Bogans seem to have more fun at the Melbourne Cup Nov 2, 2009
According to the VRC's marketing manager, Oaks Day is all about ''celebrating ladylike behaviour, feminine elegance, modern manners and female friendship. As far as I can tell from attending the past few Oaks Days, either as a reporter or a partygoer, female friendship is never compromised by strappy little chainstore dresses, painful stilettos or streaky tans. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Halloween etiquette: Trick-or-treat but be polite Oct 29, 2009
It has since evolved into a source for biographical reference and an authority on modern manners and etiquette. . (AZCentral -- News)
Modern manners help transform India's ritual past Oct 10, 2009
MATT WADE, NEW DELHI. Sheetal Sharma watches as his wife Anu's hands are decorated in Delhi. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Notes of appreciation never go out of style Jun 16, 2009
Thomas P. Farley, a manners and lifestyle expert in New York and editor of "Modern Manners: The Thinking Person's Guide to Social Graces," says the old-fashioned quality of a handwritten note is "part of its charm. It's got your handwriting on it. It's a piece of paper you have actually touched. It feels like a part of them that they are sharing." A good thank you note is a "keepsake" that you might hang on your refrigerator for a few days or weeks, says Lizzie Post, spokeswoman for the Emily... (Montana Standard, MT)
The Stokehouse Feb 21, 2009
To save any members of generations X through Z scurrying for Debrett's Guide to Modern Manners, it's a definite no-no: unless, of course, you happen to be Jack Nicholson, and then you can wear your sunnies indoors, at night, and in the front row at the Oscars. Ah yes, the Oscars. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Lather and lace Feb 14, 2009
The threat of outside influences that might arrive with the new railway, with modern manners, with the working class learning to read, is always just around the corner. Nobody likes change. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
• The proper way to eat your soup Feb 11, 2009
When served with a soup, oyster crackers and croutons are "put in the soup whole," Charlotte Ford wrote in her "Etiquette: Charlotte Ford's Guide to Modern Manners," according to the site. But, she noted, there are two different ways to properly deposit the additions in the soup. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
