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as possible. Chaperons, when present, introduce many dancing men to their protegees as chance casts in their way. But now that the custom of individual chaperonage is on the wane, this duty of the chaperon is taken over by a few friends of the hostess or by members of her family whose aim it is to aid in making the dance a success. At small dances, slight ceremony is observed among the young people; the girls freely introduce their partners to their particular girl friends, and the young men present their comrades to their partners without asking permission to do so. The daughters of a house in which a dance is given, as well as their mother, must not fail constantly to observe their guests, in order to introduce possible partners to those who appear to have a limited acquaintance or who sit alone and neglected. At large balls and on any very formal occasion, before a gentleman is presented to a lady by a gentleman, it is most courteous to the lady to request her permission to make the introduction.
At public and subscription balls,
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