Part 1

MANNERS for the METROPOLIS

MANNERS for the METROPOLIS

An Entrance Key to the Fantastic Life of The 400

BY FRANCIS W. CROWNINSHIELD

DECORATIONS BY LOUIS FANCHER

NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1908

COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE COMPANY

Published, October, 1908

H. S. C.

CONTENTS

PAGE

FOREWORD 3

COUNTRY HOUSES 9

CONVERSATION 27

DINNERS 35

DANCES 53

BRIDGE 65

THE THEATER 85

CALLING 91

OUR COUNTRY COUSINS 95

NEWPORT 103

GENERAL RULES 113

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE

TIPS Frontispiece

CONVERSATION 28

HOSTESS 60