Always-
- Wear Gloves on the street, in church & other formal occasions, Except when eating or drinking
- Stand up when a lady enters the room
- Stand up when a lady stands up
- Offer a lady your seat if none are available
- Assist a lady with here chair
- Retrieve dropped items for a lady
- Open doors for a lady
- Help a lady with her coat
- Offer to bring a ladys refreshments if they are available
- Offer your arm to escort a lady
- Remove your hat when entering a building
- Never stare at any one
- Lift your hat to a lady when she greets you in public
- If the lady with whom you are walking is saluted by another gentleman, acknowledge the same by removing your hat
- Should you desire to converse with a lady you should happen to meet, do not detain her, but turn and walk in her direction
- While walking with a lady in a crowded thoroughfare and obliged to proceed singly, the gentleman should precede her to clear the way and the gentleman should take the side next the street
Never-
- Refer to another person by their first name in public
- offer your hand to a lady upon introductions ( a life of the hat and bow are most refined)
- Curse or discuss vulgar or "impolite" subjects when ladies are present
- leave a lady you know unattended, except with permission
- Use tobacco in any form when ladies are present
- Greet a lady verbally in public unless she acknowledges you first
- eat or drink while wearing gloves
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