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by Stephen J. Gertz First edition, 1922. We, at Booktryst , are the soul of courtesy and decorum. When we open a book we invite the la...

I made this a while back when I found it in my Kate Spade Etiquette Book. Something I need to actually print out, and read often. Especially today.

To many people, etiquette is nothing more than the art of trying to catch someone using the incorrect fork at a dinner party. They are mistaken, however, as etiquette has served as a code of social behavior for centuries.

Emily Post was one classy broad. A proponent of appropriate social conduct, manners, and the like, her book Etiquette rocked the charts in the 1920s. There is now an institute in her honor that works to define propriety in our modern times. I am so old school, I know, but the very trendy current lack […]

On the power of the genuine smile. Emily Post, Etiquette 1922

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This week would have marked the 141st birthday of etiquette maestro Emily Post. Let us all raise our glasses and pinkies to Ms. Post! While we all know the basics of etiquette (napkin on your lap, not plate on your lap), there are some awkward…

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Everyday Etiquette No. 80 // Tact and candor will get you everything you need in life. For anything else, you can come visit the shoppe!