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ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ETIQUETTE WHAT TO WRITE WHAT TO DO WHAT TO WEAR WHAT TO SAY: 348 total pages.

fall some sen­tence that will give them a clue to each other's identity and interests, as, for example: Mrs. Brown, may I present Mr. Stafford? Like yourself, he has spent much time in South 4merica; or Miss Cameron, I should like to have you meet Miss Fordyce. She, too, is an artist, and can tell you all you wish to know of the summer sketching classes in East Gloucester. In introducing one's relations less formality is ob­served than in other cases. Thus: Mrs. Edwards, I 6 Encyclopaedia of Etiquette want my sister to know you; Mother, this is Mr. Jones; Miss Hazelton, I don't think my father has yet had the pleasure of meeting you; or, Miss Hazelton, my brother asks me to present him, in the hope that you have a dance to spare, are all good modes of making presentations. INTRODUCE CAREFULLY I T IS the rare man or woman who succeeds in mak­ing an introduction effectively. The common fault is to pronounce the names indistinctly and hastily, thereby leaving the persons presented in total ignorance of each other's identity and robbing

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