Etiquette Points for Boys in 1890

• Keep step with any one you walk with. 
• Never play with knife, fork or spoon. 
• Use your handkerchief unobtrusively always. 
• Hat lifted in saying “good-by,” or “how do you do!” 
• Do not take your napkin in a bunch in your hand. 
• Rise when ladies leave the room and stand till they are out.
• In the dining room take your seat after ladies and elders. 
• Let ladies pass through a door first, standing aside for them.
• Let a lady pass first always, unless she asks you to precede her. 
• If all go out together, gentlemen stand by the door till ladies pass. 
• Eat as fast or as slow as others, and finish the course when they do. 
• Hat lifted when offering a seat in a car or in acknowledging a favor. 
• Look people straight in the face when speaking or being spoken to. 
• Rise if a lady comes in after you are seated, and stand until she takes a seat. 
• In the parlor stand until every lady in the room is seated, also older people. 
• Cover the mouth with hand or napkin when obliged to remove anything from it. 
• Do not look toward a bedroom door when passing. 
• Always knock at any private room door. 
• Hat off the moment you enter a street door, and when you step into a private hall or office. 
• Always precede a lady up stairs, and ask her if you may precede her in passing through a crowd or public place. —Yonkers Gazette, 1890

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