A Little Praise Is Not Only Merest

Elbows Are Never Put On The Table While One Is Eating.

The Only Occasion When The Traditions Of Courtesy Permit A Hostess To Help Herself Before A Woman Guest Is When She Has Reason To Believe The Food Is Poisoned.

One Very Great Annoyance In Open Air Gatherings Is Cigar Smoke When Blown Directly In One's Face Or Worse Yet The Smoke From A Smouldering Cigar. It Is Almost Worthy Of A Study In Air Currents To Discover Why With Plenty Of Space All Around, A Tiny Column Of Smoke Will Make Straight For The Nostrils Of The Very One Most Nauseated By It!

Whenever Two People Come Together And Their Behavior Affects One Another, You Have Etiquette.

There Is No Reason Why You Should Be Bored When You Can Be Otherwise. But If You Find Yourself Sitting In The Hedgerow With Nothing But Weeds, There Is No Reason For Shutting Your Eyes And Seeing Nothing, Instead Of Finding What Beauty You May In The Weeds. To Put It Cynically, Life Is Too Short To Waste It In Drawing Blanks. Therefore, It Is Up To You To Find As Many Pictures To Put On Your Blank Pages As Possible.