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Page 52
GUESTS. When guests are not congenial, or have
dislikes, they should not show it, but appear
as if the contrary were the case.
Guests should be prompt in arriving at the
hour named.
At the table it is in good taste to accept
whatever is offered, eating it or not, as one
desires. Wines should be accepted, even if
one does not partake of them. And if a toast
is offered, a guest should recognize the courtesy
by raising his glass.
Conversing across the table is permissible,
provided the distance does not require the
voice to be unduly raised.
When coffee is served in the drawing-room,
young women serve, and the men hand it to
the guests.
When the men re-enter the drawing-room
after the coffee, the guests should retire,
unless some further entertainment follows.
This is usually about eleven o'clock. When
leaving, a guest should thank the host and
hostess, making some agreeable and appropriate
remark suitable to the occasion.
HOST. When dinner is announced, the host
offers his left arm to the woman he escorts.
She may be the special invited guest, or the
most prominent guest present.
The signal for all to rise is given by the
hostess, who bows to the woman on the host's
right. The men escort the women to the
door or drawing-room, after which they return,
and cigars and liquors are offered.
The host wears full dress.
GUEST LATE. The host should always come
forward to shake hands with the late-comer,
and help him to find his seat, and do all in
his power to make his late-coming quickly
overlooked.
HOSTESS. The hostess receives her guest at the
parlor entrance.
At table the guests should remain standing
until all have found their places, when the
host and hostess seat themselves, after which
the others follow. The men should assist the
women they escort before taking their own
seats.
At an informal dinner a hostess should introduce
a man to the woman he is to escort
to dinner, informing him whether he is to sit
on the right or left hand of the host.
When the dinner is announced the host
with his escort leads the way, followed by the
guests, and the hostess and her escort come
last.
GUEST LATE. The hostess should always bow
and shake hands with a guest arriving late,
but does not rise unless the guest is a woman.
HOURS. Dinners begin from 7 to 8 P.M., and
usually last from one hour to an hour and a
half.
INTRODUCTIONS. If a man is not acquainted with
the woman assigned to him, the hostess
should introduce him to the woman.
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