Show GOOD TASTE J TODAY TODAY S r EMILY EMIL EMILy ty y POST Worlds World's Foremost Authority on Etiquette Emily Post ABCs ABC's in 11 Manners When zen Boy lU Meets Girl SINCE a great many teachers V send me questions which from time to time their their classes ask them to explain I will occasionally print those which I have space for under the heading ABCs in Manners The following are the first When a girl is introduced to aboy aboy a aboy boy is it her place or his to say Im I'm glad to have met you just before leaving each other Or dont don't young young- people usually say anything so formal Answer Strictly speaking it is his place since a man meets a woman and not the other way around Instead Instead Instead In In- stead she might say I hope I see you again or It was pleasant talking talking talk talk- ing lag with you From what I have heard in younger groups I think they are much more likely to say Good by nn and no more or if they really mean it ii add Ill I'll Hope see you again sometime S S SNo No Gift Is Necessary at Dinner for Bride D DEAR EAR Mrs Post My 1 husband and I are arc invited to a Sunday night supper in honor of a visiting bride and groom We know the grooms groom's family but were not In Invited invited invited in- in to the wedding in the East and did not send them a wedding present Do you yon think that after this party we should send them something or would you perhaps suggest that thit we take something to the party Answer Unless a local custom is involved about which I have not heard it certainly will not be expected expected ex ex- that you take or send anything anything anything any any- thing to the bride and groom S I Announcing Departure D DEAR EAR Mrs Post My ly husband has long held helda a public office Inthis inthis in inthis this town and in La consequence we Ve have met many people whom we believe believe be be- lieve would be interested to know that we are going to make our home in a distant town May lay I send our visiting cards to a long Iong local list of names writing P. P P. P C C. C on them and could these cards include our future address rather than the present one which we are giving up permanently Answer Utility suggests suggestS' that you might change the usual procedure of writing P. P P. P C. C on cards which you ou are now using and instead write on those which c carry ry your future address However unless you in hi some way make this clear people receiving them may not notice the change As a suggestion you might have this number of cards engraved with the name of the town on theline the theline theline line below the street address and then on the cards which you have made up for other uses simply omit it since visiting cards do not usually usually usually ally include any more than the street address Making Apologies IS T S IT correct to say ay Excuse me mett meI I. I or Pardon me when passing in front of someone For instance in iu a theater And when are the themore themore more snore suitable o occasions for lor saying Im sorry Answer The expressions Im sorry and Excuse me can be said almost interchangeably for an offense that is unavoidable and ye yet one which might be unpleasant to others I beg your pardon is said for an offense that is caused by Iby byone's byone's ones one's own awkwardness The word pardon is a social tabu 1 If separated separated sepa sepa- rated from the the complete sentence I beg your pardon In the theater when your seat happens to be an inner inner in in- ner ncr one you say sayto to the person on the aisle Excuse me and then wait a second until he can turn aside I if he seems to be disturbed you add Im sorry I S C New Daughter in EAR Mrs lIfts Post I have a new D DEAR daughter in law and even though she and my son are arc living out of town tOt I have never had occasion occasion occasion occa occa- sion to write her She has never called me any name directly am and I naturally signs her letters to me meMary Mary To my son I have lave heard her say your mother and to othera others oth oth- ers era she refers to me as Dicks mother I I dont don't want her to call cnn me Mrs Brown but I also dare not cot force her into anything she may may not like Answer Sign your letter Dicks Mother and then since tI this is would be very hard to settle by letter leiter why not wait until you see her to tell her that you dont don't care what she chooses to call you as long as it is not Mrs Brown Bro C C S Y Youth out Growing Up A AT T WHAT age docs does a girl have Miss l engraved on her visiting cards And this t same ame age aply apply ap ap- ply ly to a b boys boy's ys y's card Answer Miss is prefixed to the name of a young girl at fifteen or often sooner and her name should be engraved Miss Margaret Blank and not Miss Sunny Blank On the theother theother theother other hand a boy never puts Mr l on his cards until he leaves school and many prefer cards W without Mr until until un IDl til after atter leaving college Service |