The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions by Walter Cox Green


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A social letter begins: My Dear Lord
Bishop, and ends: I have the honor to remain,
my Dear Lord Bishop, faithfully yours.

The address on the envelope: To the Right
Rev. The Lord Bishop of Kent.



BISHOP (PROTESTANT)-HOW ADDRESSED. An official
letter begins: Right Reverend and Dear Sir,
and ends: I have the honor to remain your
obedient servant.

A social letter begins: Dear Bishop Wilson,
and ends: I remain sincerely yours.

The address on the envelope is: To the
Right Reverend John J. Wilson, Bishop of,
Montana.



BISHOP (ROMAN CATHOLIC)--HOW ADDRESSED. An
official or social letter begins. Right Reverend
and Dear Sir, and ends: I have the honor
to remain your humble servant.

The address on the envelope is: To the
Right Reverend John J. Wilson, Bishop of
Ohio.



BONNETS (THEATRE). A woman of any consideration
should either wear no bonnet or remove it
when the curtain rises.

It would be in place for a man or a woman
to politely request a woman whose bonnet
obstructs the view to remove it, and, after
it was done, to thank the woman for so
doing.



BOUQUETS (WEDDING). The bouquet carried by the
bride is furnished by the groom, who should
also provide bouquets for the bridesmaids.



BOWING

MEN, When leaving a woman at the door of
her house, he bows and retires as the door
is opened.

When seeing a woman to her carriage, he
should raise his hat on closing the door.

On a railroad a man removes his hat in a
parlor-car, but not in a day coach.

In street-cars a man should raise his hat
when giving his seat to a woman; also when
rendering a service to a woman in public, in
answering a question, or in apologizing to a
woman.

In elevators, when women are present,
the hat should be removed.

In hotel halls or corridors a man passing
a woman should raise his hat.

Men do not raise their hats to one another,
save out of deference to an elderly person, a
person of note, or a clergyman.

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