. American etiquette and rules of politeness. CHAPTER VII. INTRODUCTIONS. HE custom of makingpersons known to eachother is a necessity in goodsociety. It is the basis ofan acquaintanceship whichmay serve for the enjoy-ment of an hour, or whichmay ripen into a friend-ship as lasting and as im-portant as life introduction, there-fore, is not, as isusually the case, a?:--^: mere repetition oftwo or more individ-uals names in each otherspresence, but it is a tacitpledge on the part of the in-troducer that the persons intro-duced are fit to come into each otherssociety. Yet it must not be
. American etiquette and rules of politeness. CHAPTER VII. INTRODUCTIONS. HE custom of makingpersons known to eachother is a necessity in goodsociety. It is the basis ofan acquaintanceship whichmay serve for the enjoy-ment of an hour, or whichmay ripen into a friend-ship as lasting and as im-portant as life introduction, there-fore, is not, as isusually the case, a?:--^: mere repetition oftwo or more individ-uals names in each otherspresence, but it is a tacitpledge on the part of the in-troducer that the persons intro-duced are fit to come into each otherssociety. Yet it must not be understood that this isthe only way by which parties may become often occur in which persons have tointroduce themselves, thus securing great advantages (61). 62 AMERICAN ETIQUETTE. to all concerned, without any sacrifice of self-respector the usages of polite society. The formal introduc-tion is sometimes called the highway to friendship,while the scraped acquaintance is termed theby-path. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. Many persons form the habit of introducing theirfriends to every one whom they may meet withoutrespect to time, place or occasion. Such a practice isneither necessary, desirable, nor at all times small towns and villages, however, where citizensare generally known to each other, the custom herealluded to has the effect of tendering to strangers acordiality which can not otherwise be easily general introductions must, as a rule, be con-demned, it should be borne in mind that much here,as elsewhere in the practice of etiquette, must dependupon the good sense and judgment of the parties con-cerned. Rather be governed by circumstances, andalways avoid anything like unkindness, rudeness ordiscourtesy. INTRODUCT
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