1950s social etiquette
From fifties
social customs of the 1950s. by Robin Cutler
On bended knee: 1950s debutantes learn this essential element of social etiquette.
what to do on a date.
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Smoking Etiquete:
even in non-smoking households, ashtrays must be placed within reach of all places to sit in the event of a guest who is a smoker. a thoughtful hostess, even if she does not herself smoke, will place cigarette boxes in easy to reach places with fresh cigarettes and have a lighter available and filled. cigar smoking only takes place after dinner and when the ladies have left the room.
smoking don’ts: don’t light a match towards someone don’t lay a cigarette on a piece of furniture or on the edge of a table, always rest it in an ash tray some houses place cigarettes on the table to use while dining. others wait until after desert to pass around cigarettes good taste forbids smoking by a woman on a city street (or chewing gum, for that matter) one should not smoke while dancing a gentleman does not walk with a lady on a city street while smoking in the country, however, it is permissible for ladies to smoke and for men to smoke their pipes when tipping your hat to a lady, a gentleman always takes his cigarette or pipe out of his mouth as he lifts his hat to a lady
