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WEDDING. See WEDDINGS--GIFTS.
GIFTS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN. Books, flowers,
and other small articles of decoration are
proper gifts to accept.
Sending valuable gifts of jewelry, or any
other article, depends largely upon the
relationships of the parties, and should not be
done unless the sender is sure of its
acceptance. Such gifts should not be accepted
from mere acquaintances or friends.
It is bad form for a man to send expensive
presents to a woman who may be compelled
to return them.
GLOVES.
MEN. At the opera or theatre, if in full dress,
gloves may be dispensed with, but they are
worn with street dress. With formal evening
dress, white kid gloves should be worn.
For afternoon dress, gloves should be of
undressed kid, gray, tan, or brown. When
calling, the glove of the right hand should
be removed upon entering the drawing-room.
Gloves should not be worn at high teas.
MEN--AFTERNOON DRESS. Undressed kid
gloves of a dark color are worn.
MEN-BALLS. Men should always wear gloves
at all balls, in summer or winter, in town or
city.
MEN-CALLING ON WOMEN. Gloves need not
be removed at a formal or brief call.
MEN-DANCES. Gloves should be worn at formal
dances, and should be put on before entering
the room.
MEN-HIGH TEA. Men do not wear gloves.
MEN-MOURNING. Black or dark-colored gloves
should be worn.
MEN--SHAKING HANDS. At weddings, operas,
or dances, and on all very formal occasions,
men wear gloves. In shaking hands with
women on these occasions gloves should not
be removed.
If a hostess wears gloves at any formal
affair, a man wears his when he shakes hands
with her.
A man with hands gloved should never
shake hands with a woman without an apology
for so doing, unless she likewise wears gloves.
A sudden meeting, etc., may make a hand-shaking
in gloves unavoidable. Unless the
other party is also gloved, a man should say:
"Please excuse my glove."
WOMEN. Gloves should always be worn on the
street.
At dinners, or formal teas, women should
remove their gloves at the table and place
them in their laps.
At dinners and formal teas, when the
women have retired to the drawing-room,
they may resume their gloves or not, or
follow the example of the hostess.
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