When One Spots a Gentleman

Don’t arise for anything less! – “If a gentleman enters the room, etiquette demands that you arise from your seat, and advance a few steps to meet him with a bright, sunny smile.” – image source, Etiquipedia private library

A Suggestion…

A Dallas lady was giving her daughter instructions in etiquette, and how to acquire a husband. “If a gentleman enters the room, etiquette demands that you arise from your seat, and advance a few steps to meet him with a bright, sunny smile.” “But suppose no gentleman ever comes into the room?” “Then of course you don't change your position; you remain just as you are.”— Harper's Magazine, 1887

 

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