See also COTILLIONS BY SUBSCRIPTIONS—
PATRONESSES. DANCES.
PEACHES should be quartered and the quarters peeled,
then taken up by the fingers and eaten.
PEAS are eaten with a fork.
PLUMS AND GRAPES should be eaten one by one, and the pits allowed to fall noiselessly into the half-closed hand and then transferred to the plate.
POSTAL CARDS. It is wise to restrict the use of postals to impersonal communications; but if they must be used, the message should be brief with an apology for its use. It is a good plan in addition to omit the usual My dear, and to sign with the initials only and the full surname.
POSTPONING DINNERS See CANCELING DINNERS.
POSTPONING WEDDINGS. See WEDDINGS—INVITATIONS
RECALLED.
PRECEDENCE.
DINNERS. See DINNERS—PRECEDENCE.
FUNERALS. See FUNERALS—PRECEDENCE.