If a gentleman wishes to shake hands with a friend, he must lift his hat with the left hand, leaving the right free to extend. Never must he give his left hand, or extend a portion of the right. The whole right hand is en regle.
A lady must recognize a gentleman, by bowing, before he is at liberty to acknowledge an acquaintance with her. Should she bow, he must lift his hat and bow also. If he is sufficiently barbarous to have a cigar in his mouth, he must remove it while bowing to a lady.
If a gentleman is walking with a lady, he should insist upon carrying any book, parcel, or umbrella she may have with her.
No gentleman may smoke when walking with a lady. He should even decline to do so though he may be asked to continue smoking.
Should a lady stop a gentleman to speak, she must make a slight inclination of the head as a token of dismissal, and he must accept it as such, bow, and leave her.
No lady will be guilty of the vulgarity of sucking the head of her parasol in the street.
To eat anything, even confectionery, in the street, is a sign of low breeding.
A gentleman must give a lady, an old gentleman, or clergyman with whom he may be walking, the upper side (nearest the houses) of the pavement.
If a gentleman meets a lady friend who is walking with any one he does not know, he must not stop, nor must he stop if his companion is unacquainted with a lady friend whom he may chance to meet. The lady, however, has a perfect right to do as she likes. If she should stop, the strangers must be introduced, and none of the group should go on and wait, whether the introduction be agreeable or not.
A lady should avoid walking very rapidly. It is very ungraceful and unbecoming.