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The Book of Good Manners

Subtitle A Guide To Polite Usage For All Social Functions
Author W.C. Green
Language English
Word count 51,847
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nder 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