Vacation Etiquette of 1937

Should you or shouldn't you smile on the stranger who wants to talk to you?

New Questions Rise in Vacation Etiquette: Can You Answer Them?

How you'd hate to give the wrong impression to the hotel guests! Should you or shouldn't you smile on the stranger who wants to talk to you?

Yes, if he's a fellow-guest. Be your most charming, but impersonal, self. Then, if he's not to your liking, it’s easy to remember you ‘have a date elsewhere.’

On trains, too, you can talk to strangers if you wish. But you don't rush to give your name. Or get confidential about your latest beau. Or, leap to accept any dining-car bids.

Nor do you ever get so informal in the midst of vacation fun that you hop out of cars before your escort— or cling to his arm at movies or on the boardwalk— anymore than you would in town.

It’s such a help to your good times if you know these simple rules on every-day etiquette. — The Santa Ana Journal, Home Service, 1937

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