(Etiquette for (Sentlemen. 



INTKODUCTIONS. 



'O introduce persons who are mutually unknown is to under- 

 take a serious responsibility, and to certify to each the 

 respectability of the other. Never undertake this respon- 

 sibility without in the first place asking yourself whether 

 the persons are likely to be agreeable to each other ; nor, 

 in the second place, without ascertaining whether it will 

 be acceptable to both parties to become acquainted. 



Always introduce the gentleman to the lady never 

 the lady to the gentleman. The chivalry of etiquette 

 imes that the lady is invariably the superior in right of her sux, and 

 that the gentleman is honoured by the introduction. 



Never present a gentleman to a lady without first asking her permis- 

 sion to do so. 



When you are introduced to a lady, never offer your hand. When 

 introduced, persons limit their recognition of each other with a bow. 



Persons who have met at the house of a mutual friend without bring 

 introduced, should not bow if they afterwards meet elsewhere ; a bow 

 implies acquaintance, and persons who have not been introduced are nut 

 Acquainted. 



If you are walking with one friend, and presently meet with, or are 

 joined by, a Second, do nol commit the too frequent error of int rod u< 

 tin-in to each other. You have even less right to do so than if they 

 nmimtered -arli oilier at your house during a morning call. 



There are some exeeptions to the etiquette of introductions. At a Kill 

 or evcniiiLT party, wheiv then- is dancing. the mUtress of the In-:, 

 introhi. lit I. -man to any lady without first a^k in_<- t In- lad 



lint -he should first ascertain whether the lady is willing to 

 dance ; and this uin [deration fur (lie grntlrman. u ho may <>i 



he ivfu^-d No man likes to I I the hand of a lady. th 



it le only fur a <|iiadrille. 



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