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WHAT ETIQUETTE BOOKS DON’T TELL

How to behave correctly in every circumstance seems to be one of those things that prey on the minds of contemporary Americans. Among the new etiquette books, Vogue’s Book of Etiquette (Simon & Schuster, $9.95) offers four and a half pounds of advice on situations that range from Manners in General, Monograms and Initials, House Guests, Money Matters within the Family, When Your Friends Travel, Religious Ceremonies (including Mormon weddings and Quaker funerals) and Difficult Times. This latter chapter deals with all aspects of Divorce, Expulsion from School or College, Out of a Job, Mourning and the Return to a Normal Life. The book ends triumphantly with Formality and Protocol, which shows you a chauffeur in a double-breasted winter overcoat (regulation); the chauffeur should also be clean-shaven. You can also find out all about formal entertaining, including the Order of Precedence of Officials, the last of whom are Special Ambassadors not accredited to the United States (but to the UN), who are preceded by the Secretary of the Senate and the Assistant Chiefs of Protocol. Should you be worried about seating the Bishops of Washington, the Secretary of the Smithsonian or the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, your trusty Vogue etiquette book will tell you. The last heady entry is devoted to The Choice of Words, which tells you that lady and woman and gentleman and man are not interchangeable words, nor lunch and luncheon.

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WHAT ETIQUETTE BOOKS DON’T TELL

How to behave correctly in every circumstance seems to be one of those things that prey on the minds of contemporary Americans. Among the new etiquette books, Vogue’s Book of Etiquette (Simon & Schuster, $9.95) offers four and a half pounds of advice on situations that range from Manners in General, Monograms and Initials, House Guests, Money Matters within the Family, When Your Friends Travel, Religious Ceremonies (including Mormon weddings and Quaker funerals) and Difficult Times. This latter chapter deals with all aspects of Divorce, Expulsion from School or College, Out of a Job, Mourning and the Return to a Normal Life. The book ends triumphantly with Formality and Protocol, which shows you a chauffeur in a double-breasted winter overcoat (regulation); the chauffeur should also be clean-shaven. You can also find out all about formal entertaining, including the Order of Precedence of Officials, the last of whom are Special Ambassadors not accredited to the United States (but to the UN), who are preceded by the Secretary of the Senate and the Assistant Chiefs of Protocol. Should you be worried about seating the Bishops of Washington, the Secretary of the Smithsonian or the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, your trusty Vogue etiquette book will tell you. The last heady entry is devoted to The Choice of Words, which tells you that lady and woman and gentleman and man are not interchangeable words, nor lunch and luncheon.