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The Book of Good Manners

by Walter Cox Green

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Anniversaries — Wedding. These Are as Follows

First year……………….Paper

Fifth year……………..Wooden

Tenth year ………………Tin

Twelfth year………….Leather

Fifteenth year ……….Crystal

Twentieth year………….China

Twenty-fifth year………Silver

Thirtieth year …………Ivory

Fortieth year………….Woolen

Forty-fifth year…………Silk

Fiftieth year………… Golden

Seventy-fifth year…… Diamond

Less attention is now paid than formerly to all those before the silver wedding. For specific information, see SILVER WEDDING, TIN WEDDING, etc.

ANNOUNCEMENT—ENGAGEMENT.
         See ENGAGEMENT PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.

ANNOUNCING GUESTS—BALLS. The hostess decides
       whether or not the guests are to be announced.
       At public balls it is customary.

ANSWERING INVITATIONS.
         See under FUNCTIONS, as
         DINNERS, INVITATIONS, etc.

APPLES should be pared, cut into small pieces, and
       eaten with finders or forks.

ARCHBISHOP OF ANGLICAN CHURCH—HOW ADDRESSED. An official letter begins: My Lord Archbishop, may it please your Grace, and ends: I remain, My Lord Archbishop, your Grace’s most obedient servant.

A social letter begins: My dear Lord
       Archbishop, and ends: I have the honor to remain,
       my dear Lord Archbishop.

The address on the envelop is: The Most
       Reverend, His Grace the Archbishop of Kent.

ARCHBISHOP OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH—HOW ADDRESSED.
       An official or social letter begins:
       Most Reverend and Dear Sir, and ends: I
       have the honor to remain your humble servant.

The address on the envelope is: The Most
       Reverend John J. Wilson, Archbishop of Kent.

ARTICHOKES are eaten with the fingers, taking off leaf by leaf and dipping into the sauce. The solid portion is broken up and eaten with a fork.

ASPARAGUS. The stalks may be taken between the finger and the thumb, if they are not too long, or the green end may be cut off and eaten with a fork, scraping off with the knife what is desired from the remaining part.

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