*New Series*
THESE pages have been prepared for those who are determined to
improve themselves in exterior polish. It has been written to help
you with day to etiquette tips that will
help you in any
situation and to help you as a guide when you are in a situation that you
may not be too familiar. Its instructions are perfectly plain, practical and simple.
Etiquette has been defined as a code of laws which binds society together --
viewless as the wind -- and yet exercising a vast influence upon the well-being
of mankind.
These laws were founded during the day’s ancient nobility, but as
years have flown they have been modified in a great degree, many of them being
quite outdated and others entirely changed. Some, however, have been but
slightly varied, to suit the times, being governed by the laws of good taste
and common sense, and these not only facilitate the intercourse of persons in
society, but are also essential to their ease and composure of manner.
"And manners," said the eloquent Edmund Burke, "are
of more importance than laws, for upon them in a great measure the laws depend.
The law can touch us here and there, now and then. Manners are what displease
or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine, by a
constant, steady, uniform and insensible operation, like that of the air we
breathe in. They give their whole form and colour to our lives. According to
their quality they aid morals, they supply them, or they totally destroy
them." Agreeable manners are very frequently the fruits of a good heart,
and then they will surely please, even though they may lack somewhat of
graceful, courtly polish.
Etiquette may be of different kinds such as social etiquette, business etiquette, office etiquette, email etiquette, Invitation Etiquette and so on.
In my second
edition I’m going to be sharing with you Tips on Social Etiquette
So ladies and
gentlemen I trust that you had a lovely time with this month’s edition of Thembie’s Etiquette Corner.
