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

If he wishes her to be brief, he may courteously ex- plain that pressing affairs claim his attention and stand during her explanations. Too many men lay aside all semblance of gentility in their behavior in their offices, and are curt and boorish there in their treatment of women, when, in drawing rooms, they would accord them the utmost courtesy. For this theygive as their excuse the lack of consideration that women often betray in wasting valuable time on frivolous errands. But when a man finds himself especially busy or impatient, he can always ask to be excused, and appoint another hour for an inter- view. In his office, a gentleman also rises when a 54 Encyclopaedia of Etiquette woman caller rises to leave. If the interview has taken place in his private office, courtesy commands that he open the door for her. He need not go be­yond the door with her unless she is a friend or rela­tion, when, unless he offers an apology, he should conduct her to the outer door or to the elevator. When a business woman receives a man

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