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Page 96
The Committee of Arrangements should
look after the patronesses, introduce
distinguished guests to them, escort them to
supper and finally to their carriages.
See also COTILLIONS BY SUBSCRIPTIONS--
PATRONESSES. DANCES.
PEACHES should be quartered and the quarters peeled,
then taken up by the fingers and eaten.
PEAS are eaten with a fork.
PLUMS AND GRAPES should be eaten one by one, and
the pits allowed to fall noiselessly into the
half-closed hand and then transferred to the
plate.
POSTAL CARDS. It is wise to restrict the use of
postals to impersonal communications; but if
they must be used, the message should be
brief with an apology for its use. It is a
good plan in addition to omit the usual My
dear, and to sign with the initials only and
the full surname.
POSTPONING DINNERS See CANCELING DINNERS.
POSTPONING WEDDINGS. See WEDDINGS--INVITATIONS
RECALLED.
PRECEDENCE.
DINNERS. See DINNERS--PRECEDENCE.
FUNERALS. See FUNERALS--PRECEDENCE.
THEATRE. See THEATRE--PRECEDENCE.
PRESENTS. See GIFTS.
PRESIDENT--HOW ADDRESSED. An official letter
begins: Sir, and ends: I have the honor to
remain your most obedient servant.
A social letter begins: My dear Mr.
President, and ends: I have the honor to remain
most sincerely yours.
The address on the envelope is: President
John Wilson.
PRINCE, ROYAL--HOW ADDRESSED. An official letter
begins: Sir, may it please your Royal
Highness, and ends: I have the honor to remain,
sir, your Royal Highness' humble servant.
A social letter begins: Dear Sir, and
ends: Your Royal Highness' most obedient
servant.
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