Etiquette of Edwardian Bowing

Step lively, but never fail to recognize in all public places either those who serve her in any capacity or to whom she stands in the light of a patron!

Bowing

A woman should bow first when meeting men. A well-bred woman never fails to recognize in all public places either those who serve her in any capacity or to whom she stands in the light of a patron.

Under no circumstances can a man refuse to return a woman's bow. The woman having the initiative in this matter may bow or not, as she pleases.– From “Good Form”, 1909

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