Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . olor and in their evident ability to withstand the usage they are sureto get if they are allowed to do any service at all. One clever hostess who gave a dinner, and who handles her brushunusually well, devised a book cover and leaflet combined that proveda great success. She had the covers made in the regulation size ofpale sage chamois skin and added the decoration herself. She paintedeach in the flower that the guest loved best, for her feminine frie
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . olor and in their evident ability to withstand the usage they are sureto get if they are allowed to do any service at all. One clever hostess who gave a dinner, and who handles her brushunusually well, devised a book cover and leaflet combined that proveda great success. She had the covers made in the regulation size ofpale sage chamois skin and added the decoration herself. She paintedeach in the flower that the guest loved best, for her feminine friends,and each in some convenient design for the men, and across the cornerwas the name of each in quaint gold letters. She folded heavy parch-ment paper in booklet form, and with her brush wrote in silver bronzeselections from the wit and wisdom of the ages. Then she slippedthe miniature books within the covers and left the brilliant thoughtsthat they contained to start the conversational ball. Her dinner waspronounced a great success, and it was remarked by many that therewas none of that awkward silence which so often precedes the
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