While in deep mourning one does not go into society. All that mourning etiquette demands is that one acknowledge her calls with her visiting cards, which should be sent in return for a call within two weeks after it is made, and should go by hand rather than by mail.
One sends invitations to one’s friends who are in mourning, to show that they are not forgotten.
CHAPTER VIII.
Politeness of Young Children.
Give a boy address and accomplishments, and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes wherever he goes.—Ralph Waldo Emerson.
A mother once asked a clergyman when she should begin to educate her child, then three years old. “Madam,” was his reply, “you have lost three years already.”
As soon as the child can talk, its lessons in politeness should begin. Among a child’s first words should be “please” and “thank you.”
A child should never be allowed to leave the table, after it is old enough to understand and to say it, without asking to be excused.
A child should be taught to pass behind and not before one.