This thing we call “culture”
Book of Etiquette Volume I by Lillian Eichler (Nelson Doubleday, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1923). PG #35975; Volume II, PG #7029 Originally published at Bigfoodetc.com on May 5, 2016
Book of Etiquette
Shortcake without Whipped Cream
I love old etiquette books. On the one hand, some are so quaint as to be LOL funny. On the other hand, some–after having gone on and on about how behaving mannerly and such puts all of humanity on an equal footing–then advise that serving at a formal dinner is best left to the maid.