Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . theflap of the envelope is a tragic mark, above which her initialtraversed by a scroll bearing her motto, Quand me me. Sheexact, however, in the formulas of her letters as any dowager of theold school. The Royal Highnesses of England use the paper andsquare envelopes before described ; initials, monograms and crests areleft to foreigners and outsiders, and the Orleans family, of France, areseverely plain in their choice of stationery. Given the correct
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . theflap of the envelope is a tragic mark, above which her initialtraversed by a scroll bearing her motto, Quand me me. Sheexact, however, in the formulas of her letters as any dowager of theold school. The Royal Highnesses of England use the paper andsquare envelopes before described ; initials, monograms and crests areleft to foreigners and outsiders, and the Orleans family, of France, areseverely plain in their choice of stationery. Given the correct paper and envelopesand plain, jet-black ink (no other tintshould ever be used), the penmanshipmust next be considered. It is very wellfor Madame Bernhardt to write an ele-gant, graceful hand that is absolutelyimpossible to decipher, and for GeneralBourbaki to indite his epistles in a micro-scopically minute script, but less impor-tant people will do well to render their chirography as perfect and legible as pos- PROpER MODE oE H0IJHNG TH~^ible, and not to flourish. pen. Avoid always too near an approachto the clerkly, commercial hand. A. INCORRECT MODE OE HOLDINGTHE PEN.
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