“Whatever may be the talents of the persons who meet together in [American] society, the very shape, form, and arrangement of the meeting is sufficient to paralyze conversation. The women invariably herd together at one part of the room, and the men at the other ... The gentlemen spit, talk of elections and the price of produce, and spit again. The ladies look at each other's dresses till they know every pin by heart.” KnowsMenLooksHeartMayPersonsTogetherFormRoomsTalentProduceHe ManShapesConversationElectionDressesMeetingsGentlemanSufficientArrangementsPinsHerdsSpitAmerican Society Author:Frances Trollope
“... it was not very unusual at Washington for a lady to take the arm of a gentleman, who was neither her husband, her father, norher brother. This remarkable relaxation of American decorum has been probably introduced by the foreign legations.” Has BeensFatherBrotherArmsMoralityHusbandGentlemanRemarkableUnusualRelaxationDecorum Author:Frances Trollope
“Mixed dinner parties of ladies and gentlemenare very rare, which is a great defect in the society; not only as depriving themof the most social and hospitable manner of meeting, but as leading to frequent dinner parties of gentlemen without ladies, which certainly does not conduce to refinement.” DoeSocialPartyMeetingsDinnerGentlemanDefectsRefinementDinner PartyLadies And GentlemenDepriving Author:Frances Trollope
