GUIDE TO CORRECT PERSONAL HABITS
The Principles Of Good Manners
INTRODUCTION. A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress,…Continue Reading
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. These, some will say, are little things. It is true, they are little but it is equally clear that they are necessary things.—Chesterfield. I.—REPUBLICAN DISTINCTIONS. We have defined equality in another place. We…Continue Reading
PARLIAMENTARY ETIQUETTE
PARLIAMENTARY ETIQUETTE. The object of a meeting for deliberation is, of course, to obtain a free expression of opinion and a fair decision of the questions discussed. Without rules of order this object would, in…Continue Reading
LOVE AND COURTSHIP
LOVE AND COURTSHIP. Learn to win a lady’s faith Nobly, as the thing is high; Bravely, as for life and death, With a loyal gravity. Lead her from the festive boards; Point her to the…Continue Reading
THE ETIQUETTE OF PLACES.
THE ETIQUETTE OF PLACES. To ladies always yield your seat, And lift your hat upon the street.—Uncle Dan. I.—ON THE STREET. Nowhere has a man or a woman occasion more frequently to exercise the virtue…Continue Reading
THE ETIQUETTE OF OCCASIONS
THE ETIQUETTE OF OCCASIONS. Great plenty, much formality, small cheer, And everybody out of his own sphere.—Byron. I.—DINNER PARTIES. Ayoung man or a young woman, unaccustomed to the settled observances of such occasions,…Continue Reading
THE OBSERVANCES OF EVERY-DAY LIFE
THE OBSERVANCES OF EVERY-DAY LIFE. Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial life: returns are equally expected in both; and people will no more advance their civility to a…Continue Reading
DOMESTIC MANNERS. Home is a little world of itself, and furnishes a sphere for the exercise of every virtue and for the experience of every pleasure or pain. If one profit not by its opportunities,…Continue Reading
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES How To Behave
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. Courtesy is the beautiful part of morality, justice carried to the utmost, rectitude refined, magnanimity in trifles.—Life Illustrated. I.—MANNERS AND MORALS. Good manners and good morals are founded on the same eternal principles…Continue Reading
SELF-CULTURE
SELF-CULTURE There is no man who can so easily and so naturally become in all points a Gentleman Knight, without fear and without reproach, as a true American Republican.—James Parton. I.—MORAL AND SOCIAL TRAINING. Having…Continue Reading
