If he is offended, don't worry about it; it is not
worth while.
6) Pay some kindly attention to the girls who do not dance all of the
time. They will feel grateful, your hostess will feel grateful, you will
feel better satisfied than if you neglect them.
7) Never refrain from dancing if any girl present is without a partner
for that number. To refrain is selfish in you, and discourteous to both
the girl and your hostess.
8) Girls, don't quit one of your friends to go and whisper with another.
Such an action is sure to be considered unkind and inconsiderate.
9) Train your eye to see how you may add to the enjoyment of all, or of
a single one, and act promptly. Incidentally, you thus add to your own
enjoyment. Often think of Tennyson's words:--
For manners are not idle, but the fruit
Of loyal nature and of noble mind.
DUTY TO ONE ANOTHER
_If it is not seemly, do it not; if it is not true, speak it not._
--Marcus Aurelius.
1) After dancing with a girl thank her and walk back with her to her
seat, to her chaperon, or to her next partner. Never leave her standing
alone in the middle of the floor.
2) Girls, if your partner doesn't dance well, take it pleasantly--but
not as too much of a joke--and help him to do better.
3) Avoid looking at a boy with your soul in your eyes. A girl holds the
key to the social situation. She should keep such a situation at school
on a cordial but wholly matter-of-fact basis,--absolutely free from
sentimentality.
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