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Excerpt from Manners a Handbook of Social Customs
Public halls. - The subscription balls take place in some public ball-room, as a rule. In New York, for instance, at Del monico's.
Ladies receiving - Several ladies are selected to form the reception committee, and they stand in one of the outer rooms, bowing to the guests as they enter.
Shaking hands. - Oh such occasions, no one shakes hands; the ladies courtesy, and the gentlemen bow.
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