Emily Post
Emily Post
Emily Postwas an American author famous for writing about etiquette...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth27 October 1872
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
self light ability
Unconsciousness of self is not so much unselfishness as it is the mental ability to extinguish all thought of one's self - exactly as one turns out the light.
air space tiny
One very great annoyance in open air gatherings is cigar smoke when blown directly in one's face or worse yet the smoke from a smouldering cigar. It is almost worthy of a study in air currents to discover why with plenty of space all around, a tiny column of smoke will make straight for the nostrils of the very one most nauseated by it!
impossible chic
It is impossible for a hatless woman to be chic.
imagine elegance slang
The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence of cultivation.
children hands broken
Training a child is exactly like training a puppy; a little heedless inattention and it is out of hand immediately; the great thing is not to let it acquire bad habits that must afterward be broken.
littles needs hours
There is a big deposit of sympathy in the bank of love, but don't draw out little sums every hour or so - so that by and by, when perhaps you need it badly, it is all drawn out and you yourself don't know how or on what it was spent.
polite bores rounds
Alas! it is true: "Be polite to bores and so shall you have bores always round about you."
guests hospitality host
The good guest is almost invisible, enjoying him or herself, communing with fellow guests, and, most of all, enjoying the generous hospitality of the hosts.
disappointment demand guests
Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment--no matter what happens.
play honor his-love
The natural impulses of every thoroughbred include his sense of honor; his love of fair play and courage; his dislike of pretense and of cheapness.
golf average games
Golf is a particularly severe strain upon the amiability of the average person's temper, and in no other game, except bridge, is serenity of disposition so essential.
humor light joy
The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor.
social-values courtesy manners
Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.
gentleman supper asks
A lady never asks a gentleman to dance, or to go to supper with her.