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

she is play­ing the part of hostess, does not express in words any marked gratification when a gentleman is presented to her; but a man of any age, on being presented to a lady, is required to signify his pleasure by a polite phrase, such as, I am very happy to meet you, Miss Brown. SHAKING HANDS F OR a woman to offer her hand upon accepting an introduction is for her to convey a sign of cordial welcome of the acquaintance; but in formally fashionable society none but a hostess pursues this course. A nod, a smile, and a murmur of the name, constitute full recognition of an introduction in the eyes of many who regard their bearing as the ex­pression of the most correct form and who look upon an offer of hand-shaking as a mark of impulsive pro­vincialism. In a rather crowded drawing room where, for convenience sake, many introductions are made rapidly, this ceremonious and methodical mode is certainly to be commended. But at other times and seasons it leaves an unpleasant impression of extreme formality; and a woman, whose prerogative

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