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Ellye Howell Glover

  • Consider not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

  • Entertaining at Sunday morning breakfast, especially at country houses, is quite the proper thing.

    • Ellye Howell Glover,
    • "Dame Curtsey's" Book of Etiquette ()
  • Must it be said that napkins are laid across the lap and never tucked under the chin, bib fashion? If one has to wear a bib, he should not accept invitations to dine away from home.

    • Ellye Howell Glover,
    • "Dame Curtsey's" Book of Etiquette ()

Ellye Howell Glover, English writer

(1868 - 1933)