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after which it will be perfectly correct for you to assist her to
rise from the sidewalk. Do not, however, press your attentions
further upon her at this time, but after expressing the proper
regret over her misfortune it would be well to bow and retire.


{illustration caption =
Every one knows that table manners betray one's bringing-up
mercilessly. The young man in the picture has good reason to wish
a meteorite would fall on him. His perpendicularity has just been
restored by a deft upward movement of Aunt Harriet's shoulder,
upon which he had inadvertently rested his head during a quiet
snooze while Cousin Edna was making her little speech at the
Bridal Dinner. PERFECT BEHAVIOR would have Pasteurized him
against even Bridal Dinners.}


{illustration caption =
When a woman recognizes and nods to a man to whom she has been
formally introduced several times, or to whom she has been
married, is the man expected to accept the greeting and politely
lift his hat or should he lift both his hat and his toupee?
Street etiquette is disposed authoritatively and finally in
PERFECT BEHAVIOR.}

{illustration caption =
You are, let us pretend, walking in the park. You come upon two
benches arranged as shown in the above diagram. Would you know
which bench it would be proper to sit on if you are (1) a young
man just out of college--(2) a rather homely young woman? To
avoid embarrassment look this up in PERFECT BEHAVIOR.}


{illustration caption =
A jolly crowd is boarding the 4:56 for a house-party in the
suburbs. The gentleman at the right, having been educated abroad,
has never learned to play the ukelele, the banjo, the jew's harp
or the saxophone, and is, with the best intentions in the world,
attempting to contribute his share to the gaiety of the coming
evenings by bringing along his player-piano. Would you--be
honest!--have recognized his action as a serious social blunder
without having referred to PERFECT BEHAVIOR?}


{illustration caption =
The young mother in the picture is traveling from one point to
another in a Pullman. In the effort to commit as great a nuisance
as possible, she has provided her child with a banana and a hard
boiled egg. Not having dipped into the chapter on travel in
PERFECT BEHAVIOR, she is ignorant of the fact that a peach would