Our Deportment by John H. Young

Our Deportment

Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society

By

John H. Young

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1879

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Our Deportment

Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society

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John H. Young

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No one subject is of more importance to people generally than a knowledge of the rules, usages and ceremonies of good society, which are commonly expressed by the word "Etiquette." Its necessity is felt wherever men and women associate together, whether in the city, village, or country town, at home or abroad. To acquire a thorough knowledge of these matters, and to put that knowledge into practice with perfect ease and self-complacency, is what people call good breeding. To display an ignorance of them, is to subject the offender to the opprobrium of being ill-bred.

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o soften the skin--To cleanse the teeth--Remedy for chapped hands--For corns and chilblains, etc. 372

* CHAPTER XXXIV.

SPORTS, GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS.

Archery and its practice--Lawn Tennis--Boating--Picnics--Private Theatricals--Card playing 398

* CHAPTER XXXV.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, 410

* CHAPTER XXXVI.

PRECIOUS STONES, 423

CHAPTER I.

Introductory.

"Ingenious Art with her expressive face, Steps forth to fashion and refine the race."--COWPER.

A knowledge of etiquette has been defined to be a knowledge of the rules of society at its best. These rules have been the outgrowth of centuries of civilization, had their foundation in friendship and love of man for his fellow man--the vital principles of Christianity--and are most powerful agents for promoting peace, harmony and good will among all people who are enjoying the blessings of more advanced civilized government. In all civil

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