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

behalf of a young woman or of a gentleman, the master or mistress of ceremonies may dispense with all superfluous wording and mentioning first the name of the stranger, specify the guests or friends present by their proper titles and surnames-thus: Miss Edwards, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Mason, Mr. Mason. The mistake must never be made of leading a lady about a room full of guests and introducing her to as many persons as possible. Only a debutante or youthful member of society may be conducted across a drawing room or ballroom, and then in order to be presented to a woman older than herself. When the introduction to be made is of a man to a woman, the gentleman is always taken to the lady. Where there is evident difference in the ages of two women the younger is introduced to the elder-Mrs. Brown, may I present Mrs. Jones? An un­married woman is invariably presented to a matron, unless the former is very obviously much the older person. Two matrons between whose ages there is little distinction may be formally introduced by a mode that holds

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