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I love old etiquette books, not only because it's educational and fun to see how social mores have changed, but because some of them are written so beautifully. Check out this little gem, in prose worthy of Jane Austen:
“A word of warning for those who might be inclined to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary with a surprise party. If the golden wedding pair are young for their ages and would thoroughly enjoy the revivifying excitement of so youthful a type of party, then this would be entirely suitable. But if life has not dealt quite so kindly, or if they were nor married in their earliest youth, the disturbance of too great a surprise might very well have the opposite of happy results.”
From Emily Post, Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage. (New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1942, p. 812).
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About Miss Conduct Robin Abrahams writes the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine.
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Robin Abrahams writes the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine. Robin, who has a PhD in psychology from Boston University, has worked as a theater publicist, organizational-change communications manager, editor, stand-up comedian, and professor of psychology and English. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which are given annually for achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think.
Who is Miss Conduct?
Robin Abrahams writes the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine. Robin, who has a PhD in psychology from Boston University, has worked as a theater publicist, organizational-change communications manager, editor, stand-up comedian, and professor of psychology and English. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which are given annually for achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think.
