Directing our Habits—Art, Music, Books, Female Companionship, all to be Cultivated Sedulously,
ETIQUETTE OF HORSEBACK RIDING:
The Uses of this Noble Exercise—The Rules of the Road and the Proper Attentions to Offer—The Dress, etc.,
THE LAWS OF HOME ETIQUETTE:
A Chapter for Every One to Read and to Commit to Memory—How Homes are made Models of Happiness and Comfort—The Laws of Intercourse with Guests and with Members of the Family,
CARDS OF INVITATION FOR ALL OCCASIONS:
The Formulas of Invitations, Cards of Address, Calling Cards, Wedding Cards, Letters of Introduction, etc., etc.,