Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

So we had a party, and naturally looked to Emily Post for guidance:

"Years ago few balls were given without terrapin, and a supper without champagne was as unheard of. In fact, champagne was the heaviest item of expenditure always. Decorations might be very limited, but champagne was as essential as music!"  -Emily Post

"The extreme reverse of a “smart” Boston ball is one—no matter where—which has a roomful of people who deport themselves abominably, who greet each other by waving their arms aloft, who dance like Apaches or jiggling music-box figures, and who scarcely suggest an assemblage of even decent—let alone well-bred—people." -Emily Post

"With perfect music the success of a ball is more than three-quarters assured; without it, the most beautiful decorations and most delicious supper are as flat as a fallen soufflé. You cannot give a ball or a dance that is anything but a dull promenade if you have dull music." -Emily Post

 "When a gentleman is introduced to a lady he says, “May I have some of this?” or “Would you care to dance?”" -Emily Post

"When she is no longer receiving, the hostess is free to talk with her friends and give her attention to the roomful of young people who are actually in her charge.	45
When her guests leave she does not go back to where she received, but stands wherever she happens to be, shakes hands and says Good night" -Emily Post

"When she is no longer receiving, the hostess is free to talk with her friends and give her attention to the roomful of young people who are actually in her charge.

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  When her guests leave she does not go back to where she received, but stands wherever she happens to be, shakes hands and says Good night" -Emily Post