MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
1. Never enter a private room without rapping. Never look over a person’s shoulder when he is reading or writing. Never read what is designed for another person only. Be courteous in thought as well as in act.
2. Take good care of borrowed articles, and return them in reasonable time. Never lend borrowed articles. It is proper for the one who borrows to return the article in person or to send by a servant. To compel the owner to send for his property is a gross violation of good manners.
3. When necessary to make an inquiry of a stranger it should be prefaced with “Excuse me,” “Pardon me,” or “Will you kindly tell me?”
4. In extending invitations for visits or parties it is proper to state the time definitely. Punctuality in keeping all engagements is a mark of good breeding in society as well as in business.
5. When gentlemen are walking with ladies it is a proper courtesy to offer to relieve them of their parcels, parasols, shawls, etc.
6. When gifts or favors have been received, prompt acknowledgment should be made. The slightest favor deserves acknowledgment.