Mind your manners.

Today I drove by this house on my way to work that had a tiny handwritten sign that was taped to the very bottom of a mailbox post, halfway covered up by tall grass, the sign read "HUGE YARD SALE" Sweet! A yard sale on a Thursday and no one can know this exist because of the camouflaged sign. Well, when I pulled up I was pleasantly surprised by the Jazz albums they had for only .50 cents a pop. I snatched up a few. And then I found some other cool things that I know I can get a small fortune for on eBay. But one thing I'm keeping(besides the albums) is this little black Vest Pocket Handbook of Etiquette I found. It was written in 1956. And boy have times changed. I'll try and post an Etiquette at least once a week. Such good stuff.

Here's an example of Etiquette from the 50's.

Men's Manners toward Women. a. Offering Her A Cigarette. If you take one yourself, always offer one to any woman you're talking to. If the lady says just "No, thank you," or "Not now, thank you," you must offer them again every time you light one yourself. If she settles the matter by saying, "I don't smoke, thank you," you take her at her word, and don't offer them again. There's no need to get up and run across the room to light her cigarette, but if your close enough you always do. You always light her cigarette when your sitting at the same table or on the same couch, or when you both take cigarettes at once. If you're very thoughtful, you'll carry matches even if you don't smoke.