CHAPTER II
INTRODUCTIONS
The Correct Form
The word "present" is preferable on formal occasions to the word "introduce." On informal occasions neither word is expressed, though understood, as will be shown below. The correct formal introduction is:
"Mrs. Jones, may I present Mr. Smith?"
or,
"Mr. Distinguished, may I present Mr. Young?"
The younger person is always presented to the older or more distinguished, but a gentleman is always presented to a lady, even though he is an old gentleman of great distinction and the lady a mere slip of a girl.