Chapters on manners at home, etiquette for children, making friends, office etiquette, travel etiquette, tipping, clothing, table manners, engagements, wedding etiquette, birth announcements, funerals, entertaining, gifts, death etiquette, divorce etiquette, hospital etiquette, conversation, telephone manners, letter writing, forms of address.

Manners at home.-Everyday manners. Making friends. The manners that make travel easier. The art of tipping. Dressing appropriately.-Table manners.-Dating in the new decade.-The rites of passage. Engagements. Weddings. Funerals.-Entertaining and gift giving.-Keeping in touch. Being an interesting conversationalist. Great connections: telephone manners. Contemporary correspondence. Addressing people properly.