ETIQUETTE FOR MEN.
In all your associations remember, •■‘Too much familiarity breeds contempt." Never be guilty of practical jokes. You may become so habituated as to commit them upon persons who will not allow of such liberties. Duels have arisen from a slap on the back. If there be another chair in the room do not offer a lady that from which you have just risen. The essential of good breeding is the practical desire to afford pleasure and to avoid giving pain. If in a public promenade you pass and repass persons or your acquaintance it is only necessary to salute on the first oo > casion. Never lose your temper at games. Avoid exhibitions of anxiety or vexation at want of. success. Let presents to a lady be characterised by taste, not remarkable for intrinsic value.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1695, 24 August 1904, Page 57
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137ETIQUETTE FOR MEN. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1695, 24 August 1904, Page 57
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