There are simple things that escape many people; they are contrary to the manners of good conduct, and most people commit them without being aware of it.

If you are the intermediary of an introduction between two persons, you should begin by pre-senting the man to the lady, the young girl to the married woman, and the youth to the old man.

If you meet a lady in the street and wish to speak with her, do not stop her; rather walk with her in the direction in which she was going.

It is better not to take the arm of the lady who is walking with you in the street, unless the occasion requires helping her across the street; for if you enclose her arm within your own, you restrict the freedom of her movement and expose her to collision with the passers-by.

And do not be much given to silence and much given to frown-ing, nor be sullen of temper; and do not suppose that people respect the silent, frowning man—rather they shun him and grow weary of his company.

On Visits

If you call on a friend and do not find him in, and you leave your visiting card, do not fold its corner: that is a custom done away with long ago.

Do not make your visit at mealtime or at the hour of rest; choose for it the hour at which you know the master of the house is prepared to receive visitors.

Do not enter the reception room wearing your overcoat, or carry-ing your stick or your umbrella, or with a lighted cigarette between your fingers.

If you find many persons in the room, do not make the round of them, shaking hands with one after another; be content to shake hands with the master of the house and greet the rest with a general salutation.

Before entering the house, look at your shoes: if you find them heavy with the mud of the road, clean them before entering. And know that the guest who leaves after a visit, having wiped the road's mud carried on his shoes into the carpet of the room and its rugs, always departs seen off with a curse.

It may happen that you see

on the walls of the room the portraits of ladies: do not stare at them and gaze at them long, and do not ask the master of the house whose picture this is and whose picture that!

Avoid monopolizing the conver-sation and compelling the others to listen to you; and you must likewise avoid speaking of your private affairs, of your skill and your cleverness, or of your troubles, your pains, and your illnesses; for every man has problems enough of his own, and it does not please him that you should trouble him with the recital of your problems as well.

Nor is it fitting for you to speak to one of those present

in a whisper, or to speak to him in a language the rest do not know... for if that indicates anything, it does not indicate the existence of secrets between you and the one you address, nor your proficiency in the knowledge of foreign languages; it indi-cates only bad breeding.

And know that the best touchstone of manners is to bear social pains without irritation and without a trace of boredom.

It is not good of you to open a book or a newspaper and read to yourself, as though you did not notice those present or took no pleasure in their talk. If you grow weary of sitting, ask leave to with-draw, and depart; otherwise it is more fitting for you to preserve the dignity of those present by your attentiveness and by mingling with them.

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