
Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 3
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The Hostess of a Theatre
Mr. Do's guests meet him in the foyer of the Twat door, but the guests at both dinners are taken to the theatre by their host. If a dinner is given by a hostess who has no car of her own, a guest will sometimes ask, don't you want me to have the car come back for us? The hostess can either say to an intimate friend, why yes, thank you very much. Or to a more formal acquaintance, no thank you just the same, I have ordered taxis. There is no rule beyond her own feelings in the matter. It is really unnecessary to add that one must never ask people to go to a place of public amusement
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