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

the person of the most acquaintance with the others will wisely make the rapid and rather perfunctory intro­duction that consists in a mere mention of the names of the persons present. This is nothing more than a temporary expedient to relieve the occasion of any difficulty or formality. INDIRECT INTRODUCTIONS W HAT might be described as indirect, or hurried, introductions are often made when a careful, ceremonious, or direct introduction is not convenient or necessary. An indirect introduction is often necessary for the purpose of bringing two per-sons into conversation momentarily and to avoid any Introductions 13 stiffness on an occasion. For example, a hostess in conversation with one person will turn to another near by and say: Mrs. Brown, Mrs.Jones was just tell­ing us, etc. Such a semi-introduction is of service to a hostess in rendering conversation general, and in affording her opportunities for turning her attention in the direction of new arrivals. But for the strangers thus brought together it may create a situation

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