7 Hilarious Etiquette Rules You Have to Read to Believe!

Etiquette Every Child Should Know by Mary E. Clark and Margery Closey Quigley.

Sometimes you find great treasures in the most unlikely places. When window shopping at a Colorado thrift store last summer, Alex and I checked out the books first. There are so many beautiful old novels, cookbooks, and more. One great book was this etiquette book for children which I promptly purchased. Later, scrolling through the pages, my husband and I were rolling in laughter after reading #3!

The following etiquette tips are found in “Etiquette Every Child Should Know” by Mary E. Clark and Margery Closey Quigley from 1926.

1. Be Engaging in Conversations ~ “Most dinner parties are horrible bores because the people who attend them won’t exert themselves to talk.”
   
   
2. Pay attention during conversations. ~ “No one has a right to be stupid.”
   
   
3. Speak Clearly ~ “Don’t talk “baby-talk” even to babies. Murder is almost justified in the cause of “baby-talkers.” ~ (When I first read this, my jaw dropped!! Then I laughed out loud thinking of all the times I’ve talked “baby-talk” to babies. )
   
   
4. No whispering in public. ~ “Never make another person near you uncomfortable by lowering your voice when talking to someone else in his vicinity. It marks you as extremely ill-bred. A public place is not designed for private communications.” ~ Do NOT whisper to others in the company of others. This is one of my pet peeves in which I actually find very rude.
   
   
5. Speak in the proper tone. ~ “To talk in a loud tone, whether indoors or out, at home or in an office, stamps a person as crude.” ~ Such an intense way to say, remember your indoor voice.
   
   
6. Respect your parents. ~ “The superiority complex prevents many adolescents from listening carefully while their mothers and fathers address them, and from answering intelligently and truthfully questions put to them.”
   
   
7. Lend a Helping Hand ~ “A boy who allows his mother to lift heavy things, to bring up coal, or to sift ashes, rather than to do these things himself, is a cad.”

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