Although it would be uncivilized to introduce yourself first to a man or ask a man to dance, it would be obscene to refute an introduction or dance with a gentleman whom the guest has just met. The young female guest’s role is important in order to protect her credibly as a lady and/or debutante. She is to be escorted by another lady, her father or brother, or a gentleman in certain scenarios. In particular, Florence Hartley’s book of etiquette recommends not to be escorted to the supper room without an escort, if she has a male escort, it will be determinative to have more than one man accompany her- or for her to enter more than once into the supper room in general. Consuming more than one serving at a ball can make a lady look like a glutton and lack propriety. In different light, in “The Appetite as a Voice,” Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Although it would be uncivilized to introduce yourself first to a man or ask a man to dance, it would be obscene to refute an introduction or dance with a gentleman whom the guest has just met. The young female guest’s role is important in order to protect her credibly as a lady and/or debutante. She is to be escorted by another lady, her father or brother, or a gentleman in certain scenarios. In particular, Florence Hartley’s book of etiquette recommends not to be escorted to the supper room without an escort, if she has a male escort, it will be determinative to have more than one man accompany her- or for her to enter more than once into the supper room in general. Consuming more than one serving at a ball can make a lady look like a glutton and lack propriety. In different light, in “The Appetite as a Voice,” Joan Jacobs Brumberg