Decorum
Subtitle: a practical treatise on etiquette and dress of the best American society
By: revised by S.L. Louis
Contributors: Ruth, John A.
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks
Publisher: Union Pub. House; C.L. Snyder & Co.
Published: 1881
Place of publication: New York; Chicago
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Etiquette
Description: Introductory -- Entrance into society -- Introductions -- Salutations -- Social intercourse -- Conversation -- Visits -- Dinner parties and balls -- Street etiquette -- Riding and driving -- Traveling -- Etiquette of public places -- Letter writing -- Courtship and marriage -- Domestic etiquette and duties -- Table etiquette -- Miscellaneous rules of etiquette -- Washington etiquette -- Business -- Anniversary weddings -- Funerals -- Dress -- Harmony of color in dress. Size in relation to dress and color -- The toilette -- Hints on the improvement and display of female beauty -- Servants -- Home decoration -- Amusements -- Etiquette with children -- Etiquette for baptism -- Etiquette of the studio -- Precious stones and finger-rings with sentiments -- Flowers and their sentiments -- Toilet recipes.
Notes: Reproduction of the original from the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard University.