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

the guests do not expect to be introduced to the ladies of the reception committee as they enter, nor are these ladies under obligation to make any of the exertions imposed. on hostesses in introducing guests to one another. At such balls a young woman must rely upon her chaperon and escort and any friends to discover and. present the dancing men. 12 Encyclopaedia of Etiquette INTRODUCTION IN PUBLIC I NTRODUCTIONS in public are made only as a matter of convenience, and rarely merit subse­quent recognition. Should two women meet in the street, at the church door, or in a shop or theatre lobby, and one of them be accompanied by a friend who is a stranger to the other, an introduction would not be timely or necessary if only a momentary halt and exchange of civilities were made. But should a prolonged conversation ensue, the strangers must then be formally introduced. On golf links or tennis courts, or in similar public or semi-public places, where people are brought temporarily into an in­timate group, for play or some similar purpose,

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